Recipe: Easy Apple Dump Cake

The cake is in the background! I also made "apple nachos," which I really liked.

I accidentally bought a bag of apples when I already had a bag of apples back home, so I had to do something with all the apples (or at least the older ones). So after Googling some recipes, I found this one on the Insanely Good blog, and I decided to make it as my birthday cake this year. It did NOT disappoint!

Ingredients

• 6 cups apples, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces (about six medium apples)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 3/4 cup butter, melted

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit and lightly grease a 13x9-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.
2. Peel, core, and chop the apples into bite-sized pieces (one-inch cubes).
3. Mix the chopped apples, sugar, and cinnamon in the bottom of the baking dish. Then spread the apples to cover the bottom of the dish evenly.
4. Top the apples with a layer of dry cake mix. Gently shake the pan to distribute all of the mix over the apples.
5. Pour the melted butter on top of the cake mix.
6. Bake the cake for 45 to 50 minutes. When the top is light golden brown, it’s done!
7. Once baked, cool the apple cake for about 15 minutes before serving.

My mom somehow convinced me to bake the cake in a bundt pan, and I don't know why I let her talk me into it. Of course a "dump" cake wouldn't keep a shape like that! So we ended up putting the baked cake parts into a brownie tin, smooshing it all back together, and then covered it in cream cheese icing (with sprinkles on top!).

This cake is delicious. The cinnamon apple flavor is very strong, and the texture is soft and moist. I would 100% bake this cake again, this time in the proper container!