Spiced Apple Crumb Cake
I’ve seen a lot of “dump cake” recipes lately, so I thought I would try my hand at creating one. If you don’t know what a dump cake is, typically it’s a recipe that combines a cake mix with a canned fruit. Usually you “dump” all the ingredients in a pan and bake it, no mixing. But that seemed a bit strange to me, why not mix it? Will it bake evenly? I’m not ready to take that kind of risk on my desserts!
I wanted to make an apple cake and at first I was going to mix it with a carrot cake mix, but then I saw the spice cake mix at the market. Match made in Heaven! This cake had only 3 ingredients, but of course I couldn’t stop at just a cake. I had to make a topping too. I wanted this cake to be something that I could have with my coffee in the morning, so frosting was out. I decided to add a basic crumble instead. You’re going to love it, I promise!
Ingredients:
- 1 box of spice cake mix
- 1 (21) oz can of apple pie filling
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 c flour
- 1/2 c brown sugar
- 4 tbsp butter, softened & cubed
Directions:
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom only of 13×9-inch pan.
- In a large bowl, beat eggs then add cake mix & pie filling. Stir until well combined. I didn’t use an electric mixer because I thought the apples would get crushed and I wanted whole pieces in my cake. The batter was very thick so this took me about 2 minutes and hard stirring. Pour batter into your prepared pan.
- In a small bowl, mix flour and sugar with a whisk, then “cut” the butter into the mixture until the mix forms crumbles. For this you can use a pastry cutter, or alternate cutting into the mixture with two butter knives. I recently tried using a whisk by pressing it into the butter repeatedly. This butter gets stuck a lot at first, but you just have to clear it out and keep pressing. So far, it’s much better than using the butter knives!
- Sprinkle the crumbles on top of the cake mix then bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center.
Print: Spiced Apple Crumb Cake
For my first dump cake, I think it turned out well! Just think of all the great combination of pie filling or canned fruit and cake mixes together, living in perfect harmony… {Sigh} I’m getting hungry just thinking about it.
