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Learn how to make apple dump cake in your crockpot for the easiest dessert ever! With just a few ingredients and pantry staples, this apple dump cake recipe is the best fall dessert!
BEST Apple Dump Cake
Have you ever heard of a dump cake? It’s a super easy dessert where you “dump” all of your ingredients into a pan and bake it. Or, in the case of this apple dump cake I’m sharing, you dump everything in your crockpot. It’s one of the easiest desserts ever.
Peach dump cake, Cherry Dump Cake, Blueberry Dump Cake, Pumpkin Dump Cake: There are a thousand ways to make one of these cakes and I’ve made them all. For fall there’s nothing better than this crockpot apple cake recipe! I love apple recipes and it’s just as delicious as an apple crisp or apple crumble but easier to make.
Six Dump Cake Ingredients
- Apples: I like Granny Smith apples best, the tart with the sweet. They are also sturdy enough they don’t get mushy in the crockpot.
- Granulated Sugar: To sweeten the apples
- Cinnamon: Can’t have apple desserts without cinnamon!
- Yellow Cake Mix: This is the magic of a dump cake – dumping in the cake mix!
- Oats: Quick oats or old-fashioned oats make this more of a crumble
- Sliced Butter: The butter melts as the cake cooks creating that crumbly top.
How to Make Apple Dump Cake
- Apples: Once you’ve peeled, cored, and diced your apples just pile them in the slow cooker. Sprinkle the cinnamon and sugar over the top.
- Dump: Pour the cake mix and oats into the slow cooker so they are cover the apples.
- Butter: Place the sliced butter in an even layer over the top of the cake mix and oats.
- Cook: Secure the lid and cook the cake for four hours on high. That’s it. Easiest crockpot apple cake ever.
Expert Tips
- First rule of crockpots is that all crockpots are different! Depending on your model this cake may take more or less time.
- The first time you make this, I recommend checking on the cake after 1 ½ hours of cooking time just in case your slow cooker runs hot.
- You can tell when the cake is done when all the butter is melted and the cake mix doesn’t look like powder. The top of the cake should be golden brown.
- Don’t skip the paper towel between the lid and the insert – this catches condensation so your cake isn’t wet.
Crockpot Apple Dump Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 5-7 Granny Smith Apples
- ¼ cup (50g) granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon divided
- 1 approx 15 ounce box yellow cake mix
- ½ cup (43g) quick cooking oats
- ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter , sliced thin
Instructions
- Peel, core, and slice your apples. I used 7 because mine were small. If you’re using large, you can use less. Apples should be thin and bite sized.
- Spray crockpot with cooking spray.
- Place apples in the bottom of your crockpot. Sprinkle with sugar and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon.
- Place the cake mix in a large bowl. Add the oats and 1 teaspoon cinnamon. Stir, then sprinkle over the top of the apples. Drop slices of the butter over the top of the cake mix.
- Cover the crockpot with a paper towel then place the lid on. Cook on high for 4 hours. I recommend checking the cake after an hour and a half and then again each 30 minutes to make sure it's cooking evenly and doesn't burn. All crockpots cook differently so this is important. If it's too hot on one side, roate the liner.
- Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.
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Recipe Notes
- Use a spice cake mix in place of yellow cake
- Skip cooking the apples – use canned apple pie filling (or homemade) – you’ll need 2 cans of apple pie filling.
- Add a sprinkle of chopped pecans or walnuts on top the apples under the cake mix.
- Make this in the oven – simply dump it all into a baking dish instead of the slow cooker. Bake at 350°F for about 35-45 minutes.
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Love the idea to make this dump cake in the crockpot! It sounds delicious! I’m looking forward to fall for all the cozy flavors too. Pinning and can’t wait to try making this 🙂
Thanks so much for the pin Kelly!
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I got so wound up complaining that I forgot to comment that I love apple desserts any time of the year but especially in the fall. Haven’t tried the crockpot method yet so will. I actually have 3 crockpots and have been talking about cooking outdoors for the rest of this really hot weather. So I will likely try this soon.
Oh I bet it’s worse in Fresno! We lived in Phoenix for 5 years and by August I wanted to die every year. Dessert in crockpot is new to me – but I’m so doing it more!
Sacramento may be bad but Fresno is worse. See, there is always something to be grateful for.
It doesn’t help as far as shopping for school clothes either, that it’s boiling hot and you can only find sweaters and long pants in the stores AND that they’ve moved up the start of school to mid August. I guess there is always something to complain about.
This looks great. I might even try it with sugar-free cake mix for Daddy!!!
That should work perfect!
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