As I mentioned in a previous post about Banana Sour Cream Cake and Pumpkin Spice Frosted Snack Cake I love the convenience of using a cake mix to make a dessert. The Caramel Apple Cake uses a yellow cake mix while the Apple-Cinnamon Cake uses a spice cake mix.
Caramel Apple Cake
Serve this yummy apple upside-down cake warm from the oven.
Cake
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1/4 cup whipping cream
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (about 2 1/3 cups)
1 box yellow cake mix
1 1/4 cups water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1/4 teaspoon Watkins Apple Bake Seasoning
Topping
1/2 cup whipped topping or whipped cream
Caramel topping, if desired
1. Heat oven to 350 F. In 1-quart heavy saucepan, cook butter, whipping cream and brown sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally, just until butter is melted. Pour into 13×9-inch pan. Sprinkle with pecans; top with sliced apples.
2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs and apple pie spice with electric mixer on low speed until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Carefully spoon batter over apple mixture.
3. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Loosen sides of cake from pan. Place heatproof serving platter upside down on pan; carefully turn platter and pan over. Let pan remain over cake about 1 minute so caramel can drizzle over cake. Remove pan.
4. Serve warm cake with whipped topping and drizzled with caramel topping.
You can use Watkins Cinnamon for the Apple Bake Seasoning for a slightly different flavor.
Apple Cinnamon Cake
Spice cake and apple pie filling combine to make one delicious cake!
1 box spice cake mix
1 can (21 oz) apple pie filling
3 eggs
3 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon Watkins Ground Cinnamon
Frozen whipped topping, thawed
1. Heat oven to 350 F (325 F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or spray bottom only of 13×9-inch pan.
2. In large bowl, beat dry cake mix, pie filling and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 2 minutes. Batter will be thick. Spread half of the batter in pan. Mix sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle half of the mixture over batter in pan. Spread remaining batter in pan; sprinkle with remaining sugar-cinnamon mixture.
3. Bake 32 to 36 minutes (37 to 41 minutes for dark or nonstick pan) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; cool completely. Serve with whipped topping. Store loosely covered.
Top this dessert with whipped topping or a scoop of toasted pecan ice cream and generously drizzle with caramel topping.
Recipes adapted from Betty Crocker recipes.
Do you have a great dessert recipe made with a cake mix? Please add it in the comments section below.
Eleisia Whitney has a Watkins Home Business. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins extracts, spices, herbs, and sauces for healthy meals. Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, Around the Kitchen Table, that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products.
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I have one that I actually make in the microwave with my tupperware Heat N Serve – it’s a chocolate strawberry cake but it can be done tons of different ways. Basically – it’s a cake mix, eggs and water with a pie filling. My favorite is chocolate cake with raspberry pie filling. You could do devil’s food and cherry pie filling for a “black forest” taste, or a white cake with apple or blueberry pie filing, etc.
ANYWAY – recipe is here:
Crystal, thanks for the microwave chocolate strawberry cake recipe! It would be yummy with raspberries or cherries.
Good luck with your new Tupperware business!
I poked around your blog Pearls and Peridots when I looked at the cake recipe. I couldn’t stop laughing when I watched the YouTube video of people visiting Universal Studios and having their pictures taken in the photo booth! Thanks for adding a bit of fun to my day!