Try this slow cooker apple pie dump cake the next time you want a family-style comfort food dessert that will feed a crowd! So easy to make and dangerously tasty!
I don’t make these types of desserts very often, but I had this idea for a slow cooker apple pie dump cake in my mind and I just had to try it out to see if it would be as good as I thought it would. It was better. 🙂 I like to call these types of cakes “junk pile cakes” because the method that you use to make them ends up looking very much the like junk piles that we get in our driveway when we’re in the middle of a big renovation. Unlike a big renovation, however, this cake takes very little manual labour and there should be little-to-no swearing involves in the whole process. Ha!
I have to say that this is a super, super indulgent dessert. Although it can be made plant-based, it’s still a dessert. This is not health food, people. It’s so good though and it’s totally worth it to indulge every once in awhile. I made this on Family a couple of weeks ago and my kitchen smelled delicious for the few hours that it was “baking” away in the Crock Pot on the counter.
Tools and Ingredients Needed to Make the Apple Pie Junk Pile Cake
You will need:
- 1 Slow Cooker (I like to use my casserole style Crock Pot for these types of dessert. Just great for serving out of.)
- White cake mix (or, even better, just use a batch of homemade cake mix instead)
- Apple pie filling
- Butter (or plant-based butter substitute)
- Brown Sugar
- Cinnamon
Slow Cooker Apple Pie Dump Cake: Method
You’re definitely going to feel like you’re breaking some rules making a cake this way, but just trust the process. 🙂
You’ll be dumping a few of the ingredients straight into your slow cooker, placing the lid on top, then leaving everything to cook for a couple of hours before you do anything else.
After a bit of cooking time, you’ll stir everything together, add a couple more ingredients, then you’ll replace the lid and let it cook for awhile longer. That’s it!
The resulting cake is moist, messy, and so delicious topped with plant-based coconut whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. This is not a fancy cake. It’s a mess and it’s so wonderful, as you can tell from the photos. My favourite part is how the apples get all nicely caramelized from the slow cooking process. You can’t beat it!
Slow Cooker Apple Pie Dump Cake Recipe
Here’s the full step-by-step recipe! Just follow it on your phone or print it out and add it to your recipe binder, whichever you prefer!
Try this slow cooker apple pie dump cake the next time you want a family-style comfort food dessert that will feed a crowd! So easy to make and dangerously tasty!
- 1 box White Cake Mix or use homemade cake mix recipe
- 1 can Apple Pie Filling
- 1 cup Butter or Butter Substitute
- 3 tsp Cinnamon
- 1-2 tbsp Brown Sugar
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Dump the apple pie filling, cake mix, 2 teaspoons of the cinnamon, and the butter into your slow cooker, in that order. Turn the slow cooker on high and cook for two hours.
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After the two hours, open the slow cooker and stir all of the ingredients together thoroughly. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and the brown sugar. Replace the lid and cook for an additional 1.5-2 hours.
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To serve, scoop the cake out in big spoonfuls and top with whipped cream or ice cream, either plant-based or regular depending on your preference.
Have you ever made one of these dump cake recipes before? Let me know what you think of this one if you try it!
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Courtenay Hartford is the author of creeklinehouse.com, a blog based on her adventures renovating a 120-year-old farmhouse in rural Ontario, Canada. On her blog, Courtenay shares interior design tips based on her own farmhouse and her work as founder and stylist of the interior photography firm Art & Spaces. She also writes about her farmhouse garden, plant-based recipes, family travel, and homekeeping best practices. Courtenay is the author of the book The Cleaning Ninja and has been featured in numerous magazines including Country Sampler Farmhouse Style, Better Homes and Gardens, Parents Magazine, Real Simple, and Our Homes.