- Dress up a box of yellow cake mix with chopped apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
- Before baking, top the cake with a mix of cinnamon and sugar. As it bakes, it melts into a crisp, crackly topping.
- Finish the cake with a homemade powdered sugar icing.
Ingredients
2Tbsp.butter
4mediumapples, cored and chopped (5cups)
1/3brown sugar
1Tbsp. + 2tsp.ground cinnamon, divided
1/4tsp.ground nutmeg
1/4tsp.salt
1/2cupwater or apple cider
2Tbsp.cornstarch
1 (15- to 15.25-oz.) pkg.box cake vanilla or yellow cake mix
Water, eggs and oil needed for cake mix
1/4cupsugar
1/2cuppowdered sugar
2 to 3Tbsp.milk
Directions
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Melt butter in a extra large skillet over medium heat. Add apples, brown sugar, 1 Tbsp. cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Cook 8 minutes until softened. In a small bowl whisk together water and cornstarch until smooth. Add to the skillet, cook until thickened about 5 minutes more. Remove from heat.
Prepare cake mix according the package directions. Dollop apple mixture in spoonfuls over cake batter. Lightly swirl with a butter knife. In a small bowl combine sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar evenly on top of cake.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, about 1 hour.
In a small bowl whisk together powdered sugar and enough milk to make it a drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze on top of cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
| 1408 | Calories |
| 14g | Fat |
| 308g | Carbs |
| 14g | Protein |
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings Per Recipe18 | |
| Serving Size1 slice | |
| Calories1408 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Carbohydrate 308g | 112% |
| Dietary Fiber 6g | 20% |
| Total Sugars 166g | |
| Protein 14g | 27% |
| Total Fat 14g | 18% |
| Saturated Fat 7g | 34% |
| Cholesterol 4mg | 1% |
| Vitamin A 13mcg | 1% |
| Vitamin C 4mg | 5% |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Vitamin E 3mg | 23% |
| Folate 246mcg | 62% |
| Vitamin K 12mcg | 10% |
| Sodium 2668mg | 116% |
| Calcium 774mg | 60% |
| Iron 8mg | 42% |
| Magnesium 39mg | 9% |
| Potassium 218mg | 5% |
| Zinc 1mg | 9% |
| Vitamin B12 0mcg | 16% |
| Omega 3 0g |
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
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