Apple Pie Cake (With Cake Mix Box)
This soft, moist and easy apple pie cake recipe with cake mix box and simple ingredients is perfect for serving at Fall and Thanksgiving parties. This layer cake is composed of two apple spice cakes, topped off with buttercream frosting and homemade apple pie filling and decorated with cinnamon sticks.
Servings: 8 Slices
Calories: 727kcal
Ingredients
- 3 Eggs Large, Room temperature
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- ½ cup Oil
- 1 Box Yellow cake mix 15.25 oz. box, Can also use a white cake mix
- 1.5-2 teaspoon Apple pie spice Adjust according to your preference
- 2 cups Homemade apple pie filling
- 2 cups Classic American buttercream frosting
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, buttermilk, oil and mix until you have a frothy, bubbly mixture.
- Add cake mix and apple pie spice and mix until just combined. Do not over mix!
- Pour batter into two round greased and floured cake pans (Dimension: 8x2).
- Bake at 350 degrees F for about 40 minutes on until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean. The tops will be golden brown.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely at room temperature.
- Trim the domes of both cakes (if any) to make them flat. Also, if you like, you can trim the sides of the cake. I did that in the pictures but not in the video. Both ways work well.
- Place one cake on a cake stand.
- Use a spatula to frost the top of this cake with buttercream. You can also fill a piping bag with the large star tip (Wilton tip 1M) and pipe buttercream stars instead of using a spatula.
- Gently spread some apple pie filling on top of the frosting.
- Place the other cake on top of the pie filling and press gently to secure properly.
- Spread more buttercream on top, followed by apple pie filling.
- Decorate the top of the cake with a few cinnamon sticks.
- Optional: Toss some shredded white chocolate around the base of the cake and enjoy.
Video
Notes
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Don't assemble a warm cake because the heat will cause the icing to melt and make a sticky mess.
- Adjust amount of apple pie spice based on your preference.
- You must use a 15.25 oz. cake mix box. If you have the smaller box, open up a new box of cake mix and measure out the remaining missing quantity with a weighing scale and add that to your cake mix for a total of 15.25 oz.
- All ingredients must be at room temperature so they blend together smoothly and evenly.
- Do not over mix batter because that will yield very tough and gummy cakes.
Nutrition
Calories: 727kcal | Carbohydrates: 95g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 36g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 326mg | Potassium: 278mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 58g | Vitamin A: 1140IU | Calcium: 137mg | Iron: 2.3mg