Apple Dump Cake

Ingredients

• 4 medium Honeycrisp apples (peeled, cored, & chopped into 1/2-inch pieces)
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons apple pie spice (or pumpkin pie spice )
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
• 15 oz box of spice cake mix
• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, frozen & thinly sliced)
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 3 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 3 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
• 1 tsp salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 12-inch cast-iron skillet with cooking spray. (If you don’t have one, you can use a 9x13-inch baking dish instead.)

2. 2

   Stir the apples, honey, brown sugar, pie spice, salt, and lemon juice in a large bowl until the apples are evenly coated. Pour this mixture into the prepared skillet. Use the back of your wooden spoon to press down the apples into an even layer, preventing large gaps.

3. 3

   Pour the dry cake mix on top of the apples and use a spoon or flexible spatula to smooth into an even layer, all the way to the edges of the skillet. Evenly distribute the sliced butter on top, covering completely.

4. 4

   Bake for about 45 minutes until the top is golden brown and you see the juices bubbling around the edges of the skillet.

5. 5

   Let cool for 20 minutes before serving.