Moist Caramel Apple Cake Recipe
Add a photo
1 of 7 Photos

Moist Caramel Apple Cake

By: JELL-O 
"Moist and delicious, this easy apple cake gets it's moisture from the pudding. The yummy caramel topping makes it the perfect fall dessert."

This Kitchen Approved Recipe has an average star rating of 3.9 Rate/Review | Read Reviews (19)

Prep Time:
15 Min
Ready In:
1 Hr 35 Min

Servings  (Help)

Calculate

 

Original Recipe Yield 16 servings
 

Ingredients

  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
  • 1 pkg. (4 serving size) JELL-O Vanilla or French Vanilla Flavor Instant Pudding & Pie Filling
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, coarsely chopped
  • 20 KRAFT Caramels, unwrapped
  • 3 tablespoons milk

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan. Beat cake mix, dry pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in large bowl with electric mixer on low speed until blended. Beat on high speed 2 min. Gently stir in apples. Pour into prepared pan.
  2. Bake 50 min. to 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 20 min.; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.
  3. Microwave caramels and milk in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 1-1/2 min., stirring every 30 sec. until blended. Cool 10 min. until slightly thickened. Drizzle over cake.

Footnotes

  • Cooking Know-How
  • Do not use cake mix with pudding in the mix. To avoid soggy cake, drizzle caramel sauce over cake just before serving.
  • Jazz It Up
  • Serve topped with thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping or vanilla ice cream.
ADVERTISEMENT
reviews custom versions menus people who saved this
 

 view all reviews »  

The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Sep. 18, 2009 by naples34102 Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Not too shabby for a yellow cake mix, which generally has an obnoxious artificial taste. I...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 18, 2007 by Windy D.   view full review
This cake is absolutely AMAZING! It is so moist and the tart apples with the caramels are just...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 23, 2010 by CookinBug Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
Good! Definitely heed the advice in the footnotes and do not use a cake mix with pudding in...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Oct. 28, 2009 by mrs.so   view full review
My family loved this recipe! I have made it countless times since I found it last fall. ...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jun. 22, 2009 by SunnyByrd   view full review
Great! I made this for my husband's crew at work and got lots of compliments (with profanity,...
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 7, 2008 by PYSEAS Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  view full review
So, so good. It's almost better the second day when the gooey caramel has seeped into the...
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Feb. 3, 2011 by Tami   view full review
This tasted like a typical cake mix recipe. It made for a nice presentation though.
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 1, 2010 by shans1622   view full review
Very good will make again. Did no adjustments to recipe.
The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 8, 2008 by Bakemaster95   view full review
This cake was ultrs moist and flavour full, at first I didn't know if three apples would be...
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.9 star rating.
Reviewed on May 15, 2008 by *Lisa*   view full review
Very good cake. Looks pretty too so would make a good presentation dessert for company. Will...

profile image
By:  Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
What’s Changed: 
profile image
By:  Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
What’s Changed: 
 Sample
: 
  • Meals
  • Recipes
  • Tags Menu Tags
profile image
  Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)  | ,
Saved on
Recipe BoxRecipe Box | ProfileProfile | ReviewsReviews
 
Recipe Box
Menus
Shopping Lists

recipe box See something worth saving?
Register now to save all your favorites in your Recipe Box.

Sign up for FREE Now!

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Menus

Supporting Member (Click to learn more about Supporting Membership)
Sorry, there are no related menus here yet.
Try Menu Planner | View Sample Menus »

Recently Viewed Recipes

Quick Links: Recipe Box | Shopping List | More »

Top Searches

 
Select Your Version:  Argentina  |  Australia & New Zealand  |  Brazil  |  Canada  |  China  |  France  |  Germany  |  India  |  Japan  |  Korea  |  Mexico  |  Netherlands  |  Poland

Quebec  |  Russia  |  SE Asia  |  United Kingdom & Ireland  |  United States