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Easy Apple Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple spice cake
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 203kcal
Author: Kara @I Scream for Buttercream
This easy apple spice cake is so simple to make. It's a cake mix based recipe, so it only takes a few ingredients and mixes together super fast.
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Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1 15 oz box spice cake mix (see notes for option if you can't find a spice cake mix)
  • 1 21 oz apple pie filling
  • 3 eggs
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the cream cheese buttercream:

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature (1 stick)
  • 1 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese, softened
  • 3 cups confectioner's sugar (may add another cup if needed to thicken the buttercream)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (may add an extra teaspoon for even more flavor)
  • jar caramel topping (optional for drizzling on top)

Instructions

For the cake:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13x9 inch glass pan with baking spray.
  • In large bowl, add the dry cake mix, pie filling, eggs and vanilla. Mix for about 2 minutes. The batter will be thick. (Do not add any of the ingredients on the back of the cake mix box. Only mix together the dry cake mix, pie filling, eggs and vanilla.)
  • Spread the batter into the pan and smooth.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes. Cool cake before adding cream cheese buttercream.

For the cream cheese buttercream:

  • Mix your butter and cream cheese together in a mixing bowl with an electric mixer until smooth.
  • Add three cups of confectioner's sugar and mix well.
  • Check your consistency. If the buttercream feels too thin, add another cup of confectioner's sugar. If it’s feels too thick, just add in a teaspoon of milk and mix again until smooth.
  • Spread the buttercream over the cooled cake. Optional: Drizzle with caramel topping.

Notes

*If you can't find a spice cake mix, use a yellow cake mix and add in 2 teaspoon cinnamon, 1 teaspoon nutmeg, 1 teaspoon ginger and ½ teaspoon cloves.
Store this cake covered in the fridge for no longer than a week.
Nutritional values are an estimate.
Make sure to check out the TIPS & FAQs for this recipe in the blog post, which may answer questions about substitutions & give other helpful tips.
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Nutrition

Calories: 203kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 33mg | Potassium: 30mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 246IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 1mg