Apple Bread with Yellow Cake Mix Recipe
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Jump to RecipeThis deliciously moist and tender apple bread with yellow cake mix recipe is a simple and tasty treat you can make in no time. A great recipe to use up cake mix, with apples, cinnamon, eggs, and flour.
Each slice is loaded with wonderful warm flavors, and it makes a great dessert for a bake sale or for hosting tea or entertaining. Enjoy a slice with coffee, or serve a la mode for a wonderful homemade dessert.
Want more modern dessert recipes? Try our favorite chocolate caramel poke cake, sweet potato banana bread, or our favorite apricot kolachy cookies recipe.
I love a good and easy homemade sweet bread, and this apple bread couldn’t be simpler to make! I don’t bake too often, so I love to take any easy shortcuts that I can for an easy and quick dessert. This recipe is one of the best ‘dump cakes’ – add everything to a bowl, mix, and bake.
This recipe uses cake mix and self-rising flour to make this sweet bread so delicious! It takes 5 minutes to mix, 35-45 minutes to bake, and you have a wonderful and easy apple bread that tastes 100% homemade (even though it uses some serious shortcuts).
Why This Recipe Works
- This easy cake mix apple bread is cozy, warm, moist, and SO good!
- It’s great for a fall dessert, or make it anytime of year.
- Perfect for sharing – a delicious quick bread recipe guests will love.
- Enjoy a slice with coffee or tea for breakfast, as an afternoon snack, or serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert.
- Anyone can successfully bake this apple bread – just follow our step-by-step photos and instructions below!
Ingredients You’ll Need
Be sure to visit the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!
I use yellow cake mix for this basic recipe – as it has a wonderful flavor and crumb. I also use unsalted butter for greasing the loaf pans so the bread doesn’t stick.
Apple Pie Filling – I used a can of pie filling which adds a wonderful sweetness and flavor to the bread.
Adding some lightly beaten large eggs to the batter gives it a wonderful moistness and helps the cake develop a nice texture.
Self-rising flour has leavening mixed in, and gives this dish more of a firmer bread-like texture (not crumbly like a cake).
I add cinnamon in the bread dough, and top the loaves with sugar for a nice crunch in each bite! Use turbinado sugar (or a very course grain sugar) for an extra-crunchy topping.
Adding a diced apple to the batter also gives the bread a nice flavor and moisture. Use any apples you prefer (I had a delicious Cosmic Crisp apple on hand) like gala, Granny smith, or Macintosh.
Additions and Substitutions
Adding 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts would be a delicious addition to this bread!
Want to try this apple bread with different cake mixes? Try it with a box of spice cake mix, white cake mix, or Funfetti cake mix for extra color!
Or mix up your fillings – you can also make this recipe with cherry pie filling or pumpkin pie filling too.
How To Make This Recipe
Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (or 175 degrees Celsius). Grease two standard loaf pans with butter, or line them with parchment paper.
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl add the yellow cake mix, self-rising flour, and cinnamon. Stir to mix the dry ingredients evenly.
Step 3: Add the wet ingredients: Pour in the lightly beaten eggs (I beat them in a small bowl first) and the entire can of apple pie filling. Stir gently until everything is just combined, it’s okay if the pie filling breaks up a little.
Step 4: Fold in the finely diced fresh apple into the batter. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
Step 5: Sprinkle the top of the batter with the sugar (or brown sugar) for a sweet, slightly crunchy topping. Bake for 45–55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
Step 6: Cool the bread in the pans for about 10–15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature. Slice and serve.
Recipe FAQs
Cover any leftover bread with plastic wrap, or store in an airtight container (like a plastic freezer bag). Refrigerate and enjoy within 2 days.
I like to slice the loaves into 8-10 slices each, and enjoy as-is! Or for dessert I like to warm the bread slightly and serve with a scoop of ice cream – YUM!
The beauty of this simple recipe is that you don’t need much – just a mixing bowl, a spatula, and 2 loaf pans is all. I found the batter easy to mix by hand, but you could use an electric mixer if desired.
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Apple Bread with Yellow Cake Mix
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls
- Spatula
- 2 Standard Loaf Pans
Ingredients
- 1 13.5 ounce box cake mix I used yellow cake mix
- 1 21 ounce can apple pie filling
- 4 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1 cup self-rising flour
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 apple finely diced
- 2 teaspoons sugar or brown sugar, to top
- Unsalted Butter for greasing the pans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (or 175 degrees Celsius). Grease two standard loaf pans with butter, or line them with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl add the yellow cake mix, self-rising flour, and cinnamon. Stir to mix the dry ingredients evenly.
- Add the wet ingredients: Pour in the lightly beaten eggs (I beat them in a small bowl first) and the entire can of apple pie filling. Stir gently until everything is just combined, it’s okay if the pie filling breaks up a little.
- Fold in the finely diced fresh apple into the batter. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared loaf pans.
- Sprinkle the top of the batter with the sugar (or brown sugar) for a sweet, slightly crunchy topping. Bake for 45–55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean or with just a few moist crumbs.
- Cool the bread in the pans for about 10–15 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely to room temperature. Slice and serve.
Notes
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