I have so many apple dessert lovers in my family. Last weekend, I decided to make a semi-homemade breakfast dessert cake for the 4th of July brunch we had at my parent’s house. This cake took about ten minutes to prepare and thirty minutes to cook, which turned out incredible! You will want to save this recipe for all the apple fritter lovers. 
Don’t get me wrong, I love spending time making homemade cakes from scratch, but time is limited with a baby. When he’s down sleeping, I have about 45-minutes to cook or bake something up. For now, boxed cake it is! It’s fun to use a standard box mix and get creative with spicing it up!
Apple Fritter Cake With a Maple Cinnamon Glaze
Ingredients
Vanilla Cake Mix
Cinnamon
Apple Pie Filling
Brown Sugar
Butter
Powdered Sugar
Milk
Maple Syrup
Sea Salt
Flour
You can make this recipe gluten-free by choosing a gluten-free cake mix and using a gluten-free flour for the streusel.
The best part about an apple fritter cake is that you can serve this for breakfast with coffee or for dessert with coffee. And if you don’t like apples, you can probably get away with using any pie filling for this recipe. Next time, I need to try it with blueberry pie filling or peach pie filling. The delicious streusel on top of this cake is my favorite part. I wanted to eat it by the spoonful!
Apple Fritter Cake With a Maple Cinnamon Glaze
Ingredients
For The Cake
- 1 Box Vanilla Cake Mix
- 2 Tbsps Ground Cinnamon
- 1 Can Apple Pie Filling
Streusel
- 1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
- 1 Tbsp Melted Butter
- 1/8th Tsp Sea Salt
- 1/4th Cup Flour
- 1 Tsp Ground Cinnamon
Glaze
- 2 Tbsps Melted Butter
- 2 Tbsps Maple Syrup
- 2 Tbsps Milk
- 1 1/2 Cups Powdered Sugar
Instructions
The Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare the cake mix in a large mixing bowl as directed on the box. Mix in two tablespoons of cinnamon. Evenly pour the cake batter into a greased 9 x 13 pan.
- Top the cake batter with spoonfuls of apple pie filling. you can add extra cinnamon to the apple pie mix
Streusel
- Mix the brown sugar and melted butter until smooth. Mix in the sea salt, flour, and ground cinnamon. The streusel should be crumbly. To thicken up the streusel, add more flour. If it's too dry, add in more butter.
- Evenly distribute the streusel over the apple pie filling.
- Bake for 28-32 minutes. Let the cake cool for about twenty minutes before adding the glaze. You want the cake to be slightly warm.
Glaze
- Mix the melted butter, maple syrup, milk, and powdered sugar in a small mixing bowl.
- Evenly distribute the glaze over the slightly warm cake.
- Slice into 20 squares. This cake (and most cakes) is best when stored in the refrigerator.
All of you apple fans are going to LOVE this recipe! 😋
Questions for you!
- What flavor should I make next?
- How do you like your cake served? Room temperature or Refrigerator?
- What semi-homemade recipe is your go-to?
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