Caramel Apple Poke Cake Recipe

If you are looking for the best fall dessert, you have found it! This Caramel Apple Poke Cake has all of your favorite fall flavors in one easy and delicious autumn dessert!

Enjoy your favorite flavors of Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Nutmeg, apples, caramel and pecans in one easy fall dessert recipe!

What Is a Poke Cake?

A Poke cake is a cake in which you poke holes before you add frosting.

That way the frosting, or in our case Instant Pot Caramel can reach more inside the cake for extra flavor.

You can use a back of a wooden spoon, or a straw to poke holes in the cake.

Best Ever Caramel Apple Poke Cake

This Carmel Apple Cake is so easy to make! Here is the equipment you need to make this amazing autumn dessert recipe:

– Mixing Bowl, for mixing the cake batter and canned apple pie filling together.

– Kitchen Knife, for cutting up the apple pie filling canned for apple poke cake.

– Cutting Board, use the cutting board for chopping apples from the canned apple pie filling.

– Baking Pan 9 x 13, for baking the delicious fall apple cake.

Ingredients For Caramel Apple Poke Cake

Here are the ingredients that you need for Apple Cinnamon Poke Cake Recipe:

– White Cake Mix, this white cake mix works great for the fall apple poke cake. If you don’t have a white cake mix, then you can use a Yellow Cake Mix.

– Apple Pie Filling Canned, used canned apple pie filling for making this delicious apple cake.

– Dulce de Leche, for this poke cake recipe you need frosting to spread on the cake, once you poke holes in it. And we love using dulce de leche (or caramel) for it. It is so delicious, and it goes amazingly well with apples. You can purchase Dulce de Leche, or you can use Sweetened Condensed Milk and use it to make Instant Pot Dulce de Leche.

– Apple Pie Spice, you will need apple pie seasoning mix to add more fall flavors to this delicious cake. You can Buy Apple Pie Spice Mix or you can make it using this recipe: How to make apple pie spice.

– Frozen Whipped Cream Topping, for the top of the apple caramel poke cake.

– Pecans, chopped pecans are delicious on top of the apple cinnamon poke cake.

More Easy Recipes

Are you looking for more delicious fall recipes? Here are some fun recipes that you can make this fall:

– Fall Brownies, easy and delicious brownies with all of your favorite fall colors! Simple and delicious, you will love the fun idea for making autumn brownies using a brownie mix.

– Instant Pot Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal, the best fall breakfast recipe ever! These delicious punkin pie oats are full of pumpkin and pumpkin spice, and because you make them in the Instant Pot, this easy autumn breakfast recipe is ready in just 10 minutes!

– Easy Instant Pot Caramel Apple Cheesecake, looking for more carmel apple desserts? We can’t blame you, because we love caramel apple desserts as well! This mouthwatering caramel cheesecake is full of all of your favorite flavors of fall, including apples, cinnamon, fall spices and, of course, caramel. Made in the Instant Pot, this is going to be your favorite fall cheesecake!

– Witches Brooms – Healthy Halloween Snacks, what’s fall without Halloween? These witches brooms are amazing kids Halloween snacks! And they are made with just 2 ingredients.

– Clementine Pumpkins Recipe, these pumpkins are fun to eat, and really simple to make! These cute fall pumpkins are great for Halloween parties.

How To Make Poke Cake

It is very simple to make a Carmel Apple Poke Cake! When I heard of a poke cake for the first time, I thought it would be too involved and time consuming to make. But as I developed and tested this recipe with a lot of premade ingredients, such as White Cake Mix, Canned Apple Pie Filling and Dulce de Leche, it turned out to be really simple to make.

And if you are looking for poke cake recipes sweetened condensed milk, this one is a good one! Just use your Sweetened Condensed Milk to make Instant Pot Dulce de Leche!

Chop apple slices in the Apple Pie Filling. Mix the White Cake Mix with other ingredients on the box, then add the apple slices and Apple Pie Spice and mix.

Pour the cake batter into a buttered Baking Pan and bake until it is done.

Once the cake cools for 10 minutes, make holes with either a back of a spoon or a straw.

Now take Dulce de Leche and pour it over the cake. Spread it all over the cake, so that you have Dulce de leche covering the cake everywhere. Let the cake cool completely. Take the whipped topping, and spread it over Dulce de leche. Pour a bit more Dulce de Leche over the top. Sprinkle cake with some chopped pecans. Put in the refrigerator for flavors to meld, at least 2 hours or overnight.

Serve this best poke cake for dessert with Pumpkin Spice Latte, after a dinner served on fall dinnerware of Instant Pot Irish Beef Stew, Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes and Easy Cucumber Tomato Salad.

Can You Make Apple Caramel Poke Cake In Advance?

You can definitely make this delicious apple poke cake in advance.

In fast, you need to make it in advance, as Dulce de Leche flavor needs some time to get through the layers of cake. It is best to follow the instructions in the recipe card below, and make the apple cake a day in advance.

Pro Tips For Making Apple Caramel Poke Cake

– If you don’t have Dulce de Leche, you can use caramel sauce instead.

– If you have Sweetened Condensed Milk, you can use it to make Dulce de Leche! Use this recipe: Instant Pot Dulce de Leche to make it, using Sweetened Condensed Milk.

– Both White Cake Mix and Yellow Cake Mix will work for this recipe. You can also use a spice cake mix for this recipe, if you do it, don’t add Apple Pie Spice, as the spice cake mix already has enough spices.

– We love chopped pecans on top of this cake, as they add delicious crunch. You can leave them out, or use walnuts instead.

– Don’t want to use caramel? Pour sweetened condensed milk over cake instead.

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Caramel Apple Poke Cake Recipe

This easy apple poke cake is full of your favorite fall flavors! With each bite being chock full of apples, fall spices, cinnamon and caramel, this is going to become your favorite apple cake!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time30 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: caramel apple poke cake, poke cake

Servings: 18

Author: TastyGalaxy.com

Equipment

• Mixing Bowl
• Knife
• Cutting Board
• Baking Pan 9 x 13

Ingredients

• 1 White Cake Mix plus the ingredients on the box for making a cake
• 1 Apple Pie Filling one cake
• 1 cup Dulce de Leche reserve 1 teaspoon for the top of the cake, if you'd like
• 2 tsp Apple Pie Spice add more for even more flavor
• ¾ can Whipped Topping
• 1 oz Pecans chopped

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Instructions

• Pre heat the oven to 350F. Chop apples slices in the Apple Pie Filling.
• Combine the White Cake Mix with other ingredients on the box to make a cake. Add about ¼ cup less of water than the box requires, since you will be adding the apple pie filling.
• Add apple slices and the rest of the apple pie filling to the cake batter and mix. Pour cake batter into a buttered Baking Pan and bake for about 30 minutes, until the cake is done.
• Once the cake cools for 10 minutes, make holes with either a back of a spoon or a straw. Warm Dulce de Leche and pour it over the cake. Make sure to spread it all over, to make sure it covers the surface of the cake.
• Cover the cake, and cool completely in the fridge. Now spread whipped topping all over the cake, and sprinkle chopped pecans on top. If you reserved a bit of Dulce de Leche, add it on top as well.

  Refrigerate the cake overnight. Serve for dessert with Whipped Coffee, after dinner of Golden Beets Salad, Garlic Butter Chicken, Instant Pot Rice.

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