This apple dump cake has all the flavor you would expect from a delicious apple crumb or crisp dessert, and it is easy to fix and cook in the Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. Top it off with some cinnamon sugar and serve it with vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.
I used premium apple pie filling in the recipe, the caramel apple flavor.
Related: This Instant Pot cherry upside-down cake is another yummy dessert made in the pressure cooker. You might also like this Instant Pot pear cake.How To Make an Instant Pot Apple Dump Cake
I used caramel flavored premium apple pie filling. Turn it into a greased 7-inch cake pan.
Top the apple layer with the well-blended dry ingredients.
Cover the dry ingredient layer with the butter. The butter should cover the dry layer pretty evenly, so make sure it’s cut into thin slices or shreds.
A silicone baking sling is a handy way to lower and lift the cake, but a foil sling is fine. Either way, just make sure the ends of the sling don’t get in the way of the sealing ring.
Instant Pot Apple Dump Cake
This scrumptious Instant Pot apple dump cake is a breeze to prepare and cook in and electric pressure cooker. Skip the cake mix version and make this dump cake with a homemade cake mixture.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Pressure Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
- Category: Desserts. Cakes, Instant Pot
- Method: Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 (21-ounce) can apple pie filling
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (5 ounces)
- 2/3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Pinch nutmeg
- 6 tablespoons butter (grated or sliced into very thin pieces)
Instructions
- Spray a 7-by-2-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking oil.
- Place a trivet in the Instant Pot inner pot and add 1 1/2 cups of water.
- Turn the apple pie filling into the prepared pan.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Blend well with a whisk or spoon and spread the dry mixture evenly over the apples.
- Top with the butter, taking care to cover the dry mixture as thoroughly as possible.
- Loosely cover the pan with foil.
- Tear off a 2-foot length of foil and fold it lengthwise into thirds to make a sling. Place the pan in the center of the sling and use the ends of the foil to lower the pan onto the trivet in the Instant Pot.
- Secure the lid and ensure the knob is turned to the sealing position. Choose the pressure cook/manual button, high pressure, and set the timer for 40 minutes.
- When the time is up, remove the pan to a rack and remove the foil. Let the dump cake stand for about 10 minutes.
- Serve the apple cake with a big scoop of ice cream or whipped topping and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar or a pinch of nutmeg.
