Apples N' Spice Cake Trifle

Submitted by TheDancingCook

"This is a perfect fall holiday dessert that looks wonderful in the trifle bowl. Don't let the ingredients/steps scare you! All ingredients are canned, boxed, cartoned; you just need to buy it and combine it! One hour to prepare and the results are gratifying! This is so easy; I made this for my in-laws Thanksgiving dinner when I was dating my husband; during that time period I had no kitchen skills whatsoever. Very easy! Prep time does not include cooling/chilling times. This recipe is from Taste of Home Magazine, the October/November 1999 edition."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 517.37 g box spice cake mix
• 295.73 ml cinnamon applesauce
• 3 eggs
• 78.78 ml vegetable oil
• 595.33 g can apple pie filling
• 14.79 ml butter or 14.79 ml margarine
• 34.50 ml ground cinnamon, divided
• 709.77 ml milk, cold
• 170.09 g box vanilla pudding mix
• 35.43 g whipped dessert topping mix
• 340.19 g carton whipped topping, thawed
• 118.29 ml walnuts, chopped
• 59.14 ml toffee pieces, almond brickle chips or 2 Heath candy bars, chopped

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine dry cake mix, applesauce, eggs and oil; beat on medium for 2 minutes.
3. Pour into a greased 13x9 baking dish and bake for 30-40 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
4. Cool.
5. While that is baking, in a saucpan combine apple pie filling, butter and 1 tsp of cinnamon until butter is melted and stir until well blended.
6. Cool.
7. In a mixing bowl, combine milk, pudding mix, whipped topping mix and remaining cinnamon.
8. Beat on high until thick; about 5 minutes then let it stand for 5 more minutes.
9. Spread 1/3 of the apple mix (step#5) in a trifle bowl.
10. Now, cut the cake into cubes and place half over the apple mixture in trifle.
11. Top that with half of the whipped topping/pudding and sprinkle 1/4 cup walnuts.
12. Repeat the layers, ending with the remaining topping mixture and sprinkle with bits, chips or chopped candy bar and 1/4 cup walnuts.
13. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours.

Reviews

[KitchenWitchWay]

So delicious!

 

[Blue Peacock]

The Dancing Cook, this trifle was excellent and wonderful for Thanksgiving. Nobody in my house was in the mood for pumpkin pie, so I made this. I used reduced-fat cream cheese and Werther's Original's candies crushed for the Heath toffee chips-it was yummy. Thank you for a great recipe.

 

[Lu Belle]

I made this for a change from the usual summer desserts and it was soooo good. Everyone really loved it and wanted the recipe. I made my own spice cake recipe and smashed some Wherther's toffee candies in place of the original ingredients and it was absolutetly delicious. I'll surly be making this again & again.

 

[Sarahcw80]

I'm sorry to say that my family did not really enjoy this dessert. They didn't say anything was specifically wrong with it just that they "Liked other things much better." I thought the taste was pretty good, you could taste the spice cake mostly, and it was a bit too moist for us. I'm sure others would probably like this, it just didn't fly with my family.

 

[Dreamgoddess]

This dessert was a huge hit at our Thanksgiving dinner and was extremely easy to make. I couldn't find any of the suggested toppings to sprinkle on the dessert, so I used miniature cinnamon chips. I was unsure as to when the 12 oz. carton of whipped topping should be used...I read the instructions several times to be sure I wasn't missing reading when this should be added. I finally ended up putting it on top of the trifle and sprinkling the chips on it.