Recipes Made with Cake Mixes
Colossal Caramel Apple Trifle
Yield: 42 servings (3/4 cup each)
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix*
- 6 cups cold milk
- 3 (3.4 ounce) boxes instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1 (12 1/4 ounce) jar caramel ice cream topping
- 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans, toasted
- 2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling
- 2 (16 ounce) containers frozen whipped topping, thawed
Instructions
- Prepare and bake cake according to package directions, using two greased 9 inch round pans.
- Cool for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely.
- In a large bowl, whisk milk, pudding mixes and apple pie spice for 2 minutes.
- Let stand for 2 minutes or until soft-set.
- Cut one cake layer if necessary to fit evenly into an 8 quart punch bowl.
- Poke holes in the cake with a long wooden skewer; gradually pour a third of the caramel topping over cake.
- Sprinkle with 1/2 cup pecans and spread with half the pudding mixture.
- Spoon one can of apple pie filling over pudding; spread with one carton of whipped topping.
- Top with remaining cake and repeat layers.
- Drizzle with remaining caramel topping, and sprinkle with remaining pecans.
- Refrigerate until serving.
Notes
* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.