As the spirit wear coordinator for our elemetary school, I felt VERY blessed to have a few {awesome} girlfriends come over this morning to help me sort and label the school’s spring order. [Thank you Pam, Beth, Paige, & Dee Dee! You rawk!] Of course, I needed to whip up a little baked somethin’-somethin’ to thank them, so I made this FAST & EASY semi-homemade apple cake.

Here’s how to do it…

First, preheat the oven to 425.

Gather your ingredients: three packages of Martha White apple cinnamon muffin mix, 1-1/2 cups milk (as called for in muffin mix), 1/2 teaspoon ground  cinnamon, 1/8 tsp each clove & nutmeg (these two spices are optional), 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp lemon juice, 5-6 medium apples, 1/2 tbsp sugar.

Combine the muffin mix & milk. [I just set the kitchen aid on low so I could carry on to the next step.]

Spray a 9 x 12 casserole dish. Then peel, core, and slice the apples. [I just used my handy-dandy apple peeler-corer-slicer in one! Love that thing! Then I broke the apple rings into fourths.] Throw the apple slices in your pan.

Then add the sugar, spices, lemon juice, and stir it all together (right there in the casserole dish–less to clean!). Cut the tablespoon of butter over it.

Pour the muffin batter right over the top of it, spreading evenly to cover all the apples.

Cook on 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

*Ding!* All done! It’s that simple!!

The only tricky part is not eating all of it before your guests arrive!!

Don’t you just love adding a fast, easy recipe to your dessert arsenal?!

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Maybe you’d enjoy these other tasty treats… banana pudding… strawberry shortcakes… crepes & “heart” berries… mint oreo pops