Dip a spoon into these fuss-free fall dessert jars piled high with soft angel food cake, homemade whipped cream, and spiced cinnamon-caramel apples!
‘Tis the season of giving, y’all! Giving thanks, giving hugs and gifts, and all the wonderful things that come with the cooler weather and its holidays. So, what better way to ring in fall (and my birthday this weekend) than to share the love a little?
Today I’ve got an incredibly good, fuss-free fall dessert for you that you’re just gonna love. Spiced caramel apples, cloud-like homemade whipped cream, and pillowy soft angel food cake make these jars a mouthwatering sweet for the season. They’re as fun to make as they are to eat, as they are to give as gifts! Triple threat treat, baby.
Topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon and a pinch of silced almonds, these desserts are pretty much heaven in a jar. Like a big scoopful of warm, comforting apple pie! Except, ya know… portioned. So you don’t eat the whole pan.
Guilty.
Thanks to pre-made angel food cakes from Sara Lee Desserts, this is one super easy sweet treat. Just chop up your cake, simmer your apples in cinnamon, sugar and butter until soft, and whip your cream into a frothy-white frenzy! Grab your jars, layer away and garnish for a little extra pizzazz!
To make these pretty, perfectly delicious jars even easier, use canned apple pie filling and store bought whipped cream! I won’t judge.
Just don’t skimp on the angel food. You’ve gotta grab the best, and that means going for Sara Lee! These cakes are fluffy soft perfection in a box. Richly scented with almond and vanilla, each bite melts in your mouth. Irresistible with fruit and whipped cream, I tell ya!
Once they hit store shelves in late fall, grab yourself one and get creative! In the meantime, I’ve got another special treat for you… How about a $50 VISA gift card and some free Sara Lee product coupons?!
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Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake Jars
Ingredients
For caramel apples:
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
- 3 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and small diced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For assembly:
- 5 12 oz. mason jars
- 1 22 oz. Sara Lee Angel Food Cake, thawed
- 1 cup whipped cream, homemade or store bought
- 1 batch caramel apples, recipe below
- 1/4 cup sliced almonds, for topping
Instructions
Start by making caramel apples:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, melt butter. Add sugar and lemon juice, stirring frequently for 5-6 minutes, or until mixture turns light golden brown. Stir in diced apples. Cook for 20-25 minutes, stirring often, or until apples are caramelized and golden. Remove from heat. Let cool at least 30 minutes before layering in jars.
For assembly:
- Cut angel food cake into 1″ cubes. Layer with whipped cream and caramel apples in a mason jar, ending with whipped cream. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Sprinkle with cinnamon, sliced almonds and serve.
- Enjoy!
Gorgeous jars! They definitely scream fall. Plus, everything tastes better in jars, right?
the caramel apple cake looks absolutely delicious! thanks for sharing!!!
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Homemade whipped cream? I’m in. Oh wow, Georgia, these look so cute in those mason jars and I bet they taste amazing too. That angel cake sounds awesome :)
It’s like you’ve taken all my fave ingredients and put them into a jar – and I love how fuss free it is :)
That recipe looks delicious!
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Thanks for doing the giveaway, and for always posting recipes that i want to make!
These are just the prettiest, cutest, tastiest lil things!
Georgia these look just amazing. I’m wondering if the portion control thing would work though, I think I’d be tempted to polish off more than one. I’m such a sucker for anything with apples and cinnamon!
This looks lovely! And I love this giveaway!
These sound wonderful, I can just picture sitting around the backyard campfire enjoying these treats!
I love caramel apple desserts especially during this time of year :) These look incredible Georgia and so cute, pinned! Hehe, Sara Lee Cakes were a favorite of mine growing up too :)
Oohhhhhh myyy. I want like five of these jars. All to myself.
These look delicious!
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It looks delicious!
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Wow…these look like the perfect “fall dessert”! I will be making these this weekend!
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Super cute and delicious looking fall dessert.
I was lucky enough to have a sneak taste of the cake itself…and now this!?!?! Ohhh myyyy goodnesssss……yummy!
This looks delicious. Thanks for the giveaway.
I was just wishing there was more recipes for apples! This looks fabulous and delicious, I will definitely be trying this immediately.
Thank you for all your wonderful seasonal recipes, I seem to use 3-4 for dinner every week! I love it and my family loves it– Thank you!
I love desserts in jars because they are so visual. You get to see all the deliciousness that goes into them. These desserts looks so fall-ish and inviting Georgia – I want! Have a great weekend!
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This looks and sounds absolutely delish!!! I think it will make a great gift.
My family would love this, it is a perfect dessert for fall.
Oh my, it looks so delicious!!!
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Oh this looks so delicious,am certainly going to make this soon
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I am all over these layers of apple-icious love you have going on here. And Angel Food cake couldn’t be more appropirately named–it’s heavenly!
I’m not gonna lie, I used to be a total sucker for Sara Lee pound cakes. I could eat an entire one if I was left to my own devices! These food cake jars are brilliant. Love them Georgia! :)
This looks delicious!
Um, YUM. Seems like everyone’s pumpkin mad this time of year except for me… I love me some apples!
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What a great dessert and easy to make!
That looks so delicious! How hard is it to clean the jars afterwards?
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Fall Goodies in Jars, taste the best!
I’m hoping to be the lucky one too! I love your parfait desserts.
I just love these cute little desserts. Perfect for get togethers.
I would really like to get behind more desserts in jars! So cute and probably a cleaner option for kiddos!
Yum these look so good. I’m a sucker for anything in a mason jar these days too, great job!
looks wonderful :)
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Cake in a jar…what a brilliant idea, Georgia.
This would be the perfect dessert to bring to my church small group! I would have to just do it in a big bowl though…not nearly as cute!
Desserts in jars are always adorable, and they’re even more appealing to me if it’s an easy recipe! This looks delicious. Hope i win!
Looks so delicious!
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This.looks.amazing. I just bought a whole bunch of mason jars too!
This looks fantastic!
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Love it! I think the individual servings in mason/ball jars are such a great idea and so party friendly!!! Can’t wait to try this one! If I’d had angel food cake in the house and it wasn’t 45 minutes to a store I’d be making it today for a birthday party I’m going to tonight!!!!
My goodness, this looks AMAZING! I wonder if it would make a good gift since it’s in a jar. :D
I NEED to make something in jars!
It would be fun to win this giveaway. Thanks for the chance.
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You had me at carmel apples…looks really good. I even have jars left from jelly. I have a whole bag of cherries too…these would be great with cherries…or peaches…or…
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I adore jar desserts like this… they are so cute. Love the apples too… I’m doing apple week here so we are totally feasting on apples. :)
lots of comments on this one :-) looks delicions… haven’t tried using angel food cake with the apples and jars – will have to try!
My grandpas favorite is angel food cake! He would really enjoy these!!
Fall is my favorite baking season – caramel? apple? Pumpkin? You can’t go wrong!!
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I love love LOVE your dessert ideas, how about throwing in some pumpkin pie bits or cheesecake bits to give it that extra special fall feeling to it?!
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Oh, goodie…another recipe for all the apples that I’m drowning under. Thanks!
That looks delicious, such a nice recipe for fall!
looks scrumptious!! love caramel apple
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What a beautiful dessert! Love the styling… Photos are just gorgeous!!
Looks like an apple country dessert. Would look great in the limited edition blue Ball jars
Apples are such a great addition to any dish in the fall!
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I’d love to dig into these cute little jars!
Looks divine!
Such a cute and easy dessert for fall!
I love desserts made in individual servings like this — built-in portion control! Sara Lee makes a good pound cake, too.
Very pretty indeed! We have Sara Lee here but nothing like this! :)
Happy birthday! :) Also, I hope this will be your birthday dessert because man, it looks delicious. In that “I need some NOW” kind of way. :)
Such a good idea to do these in individual jars, they’re adorable! And the flavor combinations sounds sublime! Angel food cake is one of my favorites so this recipe is a must!
What a totally fun idea Georgia – always love how cute desserts look in jars!
The cake will be perfect in the summer with strawberries and cream as well.
LOVE this dessert recipe, girl! And…HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Wishing you all the best and hope your weekend is fabulous! xo
This post made me hungry!! :)
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Oh those cake jars looks so good! I think this would be so good for when our family comes over for Thanksgiving! What a neat idea!
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These look great!
BTW, I made your pumpkin spice cake w/cream cheese frosting last night. I am excited to try it this evening!
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This looks so delicious!
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Those jars look like a dream!!! A dream I was to dive into spoon first ;) xo
Awesome jars! Definitely says fall. I got to get baking hehe.
These look and sound delicious! I love all the cute Mason jar dessert ideas out there these days. I’m a Sara Lee pound cake fan from way back but the angel food looks good too!
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looks great! desserts in jars are too cute!
Great giveaway – thanks!
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I love desserts in jars, and this recipe sounds delicious!
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I’m officially craving these! Hooray for Fall!
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These look so good, really want to try this…and tonight is grocery night :)
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Smile. Just lovely Georgia! We loved Sara Lee cakes growing up. Their crumb coffee cake was a Christmas favorite! These jars look delicious…and what a great giveaway! Thank you for sharing it!
This looks & sounds delicious, wow! Caramel anything is my favorite. :)
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what a fun fall dessert!
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Georgia, These look so easy and delish!
What a gorgeous cake! I love desserts in jars!
These look great! I’m going to make them next weekend with my 3 granddaughters. Love you site
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That looks so delicious! I love Sara Lee products. Thanks!
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Super EXCITED to try this!
Love me some Sara Lee Angel Food cake!
Best use of apples I’ve found so far. Made for a friend, and she HAD to have more for the rest of her family (want to bet they really got any of them or did she eat them all herself?)
I love Sara lee pound cake with whip cream and strawberries
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The dessert looks so yummy!
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Yummy! looks delicious.
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Thanks for the chance! That’s one delicious dessert! :)
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These are so fun! I’m going apple picking tomorrow and this is getting me in the mood!
This recipe looks great. I’ve always wanted to make angel food cake but I’m scared. If the cake sinks, no one would know if I made a trifle out of it though, so maybe I’ll give it a shot!!
These are just gorgeous Georgia! I would love nothing more than one of those beautiful jars as a gift! :)
Looks really delicious. Love this!
Those look so yummy!
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What a great photo of the finished dessert! These look yummy.
what a creative dessert idea! i love it
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This looks really good – and I’m hungry…
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Yum! What a pretty but simple dessert
That looks absolutely delicious! I am going to have to make it soon!
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Oh my gosh! You did a beautiful thing here!
I recently tried my hand at apple tarts for the first time. I thought I was being clever by cutting up the apples first so they would cook more thoroughly and be mushy and delicious. Yeah, terrible idea when you are trying to stretch a small, thin, piece of dough around sharp corners of a cut up apple, which now takes a lot more space because it’s a mess.
The flavors, though? Those were perfect!
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Mmmmm, comfort food in a clever package!
Mmmm, comfort food in a clever package!
I love Sara Lee and these look delicious!
Great stuff! I absolutely love this recipe. And I’ll bet it’s incredibly flavorful. I haven’t bought Sare Lee anything for awhile, because we make so much of our own stuff. But everything I’ve ever had has been quite good.
That looks delicious as well as beautiful.
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So beautiful, as usual! So many of your recipes are now regulars in our house. Keep them coming!
Caramel apples are my favorite dessert/snack, I could eat them and eat and never get tired of them. The recipe you shared with us is a nice little twist to the traditional caramel apples, looks so delicious that now I’m craving some!
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Apples and angel cake… what more does a girl need.
This recipe looks so good!
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Divine!! I love angel food cake and caramel apples made into a cute parfait :)
That looks so amazing!
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These look great. I am using my jars for so many more things recently that I need to add this one. Thanks
That looks delicious and easy to make.
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These look yummy can’t wait to try. I just made your Salted Caramel Pumpkin Seeds they are awesome! Thank you for the wonderful recipes
How fun these look. Great for my Halloween gathering.
Looks great
It looks delicious. Thank you for sharing this recipe.