Sour Cream Apple Kuchen

Don't let the name of this dessert make you think that it's complicated and time-consuming. It couldn't be easier. A box of yellow cake mix and a can of apple pie filling (or fresh apples if you have them) make this an easy-to-put-together dessert. 

I've been using this recipe for ages (it was originally published by Better Crocker). You can get creative and use other cake mix flavors and other fruit fillings such as:

• chocolate cake and cherry pie filling
• spice cake and pears or pear filling
• carrot cake and drained crushed pineapple
• devils food cake and strawberries or strawberry pie filling
• lemon cake and blueberry filling
• sour cream white cake and peach filling
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Sour Cream Apple Kuchen

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 cup coconut
• 1 can (20 ounces) apple-pie filling or 2 1/2 cups sliced pared baking apples
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 egg yolks

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cut butter into the dry cake mix with a pastry blender. Mix in the coconut.
3. Pat mixture into an ungreased 13x9-inch pan, building up the edges slightly.
4. Bake for 10 minutes in preheated oven.
5. Arrange apple filling (or apples) on the warm crust. 
6. Mix together sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle over apples.
7. Blend together sour cream and egg yolks. Drizzle over apples.
8. Bake for 25 minutes. Serve warm.