Easy Autumn Rum Roll Cake
This recipe is an oldie but a goodie,
and so perfect for this time of year,
it deserves to be shared again
It is a different kind of bundt cake,
it’s made with crescent rolls
The “cake” is made with apple filled crescent rolls baked in a bundt pan
Filled with hot buttered rum apple filling
To serve for dessert, drizzle with caramel sauce
and serve it a la mode
You can also make this savory by adding browned sausage
and eliminating the caramel sauce
and serve it warm with maple sugar for breakfast or brunch
To make this very tasty easy cake,
sauté apple slices with brown sugar until soft
and spread on crescent roll dough
Top with pecans {optional} and roll up
Cut the rolls into slices and layer in bundt pan
Mix remaining pan juices with butter and rum and drizzle over rolls
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes
Easy Autumn Rum Roll Cake
Equipment
- Bundt pan
Ingredients
- 2 cans crescent roll dough [I used low fat]
- 3 sweet apples peel on, cut into thin slices
- 1 T rum Buttershots Butterscotch Liqueur or rum extract
- 3 T butter divided
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp arrowroot optional for thickening
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans, optional
- Caramel topping
Instructions
- Melt 2 T butter in skillet over medium heat and add apple slices and brown sugar. Cook and stir until apples are cooked through and caramelized. Add arrowroot towards the end of cooking to help the sauce tighten up.
- Spray bundt pan thoroughly with cooking oil spray. Carefully remove dough from cans, and unroll into 2 large rectangles. Pinch perforations together if necessary
- Divide apple filling evenly between rectangles, using a slotted spoon to remove them from skillet. Arrange slices into an even layer, leaving a 1/2 inch border all around the dough. Sprinkle with pecans
- Carefully re-roll dough into logs and slice each into 8 pieces. Place 8 slices in the bottom of prepared bundt pan, overlapping to fit. Top with the remaining 8 slices in another overlapping layer.
- Melt remaining 1 T butter and add rum. Add any leftover pan juices to this mixture and slowly pour over the roll slices in bundt pan.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until golden and dough is cooked through. Cool in pan 5 minutes. Turn out onto a plate and drizzle with caramel sauce or
- Serves 8
Notes
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Good morning, Jenna! I am starving this morning, and I wish I had a slice of this yummy cake with my tea. This looks and sounds like a most delicious autumn dessert. You always share the most wonderful recipes. I hope you have a wonderful day!
Thank you so much Shannon, have a great weekend!
What a great idea – I’ll bet it smells wonderful!
Very tempting!
Boy does this sound wonderful!
Thanks Dorothy!
Jenna, this looks so delicious! I love the ease of this recipe and by changing up it becomes breakfast! Happy Thursday!
Thank you Pam!
Think I once conveyed to you that if I drink anything (which is rare) I so love rum. Well, you have combined that with cake–so things couldn’t get any better. Sounds delish–Georgia Gal
haha, Thanks Georgia Gal! Big game next weekend, Bama vs Dawgs!
Wonderful recipe Jenna and it looks so easy. You are so talented and I love your paintings. 🙏🏻❤️🥰Kari @ Me and My Captain.
You know me Kari, I’m all about easy! 😂
I love you over there, Bama, BUT I just gotta’ go DAWGS on this. BUT you are still my buddy forever. GEORGIA Gal
I’m appreciating this holiday-worthy dessert, without the fuss!
Thank you Mary!
So tasty Jenna! I know the aroma baking is heavenly!🍎❤️
Yes!!
You had me at Buttershots Liqueur. Heavens! Factor in warm, baked apples, and this sounds absolutely amazing and perfect for the season.
Thank you Pattie!
This looks soooo good Jenna! And ohmygosh, I found where they have the crescent rolls at my grocery store – I’ve been looking everywhere with no success but I stumbled across them recently in the refrigerated section. Of course. But having never baked with them and had no idea lol. Now I can try some of those delicious recipes of yours. Thanks so much for sharing!
I am so glad Kim! As you know, I am a huge fun of crescent roll dough, you can do so many things with it!
Jenna,
Your cake looks amazing. Congratulations, you are being featured on TFT. I hope you stop by. https://eclecticredbarn.blogspot.com/2025/09/all-about-cakes-on-tft.html
Hugs,
Bev
Thanks so much Bev!
Oh my goodness! This sounds amazing!
Thank you Susan! I hope you enjoy it!