Delicious Dump Cake - A Family Favorite!
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Enjoy this quick and easy dump cake recipe!
Did you say Dump Cake? Just to clarify, "dump" in the case of this dump cake recipe is used as a verb, as in "dump the ingredients into the pan." Sound messy? Not really. Sound simple? That's because it is simple, simple but oh, so tasty!
While there are some variations to the dump cake recipe theme, this version, our family's favorite, uses cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple. Sometimes we top it with nuts, sometimes we don't. Sometimes I make a smaller version and that variation is described below.
Dump cake is a great cake to take to a potluck or serve for a special occasion. Top warm dump cake with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream for an extra-special treat. Oh, my, I'm making my mouth water! Let's get on with the dump cake recipe . . .
NEW! Check out Dutch Oven Dump Cake
P.S. Don't miss the BONUS RECIPE below, Mom's Pumpkin Crunch. It's fantastic, sort of a dump cake version of pumpkin pie.
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While there are some variations to the dump cake recipe theme, this version, our family's favorite, uses cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple. Sometimes we top it with nuts, sometimes we don't. Sometimes I make a smaller version and that variation is described below.
Dump cake is a great cake to take to a potluck or serve for a special occasion. Top warm dump cake with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream for an extra-special treat. Oh, my, I'm making my mouth water! Let's get on with the dump cake recipe . . .
NEW! Check out Dutch Oven Dump Cake
P.S. Don't miss the BONUS RECIPE below, Mom's Pumpkin Crunch. It's fantastic, sort of a dump cake version of pumpkin pie.
Jump directly to the printable dump cake recipe
Contents at a Glance
- Ingredients for Cherry-Pineapple Dump Ca...
- How to Assemble the Dump Cake
- Delicious Dump Cake with Cherry Pie Fill...
- Dump Cake - Printable Recipe
- POLL: Have you tried dump cake?
- Dump Cake Recipe Variations
- The Perfect Cake Pan for a Dump Cake
- Dump Cake in a Dutch Oven
- "I can't find my dump cake recipe!&...
Ingredients for Cherry-Pineapple Dump Cake
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Ingredients:
1 can crushed pineapple
1 can cherry pie filling
1 box yellow cake mix
1 to 2 sticks butter or margarine
small bag chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
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How to Assemble the Dump Cake
Ingredients ready? Here' are the dump cake recipe instructions.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Open and dump the can of pineapple into a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Use a spoon to even it out in the pan. Open the can of cherry pie filling and gently use the spoon to dump it evenly on top of the pineapple. Open the box of cake mix and gently distribute the dry mix evenly on top of the fruit. Do not stir.
Now, either melt the butter and pour it evenly over the dry cake mix, or you can do as I do and cut the butter into little chunks and place the little chunks of butter evenly on top of the cake mix. (I use about 1 1/2 sticks of butter). If using, sprinkle the nuts on top.
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to one hour or until the cake is bubbly and golden brown. Serve warm (not hot) or at room temperature with or without a scoop of ice cream on top.
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Open and dump the can of pineapple into a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Use a spoon to even it out in the pan. Open the can of cherry pie filling and gently use the spoon to dump it evenly on top of the pineapple. Open the box of cake mix and gently distribute the dry mix evenly on top of the fruit. Do not stir.
Now, either melt the butter and pour it evenly over the dry cake mix, or you can do as I do and cut the butter into little chunks and place the little chunks of butter evenly on top of the cake mix. (I use about 1 1/2 sticks of butter). If using, sprinkle the nuts on top.
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to one hour or until the cake is bubbly and golden brown. Serve warm (not hot) or at room temperature with or without a scoop of ice cream on top.
Click here to print this recipe
Click here to see it on an apron, a magnet, and a note card and stamp set
Delicious Dump Cake with Cherry Pie Filling and Crushed Pineapple
The finished product. Can you smell it??
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Dump Cake - Printable Recipe
- Serves: 12
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: about an hour
Ingredients
- 1 can crushed pineapple
- 1 can cherry pie filling
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 1 to 2 sticks butter or margarine
- small bag chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Open and dump the can of pineapple into a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Use a spoon to even it out in the pan. Open the can of cherry pie filling and gently use the spoon to dump it evenly on top of the pineapple. Open the box of cake mix and gently distribute the dry mix evenly on top of the fruit. Do not stir.
Now, either melt the butter and pour it evenly over the dry cake mix, or you can do as I do and cut the butter into little chunks and place the little chunks of butter evenly on top of the cake mix. (I use about 1 1/2 sticks of butter). If using, sprinkle the nuts on top.
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes to one hour or until the cake is bubbly and golden brown. Serve warm (not hot) or at room temperature with or without a scoop of ice cream on top.
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Dump Cake Recipe Variations
Prefer blueberries? peaches? How about a chocolate dump cake?
- Substitute a can of blueberry pie filling for the crushed pineapple for a patriotic dump cake.
- Substitute blueberry pie filling - or 2 to 3 cups fresh or frozen (rinse in a colander to thaw) blueberries - for the cherry pie filling for a blueberry-pineapple combination. Delicious!
- Substitute peach pie filling for the cherry pie filling for a peach-pineapple combination.
- Try a peach/cherry combination, suggested by lens visitor M. Porterfield. It's one of her favorites.
- For a Black Forest version, use two cans of cherry pie filling, eliminate the crushed pineapple, and use chocolate cake mix instead of yellow.
- One very kind reader suggests coconut on top, along with the nuts. I tried it and it adds a fabulous crunch. Recommended!
- Another reader recommends using raspberry pie filling. Check the comments for the rest of the recipe. Yum!
Do you have variations that we haven't thought of? We hope you'll share them with us in your comments in our guestbook.
BONUS: For a pumpkin variation similar to dump cake, check out Mom's Pumpkin Crunch below.
- Substitute blueberry pie filling - or 2 to 3 cups fresh or frozen (rinse in a colander to thaw) blueberries - for the cherry pie filling for a blueberry-pineapple combination. Delicious!
- Substitute peach pie filling for the cherry pie filling for a peach-pineapple combination.
- Try a peach/cherry combination, suggested by lens visitor M. Porterfield. It's one of her favorites.
- For a Black Forest version, use two cans of cherry pie filling, eliminate the crushed pineapple, and use chocolate cake mix instead of yellow.
- One very kind reader suggests coconut on top, along with the nuts. I tried it and it adds a fabulous crunch. Recommended!
- Another reader recommends using raspberry pie filling. Check the comments for the rest of the recipe. Yum!
Do you have variations that we haven't thought of? We hope you'll share them with us in your comments in our guestbook.
BONUS: For a pumpkin variation similar to dump cake, check out Mom's Pumpkin Crunch below.
The Perfect Cake Pan for a Dump Cake
Church potluck? Here's a great pan to use to bake and then transport your dump cake.
Read the reviews for this cake pan. Its sturdiness and quality make it a great choice for beginning and experienced bakers alike.
Nordic Ware Cake Pan with Storage Lid, 9 by 13 Inch
Amazon Price: $16.48 (as of 02/14/2012)
9" x 13" x 2", Rectangular cake pan with domed plastic lid.
- Uncoated commercial aluminum for even baking and no over-browning.
- Made in the USA by Nordic Ware.
Dump Cake in a Dutch Oven
Ever make cobbler in a dutch oven? Dump cake is the perfect camping recipe!
If you're a camper, you know that a great meal cooked over a campfire is not complete without dessert. A dump cake cooked in a dutch oven is so simple and bakes up as fast as, or faster than, it does at home. Put it on the coals as your troop or family or group of friends is downing their dinner and the dump cake will be ready when they're ready for something hot, fruity, and sweet.
For a crowd, use a bigger dutch oven and double the recipe. Remember that when you bake in a dutch oven you'll need to place coals on top of the lid as well as underneath. Prepare the dump cake as in the recipe above - just open the cans and dump them in (so nice that there's nothing to measure!), followed by the cake mix, then top with chunks of butter or margarine from the cooler. The technique and timing of dutch oven cooking and baking may take some experience, but I'd start checking at 30 minutes just to be sure the dump cake doesn't get too done and burn.
Dump cake straight from the dutch oven will be hot, so warn the troops to take it slow and easy. Have fun!
For a crowd, use a bigger dutch oven and double the recipe. Remember that when you bake in a dutch oven you'll need to place coals on top of the lid as well as underneath. Prepare the dump cake as in the recipe above - just open the cans and dump them in (so nice that there's nothing to measure!), followed by the cake mix, then top with chunks of butter or margarine from the cooler. The technique and timing of dutch oven cooking and baking may take some experience, but I'd start checking at 30 minutes just to be sure the dump cake doesn't get too done and burn.
Dump cake straight from the dutch oven will be hot, so warn the troops to take it slow and easy. Have fun!
Lodge Logic 4-Quart Cast-Iron Camp Dutch Oven
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"I can't find my dump cake recipe!"
Do you ever misplace recipes? I do. Here's the perfect solution, which also makes a perfect gift!
Need a gift for a kitchen shower for a new bride? How about a birthday gift for mom? Or even for dad? Any cook or baker will love this pretty apron with the dump cake recipe printed on the front! Or how about a refrigerator magnet? Package them with a cake pan and the cans of crushed pineapple and cherry pie filling and you have a complete, perfect gift!
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Dump Cake Recipe Note Card & Matching Stamps
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Need a smaller cake?
When 9 x 13 is more than I need, I make a smaller version by using just the pie filling and a one-layer cake mix in a 9 x 9 inch pan, more or less converting the recipe to cherry cobbler.
A great recipe for two people.
101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix
Our dump cake features dry cake mix on top of fruit. Here are at least 100 more things to do with a cake mix!
101 Things to Do with a Cake Mix
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Move over Betty Crocker--101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix will amaze your friends and leave them Jell-O green with envy! From Snickers Surprise Cookies to Christmas Rainbow Poke Cake, it's the best thing to happen in the kitchen since your last romantic rendezvous!
So what are you waiting for? Grab a cake mix, whip up some goodies, and throw some flour on your face so it looks like you spent days in the kitchen.
BONUS RECIPE: Mom's Pumpkin Crunch
It's almost as easy as dump cake!
This recipe is made in a similar way to dump cake, using the prepared pumpkin mixture in the place of the canned pie fillings above. It's a perfect substitute for pumpkin pie, simple to make, and no need to fuss with a crust! Make it for Thanksgiving or anytime!
MOM'S PUMPKIN CRUNCH
1 can (15 ounces) solid pack pumpkin
1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
3 large eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1 box yellow cake mix
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter
whipped topping
Preheat oven to 350. Grease bottom of a 9x13 inch pan (or spray with cooking spray). Combine pumpkin, evaporated milk, eggs, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl. Pour into the prepared pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over pumpkin mixture. Top with pecans. Drizzle melted butter over pecans. Bake at 350 degrees for 50-55 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Serve chilled, topped with whipped topping.
Dump Cake for Visual Learners
Here's how to make a dump cake. If the cat can do it, you can do it.
Note that the cat used pineapple chunks. We've always used crushed, but if chunks are what you have on hand, go for it!
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7thStone
Feb 14, 2012 @ 5:11 pm | delete
- I LOVE to cook and with a hungry band rehearsing at our place on Friday mornings I'm always looking for new recipes to try out on them ... your Dump Cake is perfect! Thanks so much for commenting on my lens, I wouldn't have found your recipes and I'm really excited to try them out :)
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gypsykitschpress
Feb 13, 2012 @ 8:24 pm | delete
- Love this lens. We have been making Dump Cake in our family for years. It's great to see a lens on it. Wonderful job. Now I want to make one again.
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Nora Su Alvarado
Feb 5, 2012 @ 1:58 am | delete
- Mmm! : ) Looks delicious! I'll have to try this version! I make mine with Duncan Hines Spice Cake Mix and a huge can of peaches. Delicious!
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KateConn
Feb 3, 2012 @ 3:19 pm | delete
- Hi Susan, thanks for visiting and liking my lens! I'm new to Squidoo so I reall appreciate the support. I can't wait to try your recipe for the Dump Cake this weekend, it looks delicious! Thanks again
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kcbirder
Feb 1, 2012 @ 6:37 pm | delete
- LOVE dump cake, but I don't love the name. I use raspberry pie filling (showing up in more grocery stores recently...Wilderness/Comstock) and I call the dessert Raspberry Crisp. My recipe calls for 1/2 stick butter melted in the pan, scattered with 1/2 cup brown sugar, then the crushed pineapple, pie filling, cake mix (I use white) and 1 stick butter. Sometimes I pour the butter melted, and sometimes I cut it into the cake mix with a pastry cutter first. Yum. I think the brown sugar really adds some depth. Then, hot from the oven, with vanilla ice cream.....lovely!
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- Ingredients for Cherry-Pineapple Dump Cake
- How to Assemble the Dump Cake
- Delicious Dump Cake with Cherry Pie Filling and Crushed Pineapple
- Dump Cake - Printable Recipe
- POLL: Have you tried dump cake?
- Dump Cake Recipe Variations
- The Perfect Cake Pan for a Dump Cake
- Dump Cake in a Dutch Oven
- "I can't find my dump cake recipe!"
- Dump Cake Recipe Note Card & Matching Stamps
- Need a smaller cake?
- 101 Things to Do With a Cake Mix
- BONUS RECIPE: Mom's Pumpkin Crunch
- Dump Cake for Visual Learners
- More delicious dessert recipes from Susan52
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