Old-School Dump Cake Recipes That Will Become Your Favorite Desserts

Recipe: Pineapple Cherry Dump Cake 

Dump cakes derive their name from the method in which they are made—you simply dump the ingredients into a baking dish and bake. The recipe combines a can of cherry pie filling with a can of pineapple tidbits, topped with a boxed cake mix and butter. You can't beat the fruity, buttery goodness from this combination.

Recipe: Cranberry Upside-Down Cake

While this upside-down cake may require just a few more steps than a traditional dump cake recipe, we promise the gooey, tart, sweet result is completely worth it.

Recipe: Peach Dump Cake

A can of peaches contains more than just pieces of fruit—the sweet syrup is infused with rich peach flavor and is just the right liquid ingredient to cook into a yellow cake mix. We added warm notes of cinnamon and nutmeg to a box of yellow cake mix before pouring it over the sliced peaches. The result? This luscious cake, a delicious cross between a buttery cake and a crumbly cobbler.

Recipe: Apple Pie Cake

When you don't feel like fussing over pie crusts, try this one-dish cake recipe that's just a sugary sweet as Grandma's beloved apple pie recipe.

Recipe: Cherry Dump Cake

Bypass the usual canned cherry pie filling and choose canned whole, pitted cherries to make this process quick and easy. The dark cherries also give this cake a deep color, making it look like a summer berry cobbler, but the cherry flavor is unmistakable.

Recipe: Pumpkin Dump Cake 

This dump cake veers off the traditional path by using a can of pumpkin puree instead of a pie filling. Velvety in texture and both savory and sweet in flavor, pure pumpkin puree requires a few more ingredients to make it set into a delicious filling before being topped with boxed cake mix and butter. The outcome is a dump cake that's flavorful with the familiar tastes of both a yellow cake and a spiced pumpkin pie. Serve the cake with whipped cream and freshly grated nutmeg for enhanced creaminess and spice.

Recipe: Peach Cobbler

Although it has cobbler in its title, this recipe still calls for boxed cake mix in the crumble, and it couldn't be any simpler to make.