Old-School Dump Cake Recipes That Will Become Your Favorite Desserts
No need to haul out the electric mixers or special equipment for these easy dump cake recipes. A dump cake has the crumbly texture of a cobbler mixed with the buttery goodness of a cake. You just need a baking dish, a can opener, and a couple spoons to make these recipes. The instructions, at their basic level, contain three ingredients: a can of fruit or pie filling, a box of cake mix, and butter. You may see an added extract or flavoring in a recipe, but you get the idea. A dump cake can be a fun, can't-miss project for a novice baker, or a quick dessert to satisfy your family's sweet tooth. You may notice that a few of these recipes are slightly more involved than just "dumping" the ingredients into the baking pan, but we promise they're still as simple and the outcome is the same: a fruity and cakey dessert that will disappear from the pan within minutes of cooling.
Pineapple Cherry Dump Cake
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.
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Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
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.
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Peach Dump Cake
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.
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Apple Pie Cake
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.
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Cherry Dump Cake
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.
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Pumpkin Dump Cake
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.
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Peach Cobbler
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.