Dump Cake
I have actually been meaning to make and post about dump cake for some time now. I finally got around to making it yesterday, and naturally I waited long enough that Pioneer Woman posted about it a little while back. That’ll teach me to procrastinate. Yeah, right. Sure it will. LOL It doesn’t matter anyways… this dump cake was the first thing I’ve made in a really long time that I haven’t already posted about, and I sure as heck wasn’t going to let that stop me from posting it now!
I invited Mom and Harold over for lunch yesterday because I was making Chili Mac, and I wanted their help eating it (and to send them home with most of the leftovers). I also wanted to make something for dessert. It had to be easy, and something I hadn’t posted about before. So dump cake it was.
Super simple, no mixing bowl required! You need a box of yellow cake mix, a can of cherry pie filling, a can of crushed pineapple, and anywhere between 1 and 2 sticks of margarine or butter depending on which recipe you follow.
In a 13×9 inch pan…
DUMP one can of cherry pie filling.
On top of that DUMP one can of crushed pineapple.
You can leave it in layers, or mix them up for good measure like I did.
On top of that, DUMP your package of dry cake mix. (Is the somewhat unappealing name of this dessert making sense yet? :)) To make it easy, I snipped off one corner of the bag and poured it on top that way. Then I used a fork to spread the mix a little more evenly.
Slice up your butter or margarine, however much you decided to use, and distribute it evenly on top. Then you get to slide it into the oven and bake it at 350 degrees for about an hour. You’re just waiting for the cake mix on top to become all golden brown.
Or you can be like me and accidentally cook it a little TOO long because you were stubbornly waiting for that one patch in the middle to be the same color as the rest of it. Ah well, we served it up still warm with some vanilla ice cream on top and it was delicious!
(This picture is a perfect example of why I wish my kitchen had better lighting!)
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We LOVE dump cake. It’s so yummy and EASY to make.
Great post with mouthwatering pictures. Glad Entracard brought me here.
This looks yummy and when I get my stove fixed I will make it. In the meantime I just eat more peanut butter and pickle sandwiches!:)I just had another one today.
Hey I make this all the time! It’s so easy and yummy. I have a slight variation, I put chopped walnuts on top of it and use apple pie filling.
Wow… that is the simplest cake I’ve ever seen.. besides those microwaveable ones.
I swear i’m gonna strt blindfolding myself when i come here. i keep thinking ” DIET DIET DIET!!!!” Looks great though.
I’ve never seen or eaten this before, and I seem to be seeing it lots of places in the last few weeks. I definitely need to try it sometime, I think.
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arteries clogging as I read this….
lol. It looks SOOOO good, but if I ate that, I wouldn’t be able to eat anything more all month and still keep my current weight! ugh!
I just KNOW you have broccoli and watercress recipes around here somewhere…. lol…
That looks like something my my kids would have fun making, glad to have you back.
That’s amazing, I’d never have thought it would come out so good without mixing. I’m so tempted to try this - my hips wont like it but I will do it in the name of experimentation! lol
I LOVE dump cake!! A friend of mine just made a dump cake for a pot luck I went to with blue berries and coconut - THAT was yummy also!
I need to make some dump cake 
I have never had dump cake before, but this site makes it look so delicious that I just HAVE to try it! Your pictures are absolutely making my mouth water! YUMMY! Please feel free to find other recipes to make at http://www.ravingrecipes.com
I really enjoyed your blog! I am addicted to jenncooks now!
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YUMMMMY. Looks so good!!
omg this looks so good and it’s close to my lunch time…
Thanks… haha!
Your dump cake turned out a lot better than mine did.
Oh! so that’s why it looked familiar - i also saw Pioneer Woman’s post about this. Anyway, it sure looks delicious. Hope I can bake it this weekend.
I have not been here for a long time and now I will be here more often again. Bye!
It’s been so long since I made Dump Cake! Yours looks REALLY yummy!!
My mom makes this cake. I love it. She also puts in coconut and pecans.
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It totally makes me laugh that you were waiting for the one patch in the center to brown like the rest of the cake. Seriously hilarious! Thanks for sharing!
Ugh..too fruity for me O_x
I love those cakes…it’s been a long time since I made one..thanks for the reminder!
Your Dump cake looks wonderful and so simple to make…I think even I can make this…which I’m going to do when desert is required…:0)
I don’t enjoy cooking so I don’t usually read recipes but this one caught my eye…thank you for sharing…
Cheers
Wow that looks great! I have heard about these but never seen one or made one so thanks for the post! I enjoyed looking at your blog!
I’ve never heard of this and it looks delicious and, I think I have all of that stuff and I’ve been wondering what to do with them.
Think it will work in a toaster oven? I moved in with my boyfriend a few years ago and he never had an oven.
It works… usually.
I can see what I’m going to do with the cherry & pineapple sitting around, cake mixes too.
I’m wondering - how does the cake part turn out without the usual eggs, milk, oil or whatever they have you add?
Thanks for the inspiration, I’ll check that out!
Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com
I actually made this for a potluck & crop I went to right around the time of my previous comment.
It was so delicious and VERY well received.
I think I cooked up two things that morning to take to the crop. You can’t believe how impressed some people get when you cook!
Oh, I know. I made deviled eggs too. Both were so very simple tho I added too much maynaise to the egg yolks (that’s what i had - usually it’s ‘miracle whip’ like Jenn - i just boobood last time i was at the store).
Thanks Jenn. I’ll probably try it with some chocolate cake mix I have hanging around.
BTW, all the goods I used had long ago expired tho the cans/containers were in very good shape. It still turned out so yummy!
I’ll be doing that again,
Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com
Now I want chicken salad AND deviled eggs (thanks to Pam’s comment) AND this dump cake! I’m hungry! lol