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    Home » Recipes » Dessert

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake

    Published: Nov 23, 2022 by Kelsey Smith

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    This 3-ingredient cherry dump cake is one of the easiest desserts, made with cherry pie filling, a box of yellow cake mix, and salted butter.

    Cherry dump cake is more like a cherry cobbler than a cake. The butter melts into the cake mix as it bakes, making a sweet cookie-like crumble.

    Make this recipe your own by choosing your favorite pie filling and cake mix flavors. This recipe is great with apple pie filling, strawberry pie filling, peach pie filling, and blueberry pie filling as well as white cake mix, chocolate cake mix, and more.

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    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake with vanilla ice cream.

    Recipe highlights

    • Simple ingredients: Cherry pie filling, a box of yellow cake mix, and salted butter.
    • Easy to make: Easy dump cake recipes take no time at all to throw together. It's a perfect dessert when you need a dish with little-to-no prep time.
    • Family favorite: This easy recipe is one of my favorite desserts.

    For another cake mix recipe, try these strawberry 7UP cupcakes with vanilla Cool Whip frosting. Or bookmark this easy dessert, strawberry Jello pie.

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    Ingredients

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake ingredients.
    • boxed yellow cake mix
    • cherry pie filling
    • salted butter

    See the recipe card for quantities.

    Instructions

    Preheat the oven to 350ºF degrees.

    Spraying 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.

    Coat the inside of a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

    Cherry pie filling in a 9x13 baking dish.

    Pour both cans of cherry pie filling into the baking pan, spreading it out evenly.

    Cake mix sprinkled evenly over cherry pie filling.

    Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the cherry filling. The cake mix should completely cover the top of the cherries.

    Butter slices evenly spaced over layer of cake mix.

    Evenly distribute the thin butter slices over the top of the cake mix.

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake.

    Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the cake mix becomes golden brown. Cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake.

    Serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake with vanilla ice cream.

    Substitutions

    Even though this recipe only calls for three simple ingredients, you can still customize this dessert to your liking.

    • Cherry pie filling - Make this recipe your own by choosing your favorite pie filling. This recipe is great with apple pie filling, strawberry pie filling, peach pie filling, and blueberry pie filling.
    • Yellow cake mix - Use any box of cake mix. Try this with chocolate cake mix (chocolate cherry dump cake? yum!), devil's food cake mix, lemon cake mix, or white cake mix. Use your favorite type of cake.
    • Salted butter - A stick of salted butter is preferred, but this can be made with butter from a tub or an unsalted stick of butter as well. Alternatively, you could use melted butter.

    Equipment

    The only piece of equipment you need to make this 3-ingredient cherry dump cake is a 9x13 baking dish.

    Storage

    Cool leftovers before storing them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Wrap in plastic wrap.

    FAQ

    Can cherry dump cake be made ahead of time?

    Cherry dump cake can be made ahead of time. Assemble, bake, cool, and refrigerate until you are ready to serve. Serve this delicious dessert chilled, allow the dish to come to room temperature, or reheat it in the oven.

    Is dump cake supposed to be gooey?

    Dump cake with fruit filling is gooey similar to a fruit cobbler.

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    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake with vanilla ice cream.
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    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake

    This 3-ingredient cherry dump cake is one of the easiest desserts, made with cherry pie filling, a box of yellow cake mix, and salted butter.
    5 from 1 vote
    Recipe by: Kelsey Smith
    Prep time: 5 minutes
    Cook time: 1 hour
    Total time: 1 hour 5 minutes
    Servings: 12

    Equipment

    • 9x13 baking dish

    Ingredients
      

    • 15.25 ounce boxed yellow cake mix
    • 2 21-ounce cans cherry pie filling
    • 1 stick (½ cup) salted butter cut into 24 slices

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350ºF (176°C) degrees.
    • Coat the inside of a 9x13 baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
    • Pour both cans of cherry pie filling into the baking dish, spreading it out evenly.
    • Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the cherries.
    • Evenly distribute the thin butter slices over the top of the cake mix.
    • Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the cake mix becomes golden brown. Cool for at least 10 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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    Notes

    Storage: Cool leftovers before storing them in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Wrap in plastic wrap.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 314kcalCarbohydrates: 57gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 341mgPotassium: 123mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 438IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 89mgIron: 1mg
    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Keyword: cake mix, cherries
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    Food safety

    Food can sit out for up to two hours at room temperature. If the temperature is above 90°F, food should not be left out for more than 1 hour. Read more at USDA.gov.

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    About Kelsey Smith

    I am a freelance content writer for college-level textbooks by day, mommy by night, and a blogger in between. I live in Knoxville, Tennessee with my husband, Xavier. When I'm not working on college textbooks, you might find me here, sharing recipes, social media tutorials, and more.

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