Cherry Dump Cake Recipe

Cherry Dump Cake with 5 ingredients - just dump and bake! Cherry pie filling, pineapple, cake mix, butter. Easy!

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 45

Total Time: 50

Servings:

Author: Jennifer Stewart

reheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly spray a 9×13 baking dish.
Dump cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple into the baking dish. Stir to combine evenly.
Sprinkle cake mix powder over the fruit mixture.
Melt butter in a microwave safe bowl. Drizzle over cake mix as evenly as possible to try and cover the entire top. It’s ok if a few spots are left uncovered. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 45- 50 min or until fruit is bubbling and cake is a light golden brown. Remove from oven and cool on a cooling rack.
Serve warm or room temperature with ice cream or whipping cream.

Change up the fruit if cherry and pineapple aren't your thing. Keep the same volume.
Make homemade cherry pie filling if you don't have canned.
Don't drain the crushed pineapple - use it with all its juice!
Add 2 teaspoons almond extract to fruit mixture for richer flavor.
Make an even layer of cake mix over fruit so all the cake has topping.
Try chocolate cake mix instead of vanilla or yellow for different flavor.
Use real butter, NOT margarine. It makes a huge difference!
Melt butter completely and drizzle as evenly as possible to avoid dry cake powder spots.
Nuts are optional but add delicious flavor - pecans work great too!
Serve warm with vanilla ice cream for ultimate dessert experience.