The Best Cherry Dump Cake: Ultra Easy 3-Ingredient Recipe
You need this Cherry Dump Cake recipe! It is the easiest dessert you can make, requiring no mixing bowl and resulting in a warm, bubbly, buttery treat similar to a cherry cobbler. Perfect for potlucks or weeknight sweets.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 50 min
- Total Time: 55 min
- Yield: 8 servings
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 (21 ounce) can cherry pie filling
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
- Optional: 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- Pour the entire can of cherry pie filling into the prepared baking dish. Spread it evenly across the bottom.
- Sprinkle the dry yellow cake mix evenly over the cherry filling layer. Do not mix.
- Pour the melted butter evenly over the dry cake mix layer.
- If using nuts, sprinkle them over the top layer now.
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until the topping is golden brown and the filling is bubbly around the edges.
- Let the Cherry Dump Cake cool slightly before serving warm.
Notes
- For a different flavor, try using a white chocolate or butter pecan cake mix instead of yellow.
- If you want a richer topping, use brown sugar mixed with the melted butter before pouring.
- This Simple Cherry Dessert is excellent served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 45
- Sodium: 350
- Fat: 22
- Saturated Fat: 13
- Unsaturated Fat: 9
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 53
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 4
- Cholesterol: 50