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    Home » Recipes » Amish Cakes

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake

    Published: Apr 22, 2021 · Updated: Apr 22, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 8 Comments

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    Amish Cherry Dump Cake is one of these recipes that you can't really go wrong with.  It checks all the boxes as far as I am concerned:  boxed cake mix, cherry pie filling, butter, and it's quick.   Now I'd probably have used a can of blueberry pie filling if it had been up to me.  We made this Cherry Dump Cake over a campfire at a recent gathering, but you can make it at home in your oven just as easily. Check out how to grill a Cherry Dump cake -- well kind of!

    Amish Cherry Pie Filling
    A can of cherry pie filling makes this recipe sing...

    Now, in the case of this particular dump cake, we made it over an open fire outside. But no need to go through all of that, you can just as easily make it in your oven and that is what the instructions below are.

    "Dump cakes" have a long history among Amish homemakers, they are just so easy and so delicious and it allows for some corner-cutting to feed a crowd. Who wouldn't like that? And if you don't like cherry (I'm not a huge fan), you can swap cherry out for blueberry (that's my favorite), apple, strawberry or whatever other flavor strikes your fancy!

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    • 🍒 Ingredients
    • 📋Instructions
    • 🥮 Additional Dump Cake Recipes
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    🍒 Ingredients

    • 2 cans (21 oz each) cherry pie filling
    • 1 box white or yellow cake mix
    • ¾ cup butter, melted
    • Whipped topping or vanilla ice cream, if desired
    Does well over a campfire or in your kitchen

    📋Instructions

    1. Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
    2. Spread pie filling in baking dish.
    3. Top with dry cake mix; gently shake pan to distribute evenly.
    4. Pour melted butter over top, tilting pan to cover as much of top with butter as possible.
    5. Bake 42 to 45 minutes or until mostly dry on top and bubbly around edges.
    6. Cool 10 minutes before serving.
    7. Serve warm with whipped topping or ice cream.
    3 Ingredient Amish Cherry Dump Cake

    🥮 Additional Dump Cake Recipes

    Easy Peach Dump Cake

    If cherry doesn't do it for you this Easy Peach Dump Cake you can whip up just as easy!

    Gloria's Pineapple-Pecan Cheat Cake

    Cheat cake sounds a lot like dump cake to me!

    Honorable Mentions

    I suggest trying any of the Pioneer Woman's dump cake collections -- after all its not terribly hard to dump ingredients together!


    🖨️ Full Recipe

    Amish Cherry Dump Cake on the grill

    3-Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake

    What's easier than three ingredients dumped together -- Cherry Dump Cake
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 cans cherry pie filling (21oz cans)
    • 1 box white or yellow cake mix
    • ¾ cup butter melted
    • whipped topping or vanilla ice cream if desired

    Instructions
     

    • Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom of 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray.
    • Spread pie filling in baking dish.
    • Top with dry cake mix; gently shake pan to distribute evenly.
    • Pour melted butter over top, tilting pan to cover as much of top with butter as possible.
    • Bake 42 to 45 minutes or until mostly dry on top and bubbly around edges.
    • Cool 10 minutes before serving.
    • Serve warm with whipped topping or ice cream.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Jennifer Bellanger

      March 29, 2020 at 1:10 am

      You should try the Cherry Dump Cake with Chocolate cake mix. The boys in our Scout troop have won a few awards at summer camps using a Dutch oven. No cleaning the pot when they are through as it looks like it was licked clean. If you like Blueberry then try using a lemon cake mix and drop dabs of blueberry pie filling in it (DO NOT STIR). One our scoutmasters cuts slices of bananas on all of his, you can't taste the banana but sure is moist. Pumpkin Pie Dump Cake is a hit in the fall (use pure pumpkin and make the pie filling as a pie, sprinkle yellow cake mix on top, pour 1 stick melted on top and sprinkle with pecans, you won't want regular pumpkin pie again).
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      Jennifer Bellanger

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      • Kevin

        March 29, 2020 at 8:46 am

        Wow, Jennifer, those sound like some amazing dump variations...especially the pumpkin pie dump, I'll have to try those! Hope you are staying safe and healthy!

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    2. Kathleen

      May 16, 2020 at 3:46 pm

      HI, This is yummy have been making it for years. The left overs are good for breakfast. It always is a hit at a party.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        May 16, 2020 at 7:50 pm

        I like the idea of dump cake for breakfast!

        Reply
    3. Jaci

      May 16, 2020 at 6:15 pm

      Dump cake is easy to make and always a hit with family and friends. Can’t wait to try the chocolate cherry and pumpkin version.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        May 16, 2020 at 7:50 pm

        The pumpkin version is amazing!

        Reply
    4. Stephen & B.J. Miller

      May 21, 2020 at 5:27 pm

      5 stars
      We Make Cherry Dump Cake By Adding A Full Can Of Crushed Pineapple(Juice Included) Spread All Over The Bottom Of A 13x9 Inch (Greased) Cake Pan, Then Add A Full 20 Oz. Can Of Cherry Pie Filling All Over The Top Of The Crushed Pineapple. Sprinkle An Entire Box Of Either White, Yellow, Or Even A Butter Cake Mix All Over The Top Of The Pie Filling. Finally Take A Stick Of Butter Cut Into Slices And Lay All Over The Top Of The Cake Mix & Bake @ 350* For 45-60 Minutes (Check @ 45 Minutes) It's Done When The Top Is Golden Brown & Bubbling.
      You Can Even Use Chocolate Cake Mix & Just Leave Out The Can Of Crushed Pineapple. You Can Serve This With Your Choice Of Homemade Whip Cream, Cool Whip, Or Even Use A Can Of Reddi-Whip By Letting Each Person Putting Their Own Whipped Cream On Top....Or You Could Serve It Up With Your Favorite Brand Of Vanilla Ice Cream.
      Enjoy Y'all!
      Stephen & B.J. Miller

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      • Kevin

        May 21, 2020 at 7:12 pm

        Thanks for sharing that, that sounds amazing!

        Reply

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