Dump cakes are popular among the Amish and why the heck not? They are easy, delicious, and feed a crowd, so when reader Penny sent this to me recently I salivated (and wished I had my passport current, because I'd head to her house in Canada with a fork to sample this!). Well, driving to Canada to have peach dump cake wouldn't make much sense when it is so quick and fun to make on one's own.
Okay, back to: dump cakes are popular with the Amish cooks? Now, I know what you’re thinking… Don’t most Amish cooks make cakes from scratch? Yes, many Amish homemakers make cakes from scratch. However, you also have to keep in mind that the average Amish homemaker often has a house full of children, a husband, a garden to tend, canning, sewing, paying bills, milking, helping with homework, refereeing fights with kids, cleaning, making clothing, preparing for church, paying bills, and the list goes on and on. And then you also have a hungry household all demanding dessert, it’s not uncommon for an Amish cook to “cheat “and pull a boxed cake mix off the shelf and dress it up into dessert. That’s where dump cake is just so so handy in an Amish kitchen.
And, what better to celebrate spring and summer than peach dump cake?
Give this recipe a try!
The recipe below is a classic dump. I'm not sure about the walnuts. I've been gradually becoming more of a nut fan as I get older (I like the crunch that it adds). Typically, I'd leave the nuts out but, geez, I don't know, I may have finally reached a point in my life where the nuts stay in.
🍑 Peach Dump Cake Ingredients
- 24.5 oz jar of sliced peaches in light syrup
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 1 stick butter (½ cup), cut into 16 pieces
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
📋 Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Layer ingredients in a 13 X 9 dish, in order starting with the peaches.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold… with or without ice cream.
👩🍳 Additional Dump Cake Recipes
Easy Three Ingredient Cherry Dump Cake
If peach doesn't do it for you this Cherry Dump Cake you can whip up with just three ingredients!
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
Peach Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 24.5 oz jar of sliced peaches in light syrup
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 1 ½ cup stick butter cut into 16 pieces
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Layer ingredients in a 13 X 9 dish, in order starting with the peaches.
- Bake for about 40 minutes.
- Serve warm or cold… with or without ice cream.
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