Simple Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
Deliciously Simple Cherry Dump Cake Recipe for Quick Desserts
Making Cherry Dump Cake is a breeze with only 5 ingredients and a 5-minute prep time! Enjoy a quick and amazingly tasty dessert by serving it with vanilla ice cream.
Here's a super simple Cherry Dump Cake recipe for a fast and effortless dessert. Keep these ingredients handy: cherry pie filling, cake mix, and butter, plus a few extras for extra flavor.
This dessert is one of the easiest to make. Just dump the ingredients into a baking dish, put it in the oven, and your dessert will be ready in less than an hour.
The best part is, you can be creative with this recipe. Change the cake mix and fruit filling to create a new flavor every time.
Wondering what a Dump Cake is? It's a recipe where all the ingredients are dumped into a baking dish and baked. No mixing or preparing batter, and usually no cleaning or chopping involved. Just dump the ingredients one after the other, bake, and enjoy!
For serving, Cherry Dump Cake is best enjoyed warm or at room temperature. Let it sit for at least 15 minutes after taking it out of the oven to cool down a bit.
Top your dump cake with vanilla ice cream for extra deliciousness. Other tasty toppings include chocolate sauce, whipped cream, caramel sauce, powdered sugar, or chocolate chips – they'll get all melty on top!
Simple Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
Time to Prepare: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 50 minutes Total Time: 55 minutes Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients:
- 2 cans of cherry pie filling (21 ounces each)
- 1/3 cup maraschino cherry juice
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- 3/4 cup melted salted butter
- Optional: Vanilla ice cream for serving
Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and use nonstick spray on a 9x13 baking dish.
- Pour the cherry pie filling into the baking dish.
- Add the maraschino cherry juice and almond extract. Mix well to make it even.
- Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the filling.
- Pour the melted butter all over the top, trying to cover as much of the cake mix as possible.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes until the top is golden brown and bubbly.
- Let it sit for 15 minutes before serving.
- If you like, serve it with some vanilla ice cream!