Easy Cherry Dump Cake Recipe with 3 Ingredients
This easy cherry dump cake with just 3 ingredients is a simple dessert with a buttery, crumbly topping and sweet cherry filling. It’s perfect for holidays, potlucks, or an easy family dessert.
For more easy desserts, try our Pineapple Dump Cake or Blueberry Dump Cake.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- one of the best go-to desserts with simple ingredients and no fancy equipment is needed. It’s such an easy recipe!
- familly favorite recipe that can be adapted to several different flavors, like cherry-pineapple dump cake for a change.
- great for summer dinners parties
Ingredients You’ll Need
- 2 cans (540mL each) cherry pie filling
- 1 (15.25oz.) yellow or white cake mix
- ½ cup melted butter
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1 – Preheat oven to 350°F. This recipe is so quick and easy to make that by the time you’re oven is preheated, you should have the dump cake ready to go into the oven!
Step 2 – Spray the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray. I like to use the one that’s formulated for baking, but you can use any type or brand. If you don’t have baking spray, you can give the baking dish a light grease with butter.
Step 3 – Spread both cans of cherry pie filling into the bottom of the prepared cake pan and spread out evenly in the bottom of the pan with a spoon or spatula.
Step 4 – In a large mixing bowl, combine the melted butter with the dry cake mix. Mix with clean hands or use a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Step 5 – Sprinkled the cake mix & butter mixture on top of the cherry pie filling in baking dish.
Step 6 – Bake in preheated 350°F oven for 50 to 55 minutes until the top is a light golden brown and the filling is bubbling at the edges.
Storage Instructions
Yes, leftover dump cake should be refrigerated. Cool dessert, then cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
Easy Cherry Dump Cake Recipe with 3 Ingredients
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings
Description
This Easy Cherry Dump Cake Recipe with 3 Ingredients is a lot like a cherry cobbler with the crumbly, buttery topping. This delicious dessert is one of our family favorite desserts because it’s always a crowd-pleaser for holiday gatherings any time of year.
Ingredients
2 cans (540mL each) cherry pie filling
1 (15.25oz.) yellow or white cake mix
1/2 cup melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Spray the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Spread two cans of cherry pie filing into the bottom of the 9×13-inch baking dish. Spread out evenly with a spatula.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine melted butter and dry cake mix. Mix with clean hands or use a pastry blender. Mixture should resemble coarse crumbs.
- Evenly sprinkle the cake mix and butter mixture over top of the cherry pie filling.
- Bake in 350°F oven for 50 to 55 minutes until light golden brown and bubbling at the edges.
- Serve plain or with whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream and enjoy!
Notes
Storage instructions: Cool dessert, then cover with plastic wrap and store in refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 helping
- Calories: 191
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 25 mg
- Fat: 7.9 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.8 g
- Trans Fat:
- Carbohydrates: 29.5 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 0.5 g
- Cholesterol: 20.3 mg
Delicious cherry dump cake so easy to throw together and enjoy anytime.
Made this easy and delicious cake. Will make many more times.
Thanks so much Judy for taking the time to share you feedback.I truly appreciate it! 🙂
Could I use frozen cherries instead of canned? How do you think I could thicken the cherries? Do you think it would work out well?
I haven’t tried it with frozen cherries and I recommend sticking to the canned pie filling for this recipe – thanks!
Do you think you could half the recipe by using a jiffy cake mix for the cherry dump cake ?
I haven’t tried this and I recommend cake mix. Thanks!
This is such a delicious, easy & quick recipe! I have used blueberry, peach, apple & cherry pie fillings. (In using the blueberry pie filling, I even sprinkled in a few fresh blueberries.). Each work wonderfully well. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
So happy to hear that you enjoyed this recipe and yes! all of the other pie fillings work great for a change!
I made this and my husband and I loved it. I refrigerated the leftovers and it tasted even better the next day!
I’ve been craving cherries so I made this today. So quick and easy!! I loved it! I used a yellow mix and added almond flavoring to the cherries. I made this in a 11 x 7 pan and cooked for about 45 minutes. DELISH!!!
Omgoodness! Such a great recipe! I added the almond extract, amazing! We had this with vanilla icecream and everyone went back for seconds…. maybe some thirds lol
Easy & wonderful!!!
Thanks for sharing! So happy to hear that you enjoyed this dump cake!
What an easy and delicious dessert!! Add vanilla ice cream on top and you’ve got a dessert everyone will love!