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Sweet yellow cake over a cherry pineapple filling! This Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake only needs 4 ingredients and 5 minutes of prep – couldn’t be easier or more tasty!
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Easy recipes are the best kind and it doesn’t get much simpler than a dump cake recipe!
Sweet Summer Vibes
I love to bake – the science of it, the wow factor, the time spent painstakingly perfecting a recipe (like my perfect chocolate chip cookies – many many hours went into those!), and of course the final result is always a bonus. 😉
But some days you’re in a hurry and you need something simple – like our Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake. Made with just 4 ingredients, one of which is a cake mix, because sorrynotsorry, those are delicious, convenient, and budget-friendly. No shame here, friends!
This pineapple cherry dump cake is perfect for summer barbecues with the tropical flair of pineapple mixed in. Serve it after you dish up the best turkey burgers and our ramen noodle salad. Perfect summer meal!
What is a Dump Cake?
The name dump cake isn’t the prettiest name, but it comes from how the cake is prepared, which is basically just dumping the ingredients into a baking dish and baking!
Dump cakes are a bit like a mix between a cake and a cobbler or crumble.
Dump cakes come in all sorts of varieties, especially the fruity kind like this cherry pineapple dump cake. You’ll also love our blueberry dump cake, strawberry dump cake, and pumpkin crunch cake.
Ingredient Notes:
Cherry Pie Filling – We’re sticking with canned pie filling for this recipe. It’s so quick and easy, and it really does taste great!
Crushed Pineapple – Canned ingredients keep this simple and quick and ready to make during any time of year.
Yellow Cake Mix – Another simple ingredient! You can use any brand of boxed yellow cake mix that you like. If you have trouble finding it in the exact amount called for it’s okay to use a bit more or less here. Dump cake is hard to mess up!
Butter – The butter gets thinly sliced and added as a topping with the yellow cake mix. It’ll melt and help turn it all nice and golden brown on the top.
Other – There are plenty of other ingredients you could use to switch this recipe up. Feel free to top your dump cake with chopped nuts for some crunchy texture, or shredded coconut for some chewy texture!
What We Love About This CHERRY PINEAPPLE DUMP CAKE Recipe:
- Easy: Definitely the best part to any dump cake recipe is just how simple it is to prepare. Dump it in the baking dish, and bake! It’s hard to mess this one up.
- Delicious: We said the best part is how easy the cake is, but the second best part is how dang tasty it is. This is always quick to get eaten and people always ask for the recipe!
- Versatile: You don’t have to stick to cherry and pineapple! You can swap out the cherry pie filling for pretty much any other canned pie filling or even homemade pie fillings. Use any fruit mix you like!
Easy as 1, 2, 3, 4…
Spread the crushed pineapple into a 9×13 baking dish.
Top it off with the cherry pie filling.
Sprinkle the dry cake mix over the top of the fruit.
Arrange thin slices of butter over the cake mix and bake!
Pro Tips
No Mixing: Mixing the ingredients will cause this to bake up funky. Just layer it in and trust the process!
Dry Cake Mix: The cake mix goes on dry – don’t add the oil and eggs like the box calls for. Again, just trust the process.
Butter: We slice the butter into very thin pieces and arrange it over the cake. Another method is to melt the butter and drizzle it evenly over everything. Either way works.
Recipe FAQs:
You can keep this pineapple cherry dump cake recipe stored in the refrigerator in a covered container for about 5 days.
We like how easy the canned pie filling and fruit is for this recipe but you could use fresh pineapple, and prepare a cherry pie filling with fresh cherries, sugar, and cornstarch. The canned fruit works well though!
More Easy Dessert Recipes!
- No Bake Scotcheroos
- 7 Up Cake
- Cheerio Bars
- Blueberry Pie Bars
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip
- Christmas Tree Cake Dip
- Eclair Cake
Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 20 ounces canned crushed pineapple
- 21 ounces canned cherry pie filling
- 15 ounces yellow cake mix see notes
- 12 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Spread the crushed pineapple in the bottom of the baking dish. Do not drain.
- Spread the cherry pie filling over the pineapple.
- Sprinkle the dry cake mix over the top of the fruit in an even layer.
- Thinly slice the butter and arrange it evenly over the top of the cake mix, taking care to cover most of the cake mix with butter.
- Bake for 1 hour or until the top is browned and the filling is hot and bubbly.
- Serve warm with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on top.
Nancy McGuire says
Oh my goodness Karly this was so easy to make and so good to eat! I try and only have a desert or treat for the day, but this going to be hard because I made this for breakfast and I know I’m going to want this after dinner!
Karly Campbell says
Oh gosh, so glad you like it so much! Hope you’re able to resist temptation! 🙂
Seth Eubank says
This is my favorite dump cake . I do add a cup of chopped pecans over the butter. I loved the crunch it adds.
Karly Campbell says
Delicious!