Easy Peasy Cherry "Dump" Cake

Have you made Cherry "Dump" Cake before? If you haven't, or have never heard of it, you may be thinking that anything associated with the word dump wouldn't be in the least bit appealing. If you have heard of it and know of a nicer sounding alternative name, please do tell me! I've done a Google search, but "dump cake" is still all that I can find.

So if you can get past the name {so called because you simply dump all the ingredients into the baking dish}, you will absolutely love this simple and delicious dessert. You'll need:

1 can {21oz} cherry pie filling
1 can {20oz} crushed pineapples, undrained
1 box cake mix {dry}
1 1/2 sticks of butter cut lengthwise

While your oven is preheating to 375 degrees, pour the undrained can of crushed pineapples into a baking dish. I've found that an 8 X 11.5 X 2 dish works best. On top of the pineapples, pour in the cherry pie filling.


Spread out the cherries as evenly as you can get them. It's ok if the cherries and pineapples start mixing together.


Next it's time to "dump" the dry cake mix right on top. My favorite to use is a golden butter yellow mix.


Here you see hubs getting in on the dumping action. He got a little zealous, as you can tell.


You don't want to mix the dry cake with the wet ingredients - just spread it out gently with a fork and try to break up any giant cake mix clumps. I like to leave a few little ones, though. And yes, I was totally in my pajamas while baking today.:)




Slice up the butter vertically. You'll need about six 1/4" thick slices in all. It usually takes me about one and half sticks.


Place the slices evenly on the top of the dry cake mix, like so...


Now put the cake in a 375 degree oven for 45 minutes. It won't take long for your house to start smelling divine! When the cake is finished, it's top should be a golden brown and the corners will have set up nicely.


You serve this dessert as you would a cobbler, hot out of the oven! And vanilla ice cream on top is a must! OH my! You'll want to have it for breakfast - despite it's name!

I wanted to let you know that my "Make Your Monday" projects this week are all recipe related. We finally got a good snow this week and naturally, I feel like making comfort foods when we're all cozied up inside. Plus, the projects I had in mind to work on this week required some additional materials that I didn't want to venture out in the weather to get. Besides recipes, I also worked on a couple of blog designs this week - mine and a friend's...more on those later!

This week I'm linking up to the following blog events:
Make Your Monday
Just Something I Whipped Up Monday