Cherry Pie Filling Dump Cake

3 ingredient cherry pie filling dump cake with boxed cake mix recipe is so simple to make, even your kids can throw it together. Baked in the oven to really moist and delicious, cake mix baking has never been easier!

This easy treat literally only takes 5 minutes to prep and comes out so moist and delicious packed with fruit! We chose cherry but you could easily mix up the flavor of cake mix or pie filling and create a multitude of different possibilities. Now on the list as one of our favorite dump cake recipes!

We love easy desserts and unlike traditional dump cakes, you won’t find powdery spots of mix or an overwhelming butter taste in this one. It really did come out pretty fantastic.

Can you bake cake mix and pie filling into cupcakes?

You can use the ingredients listed below but instead spoon the batter into lined muffin cups to make cake mix muffins like we did here. Those just take about 18 minutes to bake instead to golden brown and yet another fun way of making this easy cherry dump cake recipe.

I first started by creating these blueberry pie filling dump cupcakes that were so good. I thought I would take it from there and create other easy dump cake recipes like this one that’s kinda’ like a cherry pie cake of sorts. You can see just how moist it came out…….

Ingredient Notes

You would need 1 box of yellow cake mix, white cake mix or cherry works too, extra moist style is best from Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines. Any flavor works, you could try Devil’s Food to make chocolate cherry dump cake too

Then you will want 1 Can of pie filling, Duncan Hines 21 or 20 oz. cans are perfect. Make sure that you incorporate this carefully so the fruit doesn’t fall apart. Adding your eggs first to make a bit of a batter is best, then this at the end.

Eggs will allow it to become fluffy as a cake vs. more of a loose cobbler texture to it when melted butter is used instead. You could add 1/2 tsp almond extract if you wanted to incorporate that flavor or sprinkle chopped pecans on too if you want some texture.

I used a 1.5 qt. baking pan / dish but 8×8 pan / baking dish that is square is more common and perfect too. I use non stick cooking spray in it. You will want a bowl to create the batter with a rubber spatula to fold together gently.

Can you use any flavor of pie filling?

You can but I think that this is our favorite one paired with strawberry cake mix so it really amplifies both of these flavors. I mean you can swap out either one of these to create all sorts of combinations like apple pie filling + spice cake mix would be wonderful in the Fall months too.

Can you bake a can of cherry pie filling with just cake mix?

You could but without the eggs we include in the ingredients necessary below it will become very dense and a bit too wet in the center. The eggs will help it rise and become a bit lighter, that is why we add them (just to make the texture much better).

Tips

Like our cinnamon roll monkey bread, we topped this one with vanilla ice cream for a few of us. I preferred it as is and even had a little slice for breakfast the next day. 😉 This time we used strawberry cake mix and cherry pie filling but the variations are endless.

The longer it cools the easier it is to make pretty slices instead of scooping it out with a large spoon. A family favorite treat either way. 10 minutes before serving take out ice cream so it’s easier to scoop.

I would say that this serves 6 people with medium sized servings. If you were to serve it with a scoop of ice cream on top you could get away with smaller pieces, so maybe 8. For larger or doubled you’d need to use a much larger dish so it could spread out and get done in the center.

Other Recipes with Pie Filling you’ll love

This and these other choices come in very handy when company shows up at your door in the evening and you want to serve something. I also love having these in my back pocket when I’m craving something sweet but have little to no energy. Same with our cherry cobbler with cake mix which turns out more crumbly.

If you want to make an Instant Pot dump cake or our easy cherry coffee cake we have directions for that too. If you are new to making one of these throw together desserts you’re in for a treat! There are slight variations when you’re making our 3 ingredient cherry dump cake. Another similar would be this upside down cherry pie.