Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake

Craving a quick and delicious dessert that's bursting with flavor? Look no further than this easy 3-ingredient chocolate cherry dump cake! With just canned cherry pie filling, a box of chocolate cake mix, and butter, you can whip up this delightful treat in minutes. Perfect for satisfying your sweet tooth or impressing last-minute guests, this dump cake is sure to become a new favorite.

This dump cake recipe has been modified to avoid people's complaints about the dry cake mix patches. With just an extra step (it only takes a minute), the chocolate topping is consistently buttery and looks delicious! If you want to try another wonderfully easy but chocolate flavored desserts, try these pumpkin brownies with 2 ingredients or these chocolate banana muffins. Both have healthy ingredients in them and are so easy to make!

Why I love this recipe

• Flavorful Combination: The decadent combination of sweet cherry pie filling and rich chocolate cake mix creates an irresistible flavor profile that's sure to please.
• Simple and Easy: This recipe requires only 3 ingredients, making it perfect for busy weeknights or when you're short on time. The "dump cake" concept eliminates complex preparation steps, ensuring an effortless baking experience.
• Budget-Friendly: This dessert's low cost is due to the use of readily available ingredients like cake mix and canned pie filling.
• Crowd-Pleasing: This easy-to-make cake is perfect for sharing with friends and family. Its simplicity and delicious flavor make it a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for any occasion.
• This recipe solves the issue of having dry patches on top. Instead of adding a layer of sliced butter on top, I have melted the butter to show you how that affects the final result.

Ingredients

Just three ingredients, and you have an easy dessert!

• cherry pie filling - 2 cans (21 ounces each)
• Chocolate cake mix - I like Betty Crocker
• Butter - salted ½ cup (1 stick)

If you are grocery shopping, you might want to pick up some ice cream or whipped topping for this. It goes really well with this dessert!

Variations

If you forgot to buy a chocolate cake mix, devil's food cake is great too! Or heck, if you don't have a chocolate-type cake mix, you can just call it a cherry dump cake and make it with a yellow cake mix.
As for the butter, salted or unsalted work, either is fine. I normally have salted butter at home, so that's what I use.

Instructions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray your 9x13-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.

Step 2
Pour the cherry pie filling into the prepared baking dish.

Step 3
Melt the butter. You don't want it hot, just melted.
In a bowl, mix the cake mix with the butter until it looks like large crumbs.

Step 4
Add cake mix/butter crumbles on top of cherry layer.

Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. With chocolate cake, it's hard to see if it's browning, so watch to see if the pie cherries are bubbling.

Step 5
Let cool for 10 minutes before serving. Some whipped topping or a scoop of ice cream elevates this dessert to the next level!

Helpful Hint

I have started mixing the cake mix with melted butter and spreading that on top of the fruit layer. A traditional dump cake is made by slicing the butter into thin slices and placing them on top of the dry cake mix that has been spread onto the fruit. Some areas that aren't covered with the butter slices can be dry using that method. The topping texture is more of a crumble look vs. a smooth look.

Storage

Store covered in the fridge for up to 4 days. Let it come to room temperature or heat in the microwave before serving. I don't freeze this.

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