Easy three-ingredient peach cobbler dessert
This three-ingredient peach cobbler is still a favorite from when I first started blogging! It is such a quick and easy dessert to make since I normally have everything at home.
Seriously, these are the three ingredients! Yellow cake mix, a large can of peaches and a stick of butter! I've been told that in some parts of the country this is called a dump recipe. Three ingredient peach dump recipe just doesn't sound as good!
Oh, yea! A super simple three-ingredient peach cobbler. It's probably the easiest recipe I've done and it was gobbled up the quickest. Some of you may know this by a different term. If you are from the South, this would problably be called a peach dump cake.
If you feel like a cherry-type cobbler, I've modified this recipe for you. Just take a look at this three ingredient cherry cobbler recipe
Peach cobbler with cake mix
Ingredients:
Yellow cake mix
Large can of Peaches (29 oz)
1 stick of butter
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
I use nonstick cooking spray on my casserole dish because it makes cleaning it later easier. And the whole point of this recipe is to keep it easy.
Dump can of peaches into the casserole dish. I cut a few of the thicker ones in half but you don't have to. I've even cut the peaches in half so each piece is only about an inch wide. But you don't have to - keep it easy!

Pour the dry cake mix on top. Smooth it gently with a knife (or a spoon, or a fork or your fingers....) DON'T MIX IT. Yes, it stays dry and powdery on top of the peaches - it should like the picture below.

Cut the butter into thin slices and then spread it evenly on the cake mix.

You are done your prep.! Now put it in the oven for 30-40 minutes. You want it to be bubbly and the crust to be a golden brown. And it smells sooooo good! My kids are used to me experimenting and making stuff. They usually ignore my newest project and roll their eyes at my excitement. {sigh} Teenagers!! But when I made this, they came in and were looking for whatever it was that smelled so good.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm
Enjoy the taste, savor the smell and not even a bowl to clean!! The only thing that would make this three-ingredient peach cobbler any better would be a scoop of ice cream : )!
Another reader favorite dessert - no bake
Printable recipe for the three-ingredient peach cobbler.

Three Ingredient Peach Cobbler
Ingredients
- 1 box Yellow cake mix
- 1 can Peaches Large 29 oz size
- ½ cup butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit.
- I use nonstick spray on my casserole dish because it makes cleaning it later easier. And the whole point of this recipe is to keep it easy.
- Dump can of peaches into the casserole dish. With every delicious drop of juice! I cut a few of the thicker ones in half but you don’t have to.
- Pour the dry cake mix on top. Straight from the box! Smooth it gently with a knife (or a spoon, or a fork or your fingers….) DON’T MIX IT. Yes, it stays dry and powdery on top of the peaches!
- Cut the butter into thin slices and then spread it evenly on the cake mix.
- You are done your prep.! Now put it in the oven for 30-40 minutes. You want it to be bubbly and the crust to be a golden brown. And it smells sooooo good!
Notes
Nutrition
If you would like to see some more easy recipes, here are a few links to check out!
Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies.
Two Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins.
Terry
You don't mention the size of the pan at all. I'm guessing it's 9x13, then again, could be 9x8 or 8x8. You just say My Casserole Dish. That can mean anything. Always remember, cooking is an art, but baking is a SCIENCE.
momcrieff
Thank you for letting me know I didn't mention the size. I'll go right into the post and correct that. It is a 9 x 13 pan.
Karen West
Making the 3 ingredient peach cobbler - can you use homemade canned peaches??
momcrieff
I would think homemade canned peaches would work well. And, be even more delicious!
Audrey
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Debra
I'd like to thank you for sharing this recipe, it's one of our top 3 favorite deserts now. Delicious!!!!
DJ
I like a lot of peaches. I used 3 cans of peaches. I added vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, allspice & nutmeg. I should have thicken the heavy syrup. Taste ok for a lazy way of making a peach cobbler.
momcrieff
Glad you enjoyed the peach cobbler! Thanks for sharing the recipe with your readers!! It is so easy and I keep the ingredients on hand so I can make this last minute.
Paige
can I use a pie crust on top instead of the cake?
momcrieff
I think that would work just fine! You probably need to bake it according to the pie crust directions.
Caroline Herman
What temp did you set the oven to? This looks amazing!!! Super simple for a college girl to make!
momcrieff
Hi! Preheat and bake at 350. For complete directions, click into the blog post. Thanks for stopping by!
imarancher
Today is the day. I just hope I can make it past breakfast before I pull out the three ingrediens, lol.
imarancher
Oddly enough I decided to find a recipe for peace cobler yesterday. Then, being lazy, I thought I would wait to see what Momcrief had this week. Welllllllll, here we all are and I will be checking it out Saturday.
momcrieff
All I can tell you is my teen boys LOVE this! Let me know how it turns out for you!
sherry brown
I wonder if it will work with a gluten free cake mix?
momcrieff
I have not done that but would think it's worth a try. If you do try making this with a gluten free cake mix, please let us know how it turned out!
Sal Shearer (@TuffGirl)
This looks so good! Does it have to be butter, though? Could I just put a dollops of margarine over it all?
momcrieff
I have never made it with margarine but I think it would work. Just make sure to use the stick margarine (like you would bake with).
Anonymous
So I did try it with the peaches pie filing, turned out great!
momcrieff
Thank you for letting us know! Hmmmm, so many pie fillings to try out now!!
Beth
Sooo I didn't have peaches in the juice but I had peaches pie filling, would that be ok?
momcrieff
Not 100% sure BUT, I think there is a good chance it would work. It's pretty low risk to try though. If you do, please let us know if it works out!
PeabuttonsMom
Here in my part of the USA we always called this kind of cake a "Dump" cake. 🙂 Easy because you just dump in your ingredients, shake it around a little bit, "patty cake" the top and it's near done! Make all kinds with different fruits AND different box cake flavors, too! How about cherries with a chocolate brownie mix? YUM!!
momcrieff
Thanks for your comments. I will have to try the cherry and brownie mix suggestion. Sounds really good!
stringtownhome
WOW! You can't beat that! So easy, and looks delish! I'm off to share it on my facebook page! 🙂
momcrieff
Thanks for you nice comment and for sharing. Make sure to follow my blog at https://Momcrieff.com. Whenever I find a super simple recipe like this (and I've tried it), I share it with my readers.
momcrieff
Thank you! Try it. It tastes as good as it looks!
Dee Dee
Looks delicious! And I like how you put small pats of butter on top instead of melting it and trying to pour it evenly. Genius.
Marge
Would this work with fresh peaches that have been frozen? Looks yummy!
Sue
Made this and it was delicious! Was gone in 2 days! Thanks so much for the great recipes.
mommasangelbaby
Wow, that looks good, and so easy! I love recipes with only a few ingredients! I found this yummy recipe on Recipe Sharing Mondays and I’m hoping you’ll bring it over to my recipe link party The Yuck Stops Here. You can find us this week anytime after tomorrow evening (Tuesday) at 8pm ET at http://mommasangelbaby.com/?p=2628. Hope to see you there! HUGS