Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake Recipe (2024)

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What is the biggest mistake to avoid when making a dump cake? ›

What Is the Biggest Mistake to Avoid When Making Dump Cake? If this is your first time making a dump cake, it may appear that we've forgotten an important instruction — stirring. But stirring is exactly what you do not want to do for this style of dessert.

Sprinkle the cake mix over the top of the fruit. Slice the butter into tablespoons and distribute evenly over the surface of the cake mix. Bake until the tops are brown and bubbly, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Serve with whipped cream.

Once baked, a dump cake comes out like a cross between fluffy cake and melty cobbler. Soft ooey-gooey bars come to mind, except more scoopable. Many people choose to use store-bought pie filling or canned fruit as the base, but you can really customize it to fit your taste.

A dump cake is an American dessert similar to a cobbler but with a cake-like topping. It is so named because it is prepared by "dumping" ingredients (typically canned fruit or pie filling, followed by a boxed cake mix) into a cake pan without mixing.

The pan is too small. There's too much liquid. Opening the oven or moving pans during baking. Oven temperature is too low, or cake isn't baked long enough.

Again, do NOT mix.

It might look silly and feel counter-productive, but it's the trick to ensuring a crusty, crumbly, buttery top, and a gooey interior. Alternatively, some recipes will call for melting the stick of butter and drizzling it evenly over the entire portion of dry cake mix instead of using cold butter.

For some reason, nearly every dump cake recipe insists that the ingredients are not to be stirred. (In fact, most recipes add extra emphasis to this instruction by writing it in all-caps: DO NOT STIR!!!) The result of this laissez-faire approach is a half-baked cake.

It's important to pay attention to the specifics called for in a recipe, but in general, most cakes are best removed from the pan after cooling for 10 to 20 minutes. Try it too soon, and it may fall apart. Wait too long, and it may stick.

No, you do not have to refrigerate Apple Dump Cake. It can be safely stored at room temperature for up to 2 days in an airtight container. I suggest refrigerating the dump cake, however, to prolong its freshness. Refrigerated dump can stay fresh for up to 4 days in the refrigerator.

If you've baked your dump cake and there's still cake mix powder on the top, it's likely because the butter wasn't evenly distributed on top of the cake. When assembling your dump cake recipe, be sure to spread the cake mix in a thin even layer and space the pats of butter evenly across the top.

Why is my peach dump cake runny? ›

If using fresh peaches make sure they are not overly ripe – they'll produce way too much liquid, resulting in a runny dessert. Peel the skins off and slice them.

Leftover cake can be covered and refrigerated for a few days.

Although there were a few uses of the term "dump cake" as far back as the 1920s, that was another nickname for so-called wacky cakes and crazy cakes, a type of make-do, eggless batters stirred together in the baking pan. Those cakes predate cake mixes, a necessity for contemporary dump cake recipes.

For the uninitiated, a dump cake (also sometimes called a drop cake) is exactly what it sounds like: a cake that asks you to dump all of its ingredients into a vessel, give things a quick stir, and bake.

Both grump and slump were alternate terms for the cake long ago so some people may also just recognize it. You're welcome!

If you've baked your dump cake and there's still cake mix powder on the top, it's likely because the butter wasn't evenly distributed on top of the cake. When assembling your dump cake recipe, be sure to spread the cake mix in a thin even layer and space the pats of butter evenly across the top.