17 dump cake recipes

Rhubarb dump cake is a Midwestern shortcut dessert with tart fresh rhubarb, raspberry gelatin, marshmallows, and a layer of white cake mix batter on top. Bright pink, sweet-tart, and dead simple.

The easiest cake you'll ever make: cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple topped with dry cake mix, melted butter, pecans, and coconut. Just dump, bake, and devour.

This Apple-rhubarb recipe with strawberry gelatin is super easy, just dump and bake. Reminiscent of a strawberry-rhubarb pie without the fuss of a crust, more like a rhubarb crisp.

Chocolate cherry pecan cake, using a box cake mix. "Dump" in the ingredients, bake and enjoy.

Four-ingredient pineapple cranberry dump cake layered with crushed pineapple, cranberry sauce, white cake mix, and pats of butter. No mixer, no bowl, no fuss. The Thanksgiving cheat code grandmas swear by.

Perfect for the summer, this bright cake has a delectable taste that people will remember for a long time to come.

Pumpkin dump cake with a spiced pumpkin custard base, yellow cake mix topping, chopped pecans, and a buttery crumble finish. A Thanksgiving-ready shortcut dessert with no mixer required.

Hawaiian dump cake with just four ingredients: crushed pineapple, coconut, yellow cake mix, and butter layered in a pan. No mixing required, just dump and bake.

Dump cake with pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, and melted butter topped with coconut and nuts. A no-mix dessert where you literally dump everything into the pan and bake.

Three-ingredient dump cake with any canned or fresh fruit, dry cake mix, and butter for an effortless cobbler-style dessert that bakes into golden magic.

Four-ingredient cherry dump cake with a buttery yellow cake mix crust, two cans of cherry pie filling, and a nutty crumble topping. Served warm with ice cream.

Apple dump cake layers canned apple pie filling under a butter pecan cake mix and chopped pecans, topped with sliced butter. No mixing required, five-ingredient dessert.

Cherry pineapple dump cake: the legendary five-ingredient potluck dessert. Dump canned fruit and yellow cake mix in a pan, dot with butter, scatter nuts, and bake. No mixing bowl required.

The laziest, most crowd-pleasing dessert you'll ever make. Cherry pie filling, crushed pineapple, yellow cake mix, melted butter, coconut, and pecans. Just layer, dump, and bake.

A 5-ingredient dump cake layered with crushed pineapple, cherry pie filling, chocolate cake mix, pecans, and butter. No mixing, no bowls, no excuses not to bake tonight.

Very easy and tasty recipe! I used only half the amount of sugar called for, and it was sweet enough for our family. Keeper!