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Dump Cake #85 · dessert · american Host: Allrecipes · Dump Cake → Pinterest → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) Servings: 12 · Yield: 1 (9x13-inch) cake · Prep 10 min · Cook 50 min · Additional 30 min · Total 1 hr 30 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Fruit, cake mix and butter layered straight into the pan and baked. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish. Spread undrained in the prepared baking dish: 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple Cover with the cherry filling: 1 (21 ounce) can Lucky Leaf Cherry Fruit Filling Sprinkle with the cake mix, smoothing evenly to cover: 1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix Pour over the top, covering evenly: 1 cup butter, melted Top with the nuts and coconut: 1 cup chopped macadamia nuts 1 (7 ounce) package shredded coconut Bake in the preheated oven until brown on top and bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes. Serve warm or cooled. Source: Allrecipes · Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake tags: cake-mix,fruit,butter · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Dump Cake Book: Cincinnati Celebrates by Junior League of Cincinnati (1974) crumb: pineapple dump cake with butter baked on top Cincinnati Celebrates includes “Dump Cake”. Junior League of Cincinnati wrote it (1974). A Junior League wrote this community cookbook of seasonal party menus. It prints an early dump cake. It is out of print. Amazon lists only a few used copies. Differences: Popular internet dump cake layers crushed pineapple and cherry pie filling. It tops them with dry yellow cake mix, macadamia nuts and coconut. It pours melted butter over the top before baking. The ancestor is the Cincinnati Junior League's dump cake. It is a quick pineapple cake topped with a layer of butter pats and baked. The book calls it an easier pineapple upside-down cake. Both are 'dump everything in the pan' pineapple cakes with butter baked on top. The online version adds cherry filling, coconut and macadamias. These make it fruitier and more tropical.

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Dump Cake
#85 · dessert · american
Host: Allrecipes · Dump Cake → Pinterest → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Servings: 12 · Yield: 1 (9x13-inch) cake · Prep 10 min · Cook 50 min · Additional 30 min · Total 1 hr 30 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Fruit, cake mix and butter layered straight into the pan and baked.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Spread undrained in the prepared baking dish:

1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple

Cover with the cherry filling:

1 (21 ounce) can Lucky Leaf Cherry Fruit Filling

Sprinkle with the cake mix, smoothing evenly to cover:

1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix

Pour over the top, covering evenly:

1 cup butter, melted

Top with the nuts and coconut:

1 cup chopped macadamia nuts

1 (7 ounce) package shredded coconut

Bake in the preheated oven until brown on top and bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes. Serve warm or cooled.

Source: Allrecipes · Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

tags: cake-mix,fruit,butter · popularity: evergreen · meat: no

Dump Cake
Book: Cincinnati Celebrates by Junior League of Cincinnati (1974)

crumb: pineapple dump cake with butter baked on top

Cincinnati Celebrates includes “Dump Cake”. Junior League of Cincinnati wrote it (1974). A Junior League wrote this community cookbook of seasonal party menus. It prints an early dump cake. It is out of print. Amazon lists only a few used copies.

Differences:

Popular internet dump cake layers crushed pineapple and cherry pie filling. It tops them with dry yellow cake mix, macadamia nuts and coconut. It pours melted butter over the top before baking. The ancestor is the Cincinnati Junior League's dump cake. It is a quick pineapple cake topped with a layer of butter pats and baked. The book calls it an easier pineapple upside-down cake. Both are 'dump everything in the pan' pineapple cakes with butter baked on top. The online version adds cherry filling, coconut and macadamias. These make it fruitier and more tropical.

Match: Somewhat close

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Dump Cake

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
Servings: 12 · Yield: 1 (9x13-inch) cake · Prep 10 min · Cook 50 min · Additional 30 min · Total 1 hr 30 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Fruit, cake mix and butter layered straight into the pan and baked.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

Spread undrained in the prepared baking dish:
    1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple

Cover with the cherry filling:
    1 (21 ounce) can Lucky Leaf Cherry Fruit Filling

Sprinkle with the cake mix, smoothing evenly to cover:
    1 (15.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix

Pour over the top, covering evenly:
    1 cup butter, melted

Top with the nuts and coconut:
    1 cup chopped macadamia nuts
    1 (7 ounce) package shredded coconut

Bake in the preheated oven until brown on top and bubbly, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool for 30 minutes. Serve warm or cooled.

Citations
- Allrecipes · Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/209075/cherry-pineapple-cabana-dump-cake/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Dump+Cake
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Dump+Cake+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Amazon affiliate link to cookbook: not available
- Click here to search for the book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Cincinnati+Celebrates+Junior+League+of+Cincinnati&i=stripbooks&tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: Cincinnati Celebrates by Junior League of Cincinnati (1974). Publisher: The Junior League of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Dish: Dump Cake
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Dump Cake
Source: Cincinnati Celebrates by Junior League of Cincinnati (1974)
Differences: Popular internet dump cake layers crushed pineapple and cherry pie filling. It tops them with dry yellow cake mix, macadamia nuts and coconut. It pours melted butter over the top before baking. The ancestor is the Cincinnati Junior League's dump cake. It is a quick pineapple cake topped with a layer of butter pats and baked. The book calls it an easier pineapple upside-down cake. Both are 'dump everything in the pan' pineapple cakes with butter baked on top. The online version adds cherry filling, coconut and macadamias. These make it fruitier and more tropical.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: Allrecipes · Dump Cake (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/209075/cherry-pineapple-cabana-dump-cake/)
Pinterest (https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Dump+Cake)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Dump+Cake+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
Cincinnati Celebrates by Junior League of Cincinnati (1974).
A Junior League wrote this community cookbook of seasonal party menus. It prints an early dump cake. It is out of print. Amazon lists only a few used copies.

Amazon affiliate link to cookbook: not available

Click here to search for the book on Amazon

Reference: Cincinnati Celebrates by Junior League of Cincinnati (1974). Publisher: The Junior League of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.

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