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Dump Cake

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Dump Cake #100 · dessert · american Host: Allrecipes — Dump Cake → Pinterest → web writeups Viral recipe (as published / commonly shared) Ingredients 2 cans fruit pie filling or 1 can crushed pineapple + 1 can cherry/peach filling 1 box yellow or white cake mix (dry) 1/2–1 cup (1–2 sticks) butter, sliced into pats Optional: chopped nuts or cinnamon Steps Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread fruit filling in a 9×13 pan. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over fruit (do not stir). Dot top with butter pats to cover as much surface as possible. Bake 45–55 minutes until golden and bubbly; cool slightly before serving. Source: Allrecipes — Dump Cake tags: cake-mix,fruit,butter · popularity: evergreen · meat: no	Fruit cobbler / dump desserts Book: Beyond Parsley — Junior League of Kansas City (1984) crumb: fruit + dry cake mix + butter baked Community-cookbook dump and cobbler desserts. Differences: Same dump-and-bake fruit dessert spirit with boxed cake mix.

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ANCESTOR

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

Viral recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Ingredients

2 cans fruit pie filling or 1 can crushed pineapple + 1 can cherry/peach filling
1 box yellow or white cake mix (dry)
1/2–1 cup (1–2 sticks) butter, sliced into pats
Optional: chopped nuts or cinnamon

Steps

Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread fruit filling in a 9×13 pan.
Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over fruit (do not stir).
Dot top with butter pats to cover as much surface as possible.
Bake 45–55 minutes until golden and bubbly; cool slightly before serving.

Source: Allrecipes — Dump Cake

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

Fruit cobbler / dump desserts
Book: Beyond Parsley — Junior League of Kansas City (1984)

crumb: fruit + dry cake mix + butter baked

Community-cookbook dump and cobbler desserts.

Differences: Same dump-and-bake fruit dessert spirit with boxed cake mix.

Match: Somewhat close

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Viral recipe

Dump Cake

Viral recipe (as published / commonly shared)

Ingredients
- 2 cans fruit pie filling or 1 can crushed pineapple + 1 can cherry/peach filling
- 1 box yellow or white cake mix (dry)
- 1/2–1 cup (1–2 sticks) butter, sliced into pats
- Optional: chopped nuts or cinnamon

Steps
1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread fruit filling in a 9×13 pan.
2. Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over fruit (do not stir).
3. Dot top with butter pats to cover as much surface as possible.
4. Bake 45–55 minutes until golden and bubbly; cool slightly before serving.

Citations
- Allrecipes — Dump Cake: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/241158/easy-dump-cake/
- Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=Dump+Cake
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Dump+Cake+recipe

Compiled for personal use; see citations.

Viral recipe (as published / commonly shared) with citations — not a cookbook reprint. Download dump-cake.txt

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Dish: Dump Cake
Match: Somewhat close
Ancestor: Fruit cobbler / dump desserts
Source: Beyond Parsley — Junior League of Kansas City (1984)
Differences: Same dump-and-bake fruit dessert spirit with boxed cake mix.
Book recipe: Not offered for print/share (not public domain). Buy or borrow the book.
Viral sources: Allrecipes — Dump Cake (https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/241158/easy-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 15, 2026

Source — what this book IS
Beyond Parsley — Junior League of Kansas City (1984).
A Midwestern community cookbook of party food, casseroles, and club-circuit entertaining from the Kansas City Junior League tradition.

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Dump Cake

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