Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake Recipe is the easiest dessert ever and so delicious. Try this 3 ingredient cherry dump cake today for a super easy recipe that is so moist and decadent.
Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake Recipe:
We love dessert around here but rarely have a lot of extra time to bake. This super easy chocolate cherry dump cake is the perfect solution for dessert when you need something sweet without much work.
The devil’s food cake mix is so rich and delicious with the cherry pie filling. Combining chocolate and cherry makes the most amazing dessert. And since you only need 3 ingredients, you can literally make this dessert any time you want.
Company coming? Make this dessert. Need a dessert to take to a potluck? Make this dessert.
It is so easy and only takes a few minutes to put together. You are going to love it and you might also like one of our other cake mix desserts!
The best Chocolate dessert!
We like to serve this cake warm and top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The ice cream starts to melt into the chocolate and cherry pie filling for such a delicious and out of this world treat!
You can also top with whipped topping and that is so tasty as well. This cake is amazing either way!
Can you make a Crock Pot dump cake?
Yes, you can! Crock Pot dump cake is the perfect way to make a dessert if you are not in the mood to heat up your oven. I also like making it in the crock pot, as I can go ahead and prepare dessert even before dinner starts.
The dessert is cooking as we are eating dinner and it is ready when we are. You still following the directions as if you are baking it.
Crock Pot dump cake comes out perfectly and the best part is you can keep your crock pot on warm so your second helping is just as good as your first.
Ingredients:
- Cherry Pie Filling
- Devil’s Food Cake Mix
- Butter
That is all you need to make this amazing dessert!
How to Make Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake:
- Spray a 13×9 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Next, pour the cherry pie filling evenly along the bottom of the pan.
- Sprinkle dry cake mix over the top making sure it is evenly distributed in the baking pan.
- Pour melted butter evenly across the whole dish.
- Bake until filling is bubbly around the edges and cake is cooked through.
Do you prepare the cake mix first?
This is a very common question when preparing the dump cake. I know that anytime you are a making a cake mix dessert, you prepare as directed on the box. In the case of dump cakes recipes, you do not prepare the cake mix first.
This is my favorite part about dump cakes, you literally just dump the ingredients in a pan. The combination of the ingredients makes the best dessert with very little ingredients and process.
Topping ideas:
This rich chocolate dessert is great by it self. But we are also fans of adding toppings to it as well.
You can even do a dump cake topping bar. My kids love all the different options. Here are some of our favorites:
- Vanilla ice cream
- Try different ice cream flavors. Chocolate fans might like chocolate for double the chocolate flavor!
- Whipped cream
- Drizzle Caramel sauce or hot fudge sauce on top. Our favorite is combining the two.
- If you want top with nuts, pecans or walnuts are great.
My favorite topping!
My favorite is a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a generous drizzle of hot fudge sauce. It is taste amazing.
This is such an easy dessert but one of our favorites. I just love recipes that are so easy but turn out so decadent and delicious.
You truly can enjoy a wonderful dessert with little to no work. Just another example that it does not have to be complicated or expensive to be amazing!
Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake Variations:
- Try yellow cake mix instead of devil’s food. You can also try regular chocolate cake mix in this recipe.
- White Cake mix is another good substitute.
- Use other pie fillings such as apple, blackberry, strawberry, blueberry and more!
- Add chocolate chips to the cake mix.
- You can also add in a few drops of almond extract.
The ideas are endless for dump cake recipes. They are so easy and delicious and a ton of fun to try new varieties.
More easy dump cake recipes:
We are big fans of dump cake recipes. There is no mixing involved and everything goes into one pans. Try these other dump cake recipes:
- Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe
- Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake Recipe
- Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
- Blueberry Dump Cake Recipe
The best dessert idea:
It is so simple with only a few ingredients needed and really amazing. There is just something about warm cake and ice cream that is so decadent and delicious. Life is so busy but now your family can enjoy dessert without much time or work.
You can use any type of pie filling you have on hand or like and whip this together in minutes. I have literally thrown this together in a pinch when company was on the way over. By the time they got here and we finished eating, dessert was ready and so amazing.
Since you only need 3 ingredients, it so easy to make in a flash. Dessert is truly a breeze with this easy recipe. Anyone that loves black forest desserts, will go crazy over this cherry pie filling dessert. It is so good.
How to serve:
We think it is best served warm. We love when topped with ice cream it melts perfectly on top of the dump cake.
You can definitely have cold or room temperature and it is still taste great.
Print the recipe for chocolate cherry dump cake below:
Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- (2) 20 ounce cans cherry pie filling
- (1) 18.5 ounce box Devil’s Food Cake Mix unprepared
- 3/4 cup butter melted
Instructions
- Spray a 13×9 casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Pour two cans of cherry pie filling evenly along the bottom.
- Sprinkle cake mix over the top, again evenly.
- Pour melted butter evenly across the whole dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes until fruit is bubbly and cake is cooked through.
Nutrition Facts
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How would you make this in the crockpot?
I haven’t test this recipe is in the crock pot yet so I’m not sure. If you try it out please let us know how it turns out. Thank you!