Dump Cake

I mentioned in an earlier blog that my friend made a Pumpkin Dump Cake.

Some people didn't know what a dump cake was so I thought I'd send the recipe.

The original recipe I had for this easy cake used Cherry Pie filling and Crushed Pineapple and a yellow cake. That recipe follows.

Take a 13 X 9 inch pan.

Pour 1 can of cherry pie filling into the pan first, then top with a 20 ounce can of crushed pineapple (undrained). Next sprinkle 1 box of yellow cake mix over the top of the pineapple.

Then melt 1 to 1- 3/4 sticks of margarine and pour the melted margerine over the top of the previous ingredients. Top with 1 cup of chopped pecans.

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour. (1 cup of coconut may be added on top, if desired.)

Note: Some people mix the fruit and cake mix and some people just let them mix as they cook. Both ways seem to work equally well.

The Pumpkin Dump Cake calls for

1 15 oz can of Pumpkin.

1 can (12 oz) evaporated milk

3 eggs

1 cup sugar

4 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice.

Mix all of these together and spread them in a 13 X 9 inch pan.

Sprinkle a yellow cake mix (18 1/4 oz) over the pumpkin

pour 3/4 - 1 cup melted butter (or margerine) over the dry cake mix.

top with 1 or 1-1/2 cups chopped walnuts

bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until knife comes out clean

serve with whipped cream, ice cream, or Cool Whip.

As you see, the ingredients are just dumped into the pan so the cake is called a dump cake.

I admit I doubted that this would work but, it did!

Now, I'm going to be adventuresome and I'm going to use a spice cake mix instead of the yellow cake mix. I'll let you know how it turns out.