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    Home » Recipes » Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

    Last updated: Sep 12, 2019 by Keri · 5 Comments

    Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake

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    Easy family favorite! Cherry pineapple dessert recipe at shakentogetherlife.com #shop #holidaybutter

    If there was one dessert you had to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be?  While I love all sorts of holiday baking - cheesecake, cupcakes, cookies and no-bake truffles - my mom's Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake would be my pick.  It is full of tart cherries and tangy pineapple, then topped with a buttery cake layer, studded with pecans and baked until bubbly and golden!

    Our family lovingly calls this a "dump cake" because you really can just dump everything in the baking dish and bake it!  Our cherry pineapple dessert always gets rave reviews and lots of requests for the recipe.  And more often than not, disbelief that this rich buttery dessert is sooooo easy!

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    My mom's recipe calls for a 9x13 baking dish, but as you can see, my pictures feature a 9-inch pie plate.  Why?  Well, as I was shopping for the ingredients for this recipe at Walmart, I remembered I wanted to do a little something for our sweet older neighbor, "Uncle  Jimmy".  I headed over to grab a pack of disposable pie pans.

    More often than not, Uncle Jimmy will mow our grass when he mows his own.  It is a such an awesome surprise to pull into our driveway and see our yard looking spic and span!  Sometimes, we'll say thank you with a big ol' steak for him to throw on his grill - you know that is totally Chris' idea!  But since I happen to know he has a serious sweet tooth, I decided to split the recipe for the cherry pineapple dessert between a 9-inch pie plate for us and a disposable 7-inch pie plate for Uncle Jimmy.  We're starting our holiday random acts of kindness early this year and the smile on his face was so rewarding!

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    Just look at that golden brown topping with hints of cherry pineapple filling bubbling out!

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    Cherry Pineapple Dessert (Cherry Pineapple Dump Cake)

    • Author: Melissa Riker
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 45 minutes
    • Total Time: 55 minutes
    • Yield: 10 1x
    • Category: dessert
    • Method: baking
    • Cuisine: American
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    Description

    This cherry pineapple dessert (or cherry pineapple dump cake) is our family favorite! Everyone always asks for the recipe & can't believe it's so easy!


    Ingredients

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    • One box yellow cake mix
    • One 15 oz. can of cherry pie filling
    • One 20z. can of crushed pineapple (undrained)
    • One stick (½ cup Land O' Lakes unsalted butter, melted)
    • Dash of vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ⅓ cup chopped pecans

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350*.
    2. Prepare a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
    3. In a mixing bowl, stir together the cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple, including the juice.
    4. Spread cherry pineapple mixture in the bottom of the baking dish.
    5. Sprinkle the dry yellow cake mix evenly over the cherry pineapple mixture.
    6. Sprinkle pecans over the cake mix.
    7. Melt butter and stir in cinnamon and vanilla.
    8. Drizzle butter over the cake mix and pecans - try to cover as much of the dry cake mix as possible.
    9. Bake about 45 minutes until top is golden brown and the filling is hot and bubbly.

    Notes

    Baking times may vary due to oven temperatures and size/type of baking dish. The recipe above calls for a 9x13 rectangle baking dish. I divided the recipe between a 9-inch pie plate and a 7-inch disposable pie plate to gift our neighbor!

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    1. Leslie says

      December 08, 2013 at 4:26 pm

      Oh, this looks delicious!!! What a yummy combination, and so easy too!
      Merry Christmas!
      Leslie

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    2. Rachel says

      December 08, 2013 at 9:22 pm

      Yummy ! I love the tanginess that pineapples and cherries give... Plus the pecans. Yum!!!

      Reply
    3. Britni says

      December 09, 2013 at 5:34 am

      This looks so yummy. I love dump cakes, definitely pinning!

      Reply
    4. Kristy says

      December 11, 2013 at 1:34 am

      I love this! What a wonderful way to surprise Uncle Jimmy too! #client

      Reply

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