Cream Cheese Cherry Dump Cake

This Cream Cheese Cherry Dump Cake is calling your name! Dump all the ingredients into a cake pan, bake it, and enjoy topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Must Make Cherry Cream Cheese Dump Cake

This cherry cream cheese dump cake recipe could not be easier! But don’t you worry, there’s no skimping on a sweet treat yummy goodness in this cream cheesy dessert.

With just 6 ingredients, we hope this cream cheese cherry dump cake will quickly become a favorite dessert in your house, too.

PS: have you tried our blackberry cobbler? It’s similar and equally as delicious.

What is Cream Cheese Cherry Dump Cake?

This cream cheese cherry dump cake is a cross between a cake and a cobbler. The bottom of the cake (what you dump in first!) is made from cherry pie filling, and then the top is dry cake mix sprinkled with grated butter that then becomes a delicious crumble when baked.

Add in dollops of cinnamon-y cream cheese throughout the cake, and you’ve got yourself a delicious sweet treat the whole family will love.

All the Ingredients You Need

You’re only 6 ingredients away from this cream cheese cherry dump cake. You’ll need:

• Canned cherry pie filling: this gives your dump cake its delicious fruity filling.
• Cream cheese: dollops of a cinnamon cream cheese mixture melt and bake into your cake.
• Vanilla extract: this gets folded into your softened cream cheese along with the ground cinnamon.
• Ground cinnamon: is there anything better than a cinnamon cream cheese mixture?
• Yellow cake mix: this dry cake mix gets dumped right in your baking dish. And trust us, it soaks into the cherry pie filling and the butter melts around it, making such a fun dessert.
• Salted butter (you’ll grate this with a cheese grater!): this is to moisten the dry cake mix, which essentially creates a crumbly topping for your dump cake.

How to Make Cherry Dump Cake

This cream cheese cherry dump cake recipe could not be easier! You’ll dump all your ingredients into a greased cake pan in the following order and plop right in the oven. Let’s walk through it step-by-step:

Preheat & Prep

Preheat the oven to 350ºF and spray a 9×13-inch cake pan with non-stick cooking spray.

Make Cream Cheese Mixture

Prepare the cream cheese mixture by placing the softened cream cheese, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a bowl and using a spoon to mix everything together until smooth and combined. 

Dump Ingredients in Cake Pan

Pour the cherry pie filling into the bottom of the greased pan, and then evenly spread the cream cheese mixture over the cherry pie filling into cream cheese dollops. 

Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the cherry pie filling and cream cheese. 

Add Grated Butter

Spread the grated butter all over the top of the dry cake mixture, and then place the cake in the oven. 

Bake to Perfection

Bake the cake for 60 minutes. Then, check the cake at 60 minutes and continue baking in increments of 10 minutes until the cake begins to crack and the cherry filling begins to bubble through the top of the cake mixture. 

Serve & Enjoy!

Remove from the oven and serve warm! Top with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Dump Cake 101

Can you really dump all the ingredients in?

You sure can! You’ll want to be sure you dump the ingredients into the cake pan in the order specified in the recipe, but other than that, this recipe could not be easier.

Can you use another flavor cake mix?

We used yellow cake mix, but you can absolutely use another variety to jazz up your dump cake. White cake mix or funfetti cake mix are great options, too!

Can You Use Another Flavor of Pie Filling?

Definitely! Any fruit pie filling will do.

Why Grate the Butter?

We grated the butter because it melts more evenly on the top of the cake. This helps avoid completely dry sections of powdered cake mix once your dump cake is baked.

Storage

Store this cream cheese cherry dump cake in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Feel free to reheat in the oven for 10-15 minutes at 350°F or until warm.