Question About Dump Cake

Honeybit · ‎07-17-2011

I was at a Potluck today and had a dessert with a juicy blueberry layer, a top layer that was light colored and very firm and smooth -- not a pie crust, but more candy-like than cake-like. It had pecans baked on top and was in a 9x5 pan. It was very sweet but very good. I heard one lady say she brought a Blueberry Dump Cake, so I wondered if that was hers. Is the thin candy-like layer characteristic of the texture of a Dump Cake? I've seen recipes on this forum, but never knew how the finished product looked. TIA for the help.

rebel · ‎03-10-2010

can you tell I am hunting up recipes?

this sounds so good!

Mrsq2022 · ‎03-10-2010

On 1/12/2013 HoneyBit said:
betteb,

Well, it's hard to tell from a small picture, but that looks more like a pie crust than what my mouth registered as "smooth and candy-like." Thanks for the link.

the recipe says that this "crust" is actually just powdered vanilla cake mix with melted butter poured over it. So I don't think it would be like a pie crust at all. Very light and super buttery/sugary. Maybe this is the blueberry dump cake you tried?

echoscream · ‎03-21-2010

Whenever I see Dump Cake mentioned - it reminds me - that the only thing it did for me, was to convince me - that I should just DUMP it all in the trash. I am 72, so I've been around a block or two - testing recipes - and this just won't fly with me. Ladies - take a bowl with cake mix in it - add in some melted butter. Now put it in a pan and bake it. That is my example. You would think that any liquid in the bottom layer would mix with the cake mix
and make things good - but it just doesn't.

I bought the Dump Cake Cookbook, and tried the cherries on the bottom with cake mix and chopped pecans on the top. I tried - I really tried to like it, but after 1 square and 1/2 - it went in the trash. Next a friend sent me a recipe for pumpkin mixture on the bottom, cake mix on top then chopped pecans. Again - the pumpkin tasted fine but could not tolerate the mound of cake mix just sitting on the top. It does nothing. Again - in the trash it went and I'm done. A good waste of cherries and chopped pecans.

Another friend said to try mixing some of the cake mix into the bottom layer - see if that helps? Well - that isn't DUMPing that is MIXing. And that isn't what the cookbook calls for. Dumping is dumping. Sorry - I won't try any more recipes! Hope you all enjoy!!!

BeckiWV · ‎04-12-2011

I made one with a can of cherries and white cake mix. I didn't use the whole box of cake mix, just half of it. I didn't want all that dry cake mix just sitting on top of it. I also did not use a can of pineapple or pecans, just the cherries and cake mix.

I drizzled melted butter on it per the directions and I also sprinkled a little sugar over the cake mix to make it crispier. Part of the way through the cooking, I checked on it and in the places where there no butter just looked like dry cake mix sitting on top, so I got out the spray butter and tried to mist it all. I also took a spoon and swirled some of mix down into the cherries.

When it came out of the oven, it looked like a cherry crisp, and it was pretty good served warm. We were all saying we wished we had some vanilla ice cream to go with it. I think sprinkling a little sugar on top with the butter misting helped "crisp" it up.

The problem was, I was in a hurry after dinner and covered it with foil before it had a chance to really cool down, so the next day the leftovers were soggy and I tossed it out.

If I made it again, I would maybe try to make a smaller one and definitely let it cool completely before covering it.