Dump Cake

Arwilda kept two different recipes with this title.

Kathy's white-cake-mix recipe with optional nuts

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From Kathy.

Ingredients

  • Can cherries (dump)
  • large can crushed pineapple (dump)
  • 1/2 or 3/4 cup chopped nuts (optional)
  • Sprinkle white cake mix over it
  • 1 stick of butter dotted all over it
  • cool whip

Directions

  1. don't grease pan. pour a can of cherry pie filling in pan.
  2. Then pour the can of pineapple over that and don't drain it.
  3. Then put nuts. Then sprinkle white cake mix over that.
  4. Then dot the butter over that and bake.
  5. Then let cool. Then put cool whip over that.

Timing: 1 hour to 1-hour 10 min

Temperature: 350°; cool

Equipment: ungreased baking pan; oven

Arwilda’s changes

  • Added “sprinkle”

Yellow-cake-mix recipe in a 9 X 13 pan

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Ingredients

  • 1 lg can crushed pineapple - don't drain-
  • 1 lg can cherry pie filling -
  • 1 box of yellow cake mix -
  • quarter lb. of margarin

Directions

  1. 9 X 13 pan (No Grease)
  2. spread in pan
  3. carefully spoon over
  4. evenly sprinkle over
  5. dot evenly over cake mix.
  6. Bake at 350° for about 1 hr. + 10 min.

Timing: about 1 hr. + 10 min.

Temperature: 350°

Equipment: 9 X 13 pan

Notes

  • option Can be served with dream whip or cool whip.

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Fruit order and cake mix

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Cherry pie filling, then undrained crushed pineapple, optional nuts, and white cake mix
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Undrained crushed pineapple, then cherry pie filling and yellow cake mix; no nuts

Pan and fat

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Ungreased pan of unspecified size; 1 stick butter
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Ungreased 9 X 13 pan; quarter lb. margarin

Whipped topping

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After cooling, put Cool Whip over the dessert
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Option: serve with Dream Whip or Cool Whip

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