Strawberry Dump Cake

5 from 1 vote

Strawberry dump cake is a quick, three-ingredient dessert with sweet strawberry filling, buttery cake mix, and a golden, crispy topping. Just layer, bake, and serve for an easy treat perfect for any occasion!

Prep Time15

Cook Time45

Total Time1

Course: Dessert, Desserts

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 414kcal

Author: Shauna

Ingredients

31.5 ounces strawberry pie filling two 15.75-ounce cans
8 ounces cream cheese softened
¼ cup sour cream
½ cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 package vanilla cake mix or white cake mix
½ cup salted butter cold
fresh strawberries whole or halved (for optional serving)

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Spread the strawberry filling from both cans in the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish.
In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sour cream, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until light and fluffy.
Scoop dollops of the cream cheese mixture across the surface of the strawberry filling. Try to spread the cream cheese a little bit so that the surface of the dump cake is as even as possible.
Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the strawberry and cream cheese layers.
Slice very thin pats of butter and spread over the entire top of the dry cake mix. Cover as much of the cake mix as possible.
Bake about 40 to 45 minutes until the topping is browned, even in the center, and the strawberry filling is bubbling up from the bottom.
Serve warm or cooled.

Notes

When buying the cake mix at the grocery store, it is best to pick one that doesn’t have pudding mix in it; check the label to make sure.
You’ll want to use a 9×13-inch cake pan so that the texture and consistency are right. I’ve used an 11×7-inch pan before, and it turned out a little too thick, which changed the delicious texture of the dump cake.
Make sure your cream cheese is at room temperature so that you don’t have lumps in your dump cake.
Using cold butter makes it easier to get the slices very thin. When the dump cake cooks, the butter melts and blends with the dry cake mix, but it won’t spread, so if parts of the cake mix are left uncovered, they may come out of the oven still dry and powdery. You can also melt the butter and drizzle the melted butter over the top of the cake mix.
Because dump cakes are so gooey and moist, it can be hard to determine if they’re done. It’s normal to see some wet spots and some spots that are more crisp and done.

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