Peach Cobbler Dump Cake Recipe
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My husband served a two year mission for our church in the Dominican Republic when he was 19 years old. While he was there, his dad passed away unexpectedly. I met my husband right after he got home from his mission, so I never got to meet my sweet father-in-law. My husband always talks about how his dad was such a fabulous cook. He remembers trips to the lake and his dad would be out slaving over the fire making delicious meals for everyone. From what I’ve been told, my father-in-law was amazing at cooking anything in a dutch oven. One of my husband’s favorite desserts was his Dad’s dutch oven peach cobbler. Since I don’t know a thing about using a dutch oven, I went the easy route with this version of peach cobbler. It only takes a few minutes to throw together and tastes great with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top!
Peach Cobbler Dump Cake Recipe:
Ingredients:
2 (16 ounce) cans peaches in heavy syrup
1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or to taste
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Empty peaches into the bottom of one 9×13 inch pan. Cover with the dry cake mix and press down firmly. Cut butter into small pieces and place on top of cake mix. Sprinkle top with cinnamon.
Bake at 375 degrees F for 45 minutes.
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This is one of our favorite recipes to make in the dutch oven. and we always do the easy route too, cake mix and canned peaches, and butter. Yummy!
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As I was reading, I totally remembered BBQs at a friend’s house. Her family loved Dutch oven cooking so much they had a pit in their backyard specifically to use them. Basically a sandbox lol. This is the exact recipe they wrote down for me.
Nothing says summer like Peach Cobbler. This version looks wonderful!
This looks so good! I’ll be attempting it soon. Thanks for posting!
hmm. i think i have all these ingredients in the house right now… thanks for the recipe!
Very strange to do it with a dry cake mix, but I think I am going to have to try this…
Growing up we used a similar version of this recipe, and we called it Poor Man’s Pie. 1 large can of peaches in heavy syrup, 1 box white cake mix and 1 stick of butter sliced in top. Didn’t need to press down, just spread out the cake mix. Pop in the oven at 350 for 45 min. One if our favs! I’ll try cinnamon next time!
We use this same recipe all the time. It’s the best! Also, if you are camping and forgot the cinnamon, substitute with Hot Tamale candies. I almost prefer it.
My husband went to the DR too.
I want to make this for church on Sunday. Do I need to use stick butter or will tub butter work?
Hi!
Tub butter would work just fine. Hope you like it!
I’ll bet this will be good with pineapple, too. Maybe leave out the cinnamon.
wait so do you pour the peaches in with the liquid and all or just the peaches?
Pour in the peaches AND the liquid! Hope you like it!
I prefer a little bakery trick I know.
Drain the liquid off te peaches into a bowl, mix a few tablespoons of flour and a tsp or two of cinnamon into the juice before pouring over the peaches. Then dump your dry cake mix and top with butter. It gives the bottom layer that creamy, tangy peach cobbler texture.
An equally awesome twist on this is 2 cans of strawberry pie filling with a chocolate cake mix! We call it chocolate covered strawberry cobbler.
Going camping this summer and we are bringing a dutch oven. Would it be possible to get the recipe/directions for your late father-in-law’s version?
We do this while camping in a dutch oven. It’s so amazing. I mix in just a bit of the cake mix into the peaches, then put the rest on top, dot with diced butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. We cook it over fire coals, put some on top to cover the lid and baked it for about 40 minutes. Comes out with a crunchy top, and served it with ice cream since we were in a trailer.
We haven’t been able to track down any of his recipes.
I think a lot of them were in his head. I found this one that looks really good and has a 5 star rating!
http://www.grouprecipes.com/34121/dutch-oven-campfire-peach-cobbler.html
I’ve made it with peach pie filling or cherry pie filling minus the cinnamon – works perfect too! Super easy!
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My fave is with cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple together. I also add walnuts on top. You can also mix some rolled oats with the cake mix and it makes it a little bit of a different topping.
My fave is with cherry pie filling and crushed pineapple together. I also add walnuts on top. You can also mix some rolled oats with the cake mix and it makes it a little bit of a different topping.
Hello girls!
I just found your blog through Pinterest. Wow, six girls, how wonderful!! I was blessed with 3, and I was thrilled. No boys, but I have 2 grandsons. All I can say is, you are ALL beautiful, and your parents must be so proud!!! I know I would be!!
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We called this Cherry Quick Cake, growing up. You mixed one can of cherry pie filling with 1 small can of pineapple tidbits. Spread that in a buttered pan, and then top that with the yellow cake mix and melted butter. It was so, so rich and sweet. As kids, we loved it. Now, it’s a bit too sweet for me. You can really get by using only 1/2 a cake mix, or, just use one of those small jiffy boxes of yellow cake that make a single layer — perfect amount.
A friend from New Orleans gave me this receipe with apples. it had a brown sugar, butter and oatmeal topping. My Texas born Grandma used to make it with cherries with a crumble topping to. Delicious! I am just in the mood for this tonight after a rough day.Fabulous post, thank you.
I’m trying this with fresh strawberries and blueberries mixed with splenda and sugar free cake mix. I’ll let you know how it turns out.
It was DELICIOUS! Thanks for the idea!
If I don’t have a dutch oven, could I just use a greased baking dish? and bake it in the oven?
Hi!
I actually just used a baking dish and baked it in the oven. Just follow the directions and it will walk you through it. Thanks!
This was the best Peach Cobbler recipe ever! My daughter’s boyfriend told me he had a “foodgasim” from eating it…my daughter was in heaven and when I came out the next morning, more than half the pan was gone!
I tried this recipe over the weekend and it was amazing. I strained the peace juice and added corn starch, brown sugar and cinnamon. This made the peaches really flavorful and thick. Highly recommended. And so…so easy!
Another quick one is frozen fruit, cake mix, and sprite. Layer each without mixing and bake. It’s amazing. We’ve done both peaches and blackberries so far. Cool thing is that it’s just three ingredients and you don’t even thaw the fruit first!
Frozen fruit, a 1/2 c. of sugar, a cake mix, 1 T cinnamon, and a stick of butter works great, too. Bake at 350 for an hour. We call it dump cake. It’s AWESOME with blueberries!
Making this tonight (using cherry pie filling instead of peaches) for Father’s Day! Thanks for sharing!!
Can’t wait to make this! I <3 Cherry Dump Cake so I am sure I will LOVE this!
I love dump cakes!! My 5 year old helped me make this tonight and she is sitting in her little chair looking into the oven waiting for it to be done! Priceless.
This was so easy, and so good!!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! My 5 year old was able to do this all on her own (besides cutting the butter) and was so excited! Doesn’t hurt that it’s delicious to boot!
This was really yummy
Would this work in the crockpot?
Hi Jennifer!
I think you could definitely do this in a crockpot! Let us know how it goes!
Another great ‘tweek’ to this recipe is using 1 pouch of instant cinnamon oatmeal (b/c I was out of plain oats) sprinkled on top of the cake mix and then press down firmly on both. I still sprinkled the top with a little cinnamon after adding the butter. My family loves the added texture that the oatmeal adds, but your basic recipe is amazing all by itself! Thanks a bunch!!!
Could you use fresh peaches instead of canned?
Hi Michelle,
I have never tried it with fresh peaches so I am not positive how it would turn out. My only concern is that it would be too dry because you pour in the whole can of peaches AND the juice. If you used fresh peaches, I would add some sort of liquid so it wouldn’t come out dry and crumbly. Sorry I am not much help!
Hi Michelle,
Just wondering if you used the fresh peaches and how it turn out. I’m thinking of adding sugar to my sliced peaches to get the liquid needed. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Thank you
Hi y’all — My mother’s mother made this from as long back as I could remember, then my mother made it when she moved from Texas to Bama. Now, I make it for my hubby’s family and they are amazed every time – — We do have a few differences though. Cake mix dumped in pan, sprinkled with coconut, stick of butter cut up on top and bake for about 20 minutes. Add cans of peaches (fresh work if you make enough juice with sugar), 1/2 cup sugar (or not, depending on sweetness level desired), sprinkle with cinnamon, and mixed one egg into 8 ounces sour cream and drizzled over the top. Bake at 350°/375° until bubbly and brown, 30 to 45 minutes or so.
I will say that the Six sister’s recipe is as close as any I’ve ever come across to what she made! ;o)
Oh man, I couldn’t believe how good this was….especially considering how easy it was to make! Thanks for the recipe!
One question…do the leftovers need to be refrigerated?
Yes… I would refrigerate them!
I used one can of apple pie filling, cake mix and one stick of margarine. Yum! Top with whipped cream or ice cream while warm and it is out of this world!
Hi there! I’m planning to make this for a weekend getaway with friends, wondering how many servings does this make? There will be 11 people there, and I wasn’t sure if one batch would be enough? Thank you!
Makes about 15 servings. You should have plenty. Serve it with ice cream and it will seem to go farther!
Why does it need to be pressed down firmly?
That’s what the recipe directs. Tastes yummy!!
Could I use fresh peaches?
Might be a novice question…should I drain the peaches? Thanks!