Name: Instant Pot Cherry Dump Cake Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 28 min
Total time: 33 min
Ingredients: 2 (20 ounce) cans cherry pie filling; ½ box yellow cake mix; 4 Tablespoons butter; 1 cup water; 1 Tablespoon sugar

Super simple and extremely tasty, this Instant Pot cherry dump cake will be made often this summer. Make this up for your next BBQ or potluck!

Desserts are one of my favorite things to make, but lately I’ve been super busy with the kids that it’s hard to commit to a longer dessert. This Instant Pot Cherry dump cake I don’t even have to worry about the commitment. I throw everything together in about 5 minutes and its ready to bake in the Instant Pot.

If that sounds unreal, well then you are just going to have to try it to believe it! This recipe is extremely simple to put together and the Instant Pot does most of the work. You can have this cherry dump cake recipe done in less than 45 minutes!

You can even make this at work if you are having a pot luck just bring your 5 ingredients with you and you can make it fresh there, or for after church a simple dessert to put together.

Quick and simple is the name of the game these days. More of my favorite quick desserts for this summer are our no bake eclair cake recipe, grandma’s 5 cup creamy fruit salad recipe, and our raspberry cream cheese jello salad.

Everything you will need for this Instant Pot Cherry Dump Cake:

Instant Pot dessert recipe ingredients:

Cans of cherry pie filling
Yellow cake mix
Butter
Water
Sugar
Whipped cream or ice cream (optional)

If you happen to have cherries around your house that you want to use, you might want to try and even make your own cherry pie filling with this homemade cherry pie filling recipe from Christina’s Cucina!

Make sure to have these items on hand as well for this cherry dump cake recipe!

7” cake pan or springform pan (THIS one will work great!)
Nonstick cooking spray
Trivet
Aluminum foil
Instant Pot

Ingredients for Instant Pot Cherry Dump Cake

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Time to whip up this 5 ingredient dessert!

To begin, start by spraying your 7 in springform pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Next, open up the cans of cherry pie filling and pour them directly into the bottom of the springform pan.

Now, sprinkle half of a box of yellow cake mix over top of the cherry pie filling. Try and spread it out enough to where none of the pie filling is showing.

Yellow cake mix sprinkled over cherry filling

Then you will need to cut the cold butter up into small pieces and place it on top of the cake mix, again trying to spread it out evenly.

Butter pads on top of sprinkled cake mix

Once all of that is in the pan, cover it tightly with aluminum foil. Be sure to seal the edges as best as you can to avoid extra moister getting in.

Instant pot with cake pan, covered with foil

Now, at the bottom of the Instant Pot pour the water and then place the trivet inside with the handles pulled up along the edges.

After the trivet is in place, lower the pan onto the trivet and place the lid on the Instant Pot.

Turn the know to the “SEALING” position and press the “MANUAL” or “PRESSURE COOK” button and set the timer for 25 minutes.

When the timer is done, let the Instant Pot do a natural release for 5 minutes. After the 5 minutes have passed, turn the know to the “VENTING” position to release any remaining steam.

Now, take the top off of the Instant Pot and carefully remove the pan from the inside (the sides will be hot) and remove the foil.

Now sprinkle it with sugar and place it in the boiler for 3 minutes on high or until the top begins to get crisp.

All that’s let to do is remove it from the broiler and serve it with ice cream or whipped cream and enjoy!

Instant Pot Cherry Dump Cake on a plate topped with whip cream

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Another fabulous Dump and Go recipe to try!

Loving using your Instant Pot to make your life that much easier? Well, then you’re going to love this recipe from our YouTube channel! Kristen walks you through every step of our Dump and Go Instant Pot Apple Crisp Dessert to show you exactly how it is done.

Not only is it thrown together fast, the Instant Pot even speeds up the cooking time while developing all of the delicious cinnamon and sugar flavors!

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Serves: 6