If you’ll recall, American Express launched the search for easy recipes to help celebrate their new American Express Blue Cash Preferred and Everyday cards. American Express had me send a call out to Dine & Dish readers for some of your favorite 6 ingredients or less recipes, and boy did you all come through!
I can say, I am so glad this was a random drawing situation and not a judging contest because there were so many delicious, simple recipes submitted. I am excited to have a collection of easy dessert recipes to turn to now anytime I have the need for something sweet and simple.
The winner, chosen by Random.org, for the $600 American Express Gift Card is Joyce from Ballwin, Missouri. Joyce has always been a stay at home mom / homemaker. Her children are now out of the house but she has 3 grandchildren who keep her busy. Joyce loves to read, play golf and travel.
Joyce’s winning recipe was an Easy Peach Dump Cake. She was introduced to this simple recipe by some ladies at church and she has been making it ever since. Thank you, Joyce, for submitting your favorite 6 ingredient or less recipe to help celebrate with American Express. I hope you enjoy your gift card!
This giveaway was sponsored by American Express. All opinions expressed are my own.
I’m going to be 100% honest with you as I was very skeptical of this recipe. 3 ingredients? How on earth can it be any good? I’m eating my words along with this Easy Peach Dump Cake because it is soooo good, especially for how simple it is. It is almost like a peach cobbler and goes very well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped topping. I think it could also easily be made using fresh peaches in a simple syrup.
Recipe: Easy Peach Dump Cake
submitted by Joyce H.
Easy Peach Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 1 Large Can Peaches I used a 29 ounce can and did not drain the juice
- 1 yellow cake mix
- 1 stick butter
Instructions
- Grease bottom of a 9x13 pan.
- Pour in can of peaches.
- Top with cake mix (stir if you'd like but I haven't found that necessary.
- Melt butter and pour over the top of the peaches and cake mix.
- Bake in a pre-heated 350° for 40 minutes or until bubbly.
I used to make a recipe like this, but I put the fruit on the bottom, and I think I used canned pie filling. This was when I was in college and hadn’t done all the much cooking. I thought Dump Cake was something to be quite proud of at the time. Now I haven’t made it for years. 🙂 It is definitely yummy!
I would like to make this dump cake !
Is it just the dry cake mix straight out the box you dump onto the fruit and then pour the butter over.
As simple as that !
Doh or am I missing summit out
Would love to try this today !
Anyone help me Please !
Yes! It’s exactly that. The moisture from the butter and fruit come together with the cake mix and turn into a cake!
Stunning photos! And I love how simple this recipe is. Yum. I am definitely trying this before summer-end.
Congrats to Joyce!
The cake recipe sounds too good to be true. So you mix the boxed mix with a can of crushed/sliced peaches?
Pour that into a pan and THEN add the butter to the top, drizzled over? Or add the butter to the dry mix + can of peaches.
Just trying to clarify b/c this is my kinda recipe: easy!
Nope – no mixing. Just put the cake mix in the pan. Top with the peaches then top with the butter, then bake! (Then top with ice cream, but not required!)
It’s almost too good to be true! I am so trying this one!
What a fabulous recipe and congrats to the winner!
My grandma would love this! 🙂 She is a peach fan! Can’t wait to give it a try! 😀
Yum! We do one similar, use can cherries, can of crushed pineapple, then the yellow cake mix, stick of butter and top with pecans. Love dump cake and with Icecream, yum!! Love your photos!!! Going to try this recipe out!
Wow, how easy is that, no mixing required!
Hmm… So you just pour the cake mix, in powder form? Not gonna mix it water/milk? Wow!
Exactly – dump the peaches, dump the dry cake mix, pour the butter and bake! It’s really that easy. I was surprised too!
Oh I think I just did mine wrong. I dumped the peaches then put the dry cake mix on top and then poured the butter on top. Guess I will find out .
I hope it turned out. You acutally did it right (the way Joyce’s recipe is stated). My comment above was wrong. So peaches, cake mix, butter bake!
this looks dreamy! i love anything with peaches.
Gotta love an easy recipe like this!
Joyce could be my neighbor!!………seriously, I’ve very close to Ballwin! {waving} to Joyce!!!
Stunning pictures Kristen!! LOVE the feel!
I love this recipe! Dump cakes are a favorite in my house..thanks Joyce 🙂
i think i’ve had something similar Kristen and it was divine!!
this looks fabulous! Tweeting it now
Beautiful photos, kristen. And i LOOOOOVE recipes like this. So simple and comforting.
Gotta love a recipe that I can’t even mess up!!! This is perfect for fall! Thanks for sharing… I’m totally stealing it 🙂
~Tabitha
I just love dump cakes. So easy, so tasty and everyone loves them!
Yummy! Never heard of such a thing! Sounds wonderful & I love how fast & easy peasy it is!
Easy and this looks mighty delicious!!!!
This was always one of my favorite desserts – so bad but so good!
I don’t think it gets any easier. Wow.
This looks just wonderful, what a great combination..and your pictures are truly mouthwatering!
This is a favorite of ours in the Dutch oven when camping. The flavor combinations are endless, too!!
Deborah, would you cook on a Coleman stove or ??? For how long? Would love to try this when camping! Fun!!
Easy *AND* gorgeous! You really catured some beautiful shots Kristen!
This takes me back many many years. I mean MANY; when I was a girl in my 20’s. I think the one I made was a cherry dump cake. Same thing but a can of cherries instead of peaches. I suppose we get away from using canned fruit and boxed cake mixes as we move into the homemade realm yet I am now recalling all you have said. How easy and how good this cake is!
This is absolutely so easy! I love Peaches and love how it just comes together in a few steps. Thanks for sharing. Must try this right now!
This looks so good, and your photos just get better and better, so amazing.
Lucky Joyce! I love anything with peaches and something this easy has me thinking of making this soon. Love the pics, Kristen! Beautiful as they always are!
Do you drain the can of peaches first?
Three ingredients, delicious and simple-yay, I’m all over this!
4 ingredients for a delicious dessert? done. thanks!
Mmmm, the easier the better!
One of my roommates in college made something like this and I had completely forgotten about it till now. I think she used frozen peaches and frozen berries. I love easy stuff like this! I need to figure out a DIY yellow cake mix because so many are not okay for Logan these days.
Beautiful photographs as always, Kristen. I could just pick up that spoon and have a big ole bite of this deliciousness!!!
I can see why you were skeptical! Only 3 ingredients?! This is a great beginner recipe. I’m going to see if my kids want to make it. Thanks!
You had me at PEACHES!!!! I will make this for sure!!!! YUMMMMMMMM! XO, Pinky
Easy enough even I could make it!
I love the fact you admit you were sceptical but were pleasantly surprised, this makes me much more likely to give it a go myself as it really does look lovely but I too was thinking ‘too good to be true?’ No it seems! Hurrah! 🙂
I’ve seen Peach Dump Cake before and always thought the lack of butter or eggs was so weird. I’ll have to trust you and give it a shot, though.
Gorgeous cake … so simple and versatile. Beautiful photos too Kristen!
Is it strange that I find the title “dump cake” so inviting? It sounds like pure comfort.
I tried this recipe and it didn’t seem to work. Cake mix was was still powdery. I have made Dump cakes before and the cake mix always bakes up with the fruit. I didn’t even get an color on mine and I baked it 10 min longer the the recipe. It was bubbly but nothing combined. Any suggestions?
Hi Lynn,
I am so sorry this recipe didn’t work out for you. My cake mix baked up with the fruit, like you mentioned. Did you by any chance drain the juice from the peaches before using them?
I wish I knew… I plan on making it again so will try and will let you know if I have any problems. Sorry for your results!
During the last 5 to 10 min of baking, I took a fork and poked around and pushed the sides of cake all the way around and gave it a little push just enough to see the peach syrup spread more throughout. It helped soak up the cake mix in center where I didn’t get much syrup. Fabulous easy treat! Sometimes perfection needs a little push;)
That’s a great idea, Lisa. Thanks for sharing your tip!
I also had to push the mix around a little and baked it for a few extra minutes. It didn’t get that nice golden color I was hoping for, and it also seemed a little flat flavor-wise. I knew it needed something extra, but cinnamon wasn’t it. A teeny tiny bit of nutmeg sprinkled over the top gave it so much more depth. Try it out it made this dessert go from not bad to amazing.
Good idea to add the nutmeg! I think what’s great about simple recipes like this is they are a great starting point for other ideas. Will have to try the nutmeg next time! Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
I tried it with the nutmeg. It does add a pleasant flavor. Thanks for the idea!
Do you think a white cake mix would work just fine? Also, what about a can of pears?
I see that you put the cake mix first and then the peach mix over it yet many other recipes for this do it the opposite way. Do you know what the difference would be?
I honestly am not sure – I was told the cake will rise up above the peaches… and it would be less likely to stick to the bottom of the pan if you use the peaches first. 🙂
Same thing happened to me. I did not use canned peaches and therefore did not use the syrup in the peaches. I also didn’t mix it around at all. This might have worked if I used canned peaches with the syrup. But for using fresh peaches, a little sugar and water needs to be added OR just mix it all together before putting it into the pan. As is, I stirred it up in the pan and cooked it longer. Seems to taste and be cooked okay, just not attractive. Will keep the IDEA of this recipe in mind. It has lots of possibilities.
Hi there!
I recently went apple picking and ended up picking a bunch of delicious peaches, so I thought I’d do some new baking recipes. This one seemed super-simple (only three ingredients, what?!), so here I am! My peaches were fresh, so I didn’t have the syrup you’d get from the can. Luckily, I did have some pineapple juice ice cubes (I’ve been baking pineapple upside-down cakes and didn’t want to waste the syrup from the can), so I melted those and used them, instead. I also used a rectangular baking pan, as that was the only deep one I had. I listened to the comments here and poked around in the mixture to let the juice and butter seep in, before putting it into the oven.
MMMMMMMMmmmmmmmm so delicious! I don’t really like cloyingly sweet things, so I didn’t use more than about 2.5 peaches diced up (and pineapple juice is really sweet), but it was still really yummy and I got bits of peach all over! It’s perfect served warm and with some cream spooned over!
Addendum: Mine actually had some cakey bits hidden in the middle, I just hadn’t got to them yet… The majority of it was fine, though, so I’ll just do more pokeage next time.
I made this cake yesterday. I decided to try to make this cake the traditional way by placing the peaches in first, then the cake mix and mixed them together I also added the nutmeg as a previous blogger suggested. After combining the cake mix and peaches,I added the melted butter and sprinkled cinnamon over the top. I did end up baking it an extra 9 minutes, it was delicious!
I just made it for the first time and got it to work. I used a larger can of peach halves with syrup and I mixed up the mix with the peaches and syrup and melted butter so there was no dry mix. I added about a tblsp of vanilla and a tsp of cinnamon. It baked like a dream – thanks for the suggestion, easiest baked dish I have ever made. Next time I might put pecans in it….
I’ve made this dessert several times in the past couple of weeks. It’s YUMMY!! I’ve used Comstock peach, dutch apple, and cherry pie filling instead of the canned peaches. Each dessert was delish!!
Spray a 9×13 dish
Cover the bottom with the pie filling
Pour the yellow cake mix over the fruit
Pour a stick of melted butter over the cake mix
Baked at 400 for 30 minutes.
Spray butter flavored cooking spray over the cake
Bake 10 more minutes until golden brown
Ummmmmm , Ummmmmm Good!!
My family loves it!!
Peach Dump Cake. I used 2 14.5 oz cans of no sugar added peaches. Put them in first with most of the juice. Sprinkled liberally with cinnamon, then dumped cake mix, also no sugar added, followed by 1/2 stick butter cut into pats and laid on top.
Faulty recipe…….don’t know how it won!
I’m sorry you feel that way. I test each and every recipe I post (and do make the recipe – it’s how I get the photos I take). If you’ll read the post you’d notice this was a recipe I made of someone else’s who won a recipe contest. It’s not a Dine & Dish original recipe. Many of the people who have had issues with the recipe haven’t followed it completely (used fresh peaches, drained the juice, etc.) I was skeptical of this recipe at first, like my post said, but had no issues with it.
Thanks.
Kristen
Just tried this, the peach and the butter did not blend with cake mix, had to stir it up to get the cake to bake!
I make this peach cobbler, My recipe says to put in the peaches and juice first, then sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the peaches. The butter is cut into pieces and place on top of the cake mix. Yummy!
just made this recipe, it was awful, the cake never mixed and stuck unmixed or baked in bottom of pan, what a waist of $7.00. if you’re going to post a recipe maybe you should test it first, don’t make this cake
I’m so sorry for your results. I actually did test the recipe (and took the picture) and have made it several times since and haven’t had any problems. I’m really sorry it didn’t work out for you. That’s frustrating for sure.
I actually just made this again and reversed the order of ingredients, and that works too. It seems the problem is with the ingredients staying dry. I’ve had good luck with the cake mix rising above the fruit and juice, but to avoid that chance of it not happening, reversing and adding the fruit first, cake mix second and butter last works fine too! Thanks for the feedback.
I think my favorite flavor mix is cherries And chocolate, I use the milk chocolate , not the dark , ! Can drizzle a little chocolate frosting on top, use canned frosting and heat in micro wave so it can be poured! Delicious! Varena Henry Pensacola, Florida
I made this for my kids and now they make it for their kids. I use sliced peaches with a little of the juice. I also add a can of crushed pineapple. In addition to the butter on top of the cake mix, I sprinkle cinnamon or apple pie seasoning on top.
WE love to eat it right out of the oven with a spoonful of cool-whip on top.
WE have made this with other fruits too, but the peach – pineapple mix is our favorite.
Ah I love that! Thanks for the tips!
If using fresh peaches, how do you make the peaches into a simple syrup?