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Chocolate Cherry Dump Cake

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Cherry pie filling under a chocolate cake mix and butter. Like a Black Forest cobbler.

Serves
12
Prep
10 minutes
Bake
350°F, 45 to 55 minutes
Pan
9-by-13-inch baking dish

Chocolate cherry dump cake uses the same layers as the other dump cakes, with a chocolate cake mix over cherry pie filling. As it bakes, the chocolate mix and butter form a fudgy, cake-like topping, and the cherries stay bubbling underneath. The flavors are close to a Black Forest cake.

A handful of chocolate chips scattered over the top makes it richer. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped topping. Because chocolate hides browning, judge the doneness by the bubbling fruit at the edges and a firm topping, not by color alone.

Chocolate and cherry is a familiar pairing, and a dark cherry filling suits it. Serve with vanilla ice cream or a little whipped cream.

Ingredients

Into the dish

  • 2 (21-ounce) cans cherry pie filling
  • 1 (15.25-ounce) box chocolate cake mix
  • 1½ sticks butter, cut in thin slices
  • ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, optional
  • nonstick cooking spray

Directions

  1. Heat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9-by-13-inch baking dish.
  2. Spread the cherry pie filling in the dish.
  3. Sprinkle the dry chocolate cake mix over the cherries in an even layer. Do not stir.
  4. Lay thin slices of butter over the top. Scatter the chocolate chips, if using.
  5. Bake 45 to 55 minutes, until the fruit bubbles at the edges and the topping is firm.
  6. Cool 15 minutes before serving.

It's done when the fruit is bubbling at the edges and the topping is firm when pressed lightly, with no dry, powdery patches.

Cover leftovers and put them in the refrigerator within two hours.

Tips

  • Watch the edges. Chocolate dark enough to hide burning is easy to overbake.
  • The cherries are hot. Let the dish stand before scooping.

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  • Peach Cobbler Dump Cake Bake at 350°F, 45 to 55 minutes Canned peaches, cinnamon and a yellow cake mix topped with butter, baked into an easy peach cobbler.
  • Apple Pie Dump Cake Bake at 350°F, 45 to 55 minutes Apple pie filling, cinnamon and cake mix with butter and optional pecans, baked until the top is crisp.
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