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Dutch Oven Dump Cake

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 box white or yellow cake mix
  • 1 large can cherry, pineapple or apple pie filling
  • 1 stick butter or margarine
  • 1/2 can Sprite or other clear (lemon-lime) soda

Instructions

  1. Dump dry cake mix into seasoned Dutch oven.
  2. Empty can of pie filling in on top of dry mix.
  3. Cut up and disperse pads of unheated butter across top of filling.
  4. Empty portion of clear soda into ingredients.
  5. Using a spoon or other utensil, insert it into the layered ingredients and make a couple “Figure 8″ stirs. Do NOT mix ingredients thoroughly.
  6. Put the lid on the oven.
  7. If baking over coals, preheat approximately 24 charcoal briquettes in a grill or charcoal starter chimney.
  8. Place nine coals beneath the oven and 15 on the lid.
  9. Let cake bake for approximately 45 minutes, rotating the oven clockwise and the lid counter-clockwise – turn every 15 minutes to distribute heat evenly.
  10. If using a conventional modern cook stove oven, pre-heat oven to 300 degrees and place Dutch oven on middle shelf.
  11. Bake for approximately 45 minutes.
  12. Remove oven from heat, remove lid and let cool partially before serving.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 8