Recipe - DUMP CAKE, Easy Starter

Dump Cake is an easy beginning baking recipe for kids to bake.

It's incredibly easy with no mixing involved.

Canned fruits are dumped into a baking pan, topped with cake mix, butter, and nuts, then baked.

The result is something in between a cake and a cobbler, and amazingly delicious. Adults will also love this recipe.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 (20 ounces) can crushed pineapple, un-drained

• 1 (21 ounces) can prepared fruit pie filling, cherry.

• 1 (18.25 ounces) box yellow cake mix

• 2 sticks of butter or margarine, each cut into 12 slices

• 1/4 cup chopped nuts (your choice - optional)

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (325 for glass baking dish).

Have a 9 by 13-inch baking pan ready.

Dump un-drained pineapple in baking dish or pan and spread it out evenly.

Using a spoon, dump globs of cherry pie filling evenly on top of the pineapple.

Sprinkle the yellow cake mix evenly over the cherry and pineapple layers.

Cut butter into slices with a butter knife and place slices evenly over cake mix.

Sprinkle nuts on top if you're using them.