Top 10+ old-school dump cake recipes you’ll want to make again and again

No need to haul out the electric mixers or special equipment.

Dump cake recipes derive their name from the method in which they are made—you simply dump the ingredients into a baking dish and bake. A dump cake has the crumbly texture of a cobbler mixed with the buttery goodness of a cake. For the most part, you'll only need a baking dish, a can opener, and a couple spoons to make these recipes.

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This berry dessert doesn't get any easier. It's the perfect project for novice bakers, or more experienced ones who are short on time. Pro tip: fold fresh blueberries into the filling if you have them, it will add pops of fresh berry flavor throughout.

Pineapple Cherry Dump Cake

The recipe combines a can of cherry pie filling with a can of pineapple tidbits, topped with a boxed cake mix and butter. You can't beat the fruity, buttery goodness from this combination.

Peach Dump Cake

A can of peaches contains more than just pieces of fruit—the sweet syrup is infused with rich peach flavor and is just the right liquid ingredient to bake into a yellow cake mix. The result? This luscious cake, a delicious cross between a buttery cake and a crumbly cobbler.

Cherry Dump Cake

Bypass the usual canned cherry pie filling and choose canned whole, pitted cherries to make this process quick and easy. The dark cherries also give this cake a deep color, making it look like a summer berry cobbler, but the cherry flavor is unmistakable.

Pumpkin Dump Cake

This dump cake veers off the traditional path by using a can of pumpkin puree instead of a pie filling. Pure pumpkin puree requires a few more ingredients to make it set into a delicious filling before being topped with boxed cake mix and butter, but the outcome is a dump cake that's flavorful with the familiar tastes of both a yellow cake and a spiced pumpkin pie.

Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler

Although it has cobbler in its title, this recipe still calls for boxed cake mix in the crumble, and it couldn't be any simpler to make.

Two-Ingredient Pineapple Angel Food Cake

Be sure to read the instructions for this simple and fluffy cake carefully—you need to buy the exact ingredients listed for it to work! But if you follow the recipe closely, the end result is a light and elegant treat.

Strawberry Dump Cake

Bright and sweet strawberry pie filling gets second life as the fruity base of this dump cake. Use fresh strawberries if you want; it'll be a little less syrupy but still plenty sweet.

Caramel Apple Dump Cake

Warming spices, tender apples, and creamy caramel—everything you love about fall is in this dump cake. While the apples cook and turn silky, the crust turns into a crumbly topping. Everything is only made better with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Pineapple Upside-Down Dump Cake

A pineapple upside-down cake is always a show-stopping dessert but can be time consuming to pull off for a last-minute dinner party. The "dump" version of the classic cake has all the same fruity goodness with far less stress.