dump cakes

No-mix layer cakes

A dump cake is a simple dessert made by dumping ingredients into a pan with minimal mixing—typically canned fruit on the bottom, dry cake mix on top, and butter melted over everything before baking.

The name comes from the technique, not the result: I made a dump cake with cherry pie filling and yellow cake mix.

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