Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake
This Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake combines sweet canned strawberry pie filling, a rich, sweet, and tangy cream cheese filling, and moist, tender yellow cake mix to create a moist, tender, scoopable dessert loaded with classic flavor and the perfect texture.
Ah, dump cake – the delicious dessert with the unfortunate name. It’s a running joke in our home, but what isn’t a joke is how delicious these desserts are. We regularly make dump cakes, such as our peach cream cheese dump cake, for desserts or parties because they’re incredibly good and ridiculously easy.
We also love the classic flavor of strawberry cheesecake, and we love to use its flavors in creative versions like these strawberry cheesecake stuffed cookies.
Now, we’ve combined the ease of dump cake with the flavor of strawberry cheesecake to create another delicious variation. Our strawberry cheesecake dump cake is the perfect marriage of flavors and textures. It’s perfect for weeknight desserts or any kind of party, so it’s definitely a keeper!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: This recipe requires just a handful of simple ingredients, including pie filling, cake mix, and a few more. They’re all in most kitchens and every grocery store.
- Easy: Just like the name says, you’ll basically dump everything in a baking dish. The only mixing required is making the cream chees mixture.
- Classic Flavor: Every bite of this dump cake is filled with classic strawberry cheesecake flavor and tender yellow cake.
- Customizable: It’s easy to make all kinds of variations by just tweaking the recipe a bit.
- Versatile: This easy recipe makes a perfect weeknight dessert or addition to any potluck.
Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
We recommend using full-fat cream cheese for the best flavor and texture.
Variations
- Pie Filling: Use your favorite canned fruit pie filling to create all kinds of delicious dump cake variations.
- Homemade Filling: You can use your favorite homemade pie filling recipe for this recipe. Berries, apples, peaches – anything goes!
- Cake Mix: We used yellow cake mix, but white, vanilla, and butter also work well. Even a chocolate cake mix gives the dish a delicious flavor.
How to Make Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Spread the pie filling in the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish.
- Beat the cream cheese filling mixture until smooth and creamy. Then, place spoonfuls on top of the strawberry filling.
- Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the top of the cream cheese. Then, slice the butter and place it on top of the cake mix.
- Bake at 350°F until golden. Enjoy warm or chilled!
Expert Tips
- Full-fat cream cheese gives this dump cake the best texture and flavor.
- Fully soften your cream cheese for easy mixing and to ensure there are no little bits of raw cream cheese in the mixture.
- An electric hand mixer is the easiest, most efficient way to mix your cream cheese mixture.
- Sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the cream cheese mixture to ensure it moistens and bakes correctly.
- Slice your butter as thinly as possible and place it evenly on top of the cake mix to ensure uniform absorption and proper baking.
Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Mixing the ingredients is the most common dump cake mistake. It’s important to layer your dump cake, sprinkling the cake mix evenly on top. This allows the cake mix to hydrate and bake evenly, thanks to the steam from the other ingredients. Mixing everything together creates a dense, unevenly baked cake with dry areas.
Yes, it does. This cake is made with eggs, cream cheese, and fruit, so its essential to refrigerate it for both food safety and flavor.
You sure can! In fact, cream cheese is a popular addition to fruity dump cakes like strawberry or lemon varieties, giving them a tangy flavor and a creamy texture.
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📖Recipe
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Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake
Equipment
- large bowl
- 9×13 baking dish
- Electric mixer
Ingredients
- 22 ounces strawberry pie filling
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup sugar
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 15.25 ounces yellow cake mix
- ½ cup butter
- Whipped cream fresh strawberries and mint for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spread the strawberry filling on the bottom of your 9×13 baking dish.
- In a mixing bowl using an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese, egg, and sugar until creamy.
- Place spoonfuls of the cream cheese mixture all over the strawberry layer and spread around.
- Next sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the top.
- Slice your butter thin and place all over the cake mix evenly.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes until golden
- You can serve this warm right away or chilled.
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
I love the sweet and tangy flavors in this cake, and it was super, super easy.
This is the perfect cake. The sweet and tangy flavors are fantastic, and the cake was so tender. We loved it.