This cherry cream cheese bubble up is the brunch dish you serve when you want the whole table to think you're a domestic domestic legend with impeccable timing. Canned biscuits get soaked in sweet cherry pie filling and cream cheese melts like it just caught a glimpse of Ryan Gosling. It's fast, it's shameless, it's delicious - the kind of sweet, gooey brunch magic that makes people whisper, "Oh she planned this." … you absolutely did not but your secret is safe with me.
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🗝️ All the reasons to love this cherry bubble up recipe
- Ten-minute prep, maximum glory. You toss things in a bowl, spoon into a cast iron skillet, the oven does the emotional labor, and everyone thinks you woke up early and slaved.
- Dessert that moonlights as brunch. Sweet enough for after dinner with ice cream, audacious enough to serve with coffee and call it breakfast.
- Gooey pockets of cream cheese. Little molten surprises tucked between biscuit bites like edible love letters.
- Two cans of cherry pie filling (because we don't do scarcity). More sauce, more shine, more "oh my GOSH what is this?" reactions.
- Foolproof, even when you're tired, distracted, or mentally elsewhere. This recipe has your back like a loyal Southern auntie with a spare casserole.
Grab the free Cherry Bubble Up Kitchen Cheat Sheet and make your life a whole lot easier. It's your quick-glance guide for tips, variations, FAQs, and all those little details that slip your mind the second you turn on the oven.
📖 Recipe
Cream Cheese Cherry Bubble Up
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Bubble Up
- 12 ounces unbaked biscuits, 2 6-ounce cans or 10 biscuits
- 42 ounces cherry pie filling, You can use just 1 can if you want - I like lots of cherries
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
Glaze
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup melted butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- milk or cream, as needed to thin the glaze
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Spray a 12-inch cast iron skillet or a 13x9-inch pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Bubble Up
- Cut each biscuit into 8 pieces.
- Cut the cream cheese into small cubes.
- Stir together the cherry pie filling, cream cheese, sugar, melted butter, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.
- Gently stir in the pieces of biscuit until everything is coated with the cherry. mixture.
- Pour into the prepared baking dish and even out the top.
- Bake 45-50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until an instant read thermometer poked into the center biscuits reads 200F.
- Remove from oven and allow to stand 10 minutes before drizzling on the glaze.
Glaze
- Whisk together the powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla.
- Add enough milk or cream to create a thick but runny glaze.
- Drizzle the glaze over the top of the Cherry Bubble Up while it's warm.
Notes
- Let cool 10 minutes before adding the glaze and serving.
- Use real butter.
- Use whole fat cream cheese - reduced fat or whipped won't work.
Nutrition Facts
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
This recipe has been tested several times. If you choose to use other ingredients, or change the technique in some way, the results may not be the same.
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🧾 Ingredients you'll need for an easy cherry breakfast casserole
Here's the quick-peek at what you'll need to pull this off without breaking a sweat. Nothing fancy, nothing fussy - just simple pantry staples that turn into a gooey, crowd-pleasing brunch bake that tastes amazing.
- Canned biscuits - do not apologize. We're using them.
- Cherry pie filling - glossy, dramatic, and absolutely not here to be subtle.
- Cream cheese - rich, cold, and sultry, like it showed up at your door at midnight with a bottle of wine and a smoldering look.
- Butter - the emotional support fat. Because brunch without butter is just sadness in a casserole dish.
- Vanilla - the elixer that turns "accidental mess" into "oh this? I planned it."
- Sugar - because we're not here to make sensible decisions.
- Powdered sugar - the "it's brunch so we're fancy" sprinkle.
🔪 How to make this cherry breakfast bubble up
Here's the part where everything comes together without stressing you out. No fancy steps, no complicated techniques - just a quick mix, a fast bake, and a kitchen that smells like you've been up since dawn being impressive.
- Dump the cherry pie filling, butter, biscuit pieces, cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla into one big bowl like you're gathering the cast of a reality show.
- Stir until every biscuit chunk is shamelessly swimming in cherry sauce and questioning why it ever considered being a plain biscuit.
- Slide the whole glorious mess into a greased cast iron skillet or baking dish and bake at 375°F until it looks like brunch has arrived.
- Whisk the glaze together and drizzle it over the warm bubble up like you're blessing it for good behavior.
👩🍳 Your cherry cream cheese bubble up questions answered
Here are the most common questions about this cherry breakfast bubble up. Have other questions? Download the free cheat sheet or ask me in the comments!
Because the biscuit pieces puff and rise through the cherry filling as it bakes - like tiny dough balloons fighting their way to glory.
You absolutely can, but only if you're feeling extra. Store-bought works perfectly and is quick and easy. Afraid someone will judge you? Let them.
Only if you want to be disappointed. Full-fat melts better and gives you the rich pockets of goodness this dish is famous for.
📚 More recipes that pair beautifully with zero restraint
If this cherry bubble up has you feeling some kinda way, don't you dare stop here. I've got a whole lineup of cherry chaos waiting for you. Cherry Salad? Oh, honey… that's the one you take to a potluck when you want whisper-level drama and at least one aunt asking for the recipe. It's pretty and perfect for Christmas. Cherry Icebox Pie? Cold, creamy, and sweeter than your favorite cousin's gossip. And Cherry Junkyard Salad? Bless it. That one looks like a dessert a 1950s Southern church meemaw would throw together during a tornado warning.
I like this holiday brunch recipe best as a breakfast bread, served warm with steaming cups of black coffee to cut through the sweet. It seems so special but it's just so darn easy to make.
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Rose says
I'm thinking one could substitute the cherry for apple, blueberry etc correct?