Southern Peach Dump Cake (Easy Recipe)

A few simple ingredients are mixed right in the baking dish then baked an hour (slow cooker instructions included!) to give you an easy summer dessert than no one ever turns down!

Try this super easy apple pandowdy or bourbon peach cobbler next!

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• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 🥫 Storage
• 💭 Tips
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❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

1. You only need 3 ingredients (I've added a few extra but you don't need them).
2. Easy prep - no mess!
3. You can make this peach cobbler in the oven or the crockpot.
4. Perfect for busy days!

This easy peach dump cake recipe comes to the rescue when you don't have time for classic peach cobbler or peach crisp.

It's delicious warm from the oven with a scoop of cinnamon gelato melting on top!

🥘 Ingredients

All you really need for this simple dessert is the butter, the pie filling, and the box yellow cake mix! The rest just adds more yum.

• Dry cake mix - use any yellow cake mix - or try spice cake or white cake.
• Bourbon is optional - you can use ginger ale or leave it out completely.

🔪 Instructions

Peach dump cake is so easy, especially if you're using an iron skillet. It's all done in the pan so only one dish to wash!

1. Melt ¼ cup butter in the skillet until it turns brown.
2. Chop the pecans and put half of them in the skillet.
3. Spoon the peach pie filling over the pecans, then the bourbon, then the cake mix, then the remaining pecans and butter slices.
4. Bake at 350° for 1 hour, or until the cake is bubbling and the topping is golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve.

To use canned peaches

If you'd rather use canned peaches instead of peach pie filling you'll need two 15 ounce cans of peaches in heavy syrup instead of the pie filling.

1. Add one can to the skillet or baking dish with the syrup.
2. Drain the second can of peaches and stir the peaches in - discard the syrup.
3. Continue as directed.

To use fresh peaches (or frozen peaches)

If you'd prefer to use fresh or frozen peaches you'll need:

• 5 cups peaches peeled and diced
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup water

Add the peaches and sugar to a large mixing bowl and let stand for 30 minutes. You can do this the day before if you wish. Mix in the water then dump the whole thing into the baking dish and proceed with the recipe as written.

You'll need the following items to make this recipe successfully.

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• Baking dish, 13x9 inch pan or a cast iron skillet
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Knife
• Slow cooker if you're using that method

🥫 Storage

Refrigerate leftover dump cake promptly. Cover with plastic wrap or put in a food safe storage container. It will be fine for up to four days.

You can also wrap this tightly and freeze up to four months.

💭 Tips

Expert Tip: Make this gluten free by using gluten free cake mix and pie filling.

This is an easy peach cobbler dump cake that's just right for potlucks and picnics. It's one of our favorite dessert recipes.

• Serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
• If you don't have an iron skillet you can use a 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Change it up by using a spice cake mix or my homemade white cake mix.
• This freezes well for up to 6 months so make two and freeze one for another time!
• Stir a cup or so of fresh raspberries into the peach filling before adding the cake mix.
• If you have leftover fruit make these peach cupcakes!

🎥 Video

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👩🏻‍🍳 FAQs

Here are the questions I am most frequently asked about this recipe.

• Try it with apple pie filling, blueberry pie filling, or cherry pie filling. In fact, any fruit filling with work.
• I like the apple or peach cobbler dump cake recipe made with yellow or spice cake mix. The cherry version is good with chocolate cake mix, too. Blueberry goes well with lemon cake mix.
• I sometimes add 8 ounces of cream cheese, cubed and stirred in with the peaches.

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📞 The last word

Here's my experience...

• I've found that when you melt and pour butter over the top it works much better than layering the thin slices of butter on top.
• The iron skillet works better than the 13x9 inch pan because you can get it good and hot before you add the peaches. Once they go in they'll caramelize just a little bit.
• Sprinkle the top with a little brown sugar before you add the butter. I love it that way.
• Mix 1-½ teaspoons of cinnamon with the cake mix before sprinkling it over the peaches.
• The first time I made this I had spots on top of the cobbler where the cake mix was still a powder. It's not really a problem but you can mix the boxed cake mix with the melted butter and then sprinkle that mixture over the fruit if you want to make sure you don't have those dry patches.

I like this peach dump cake either served plain, with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream, or with Blue Bell blackberry cobbler ice cream.

The fresh blackberry and cream flavor melting into the warm peaches is to-die-for and there's a little crunch from the crust in every bite! (If you love blackberries try this southern blackberry cobbler!)

Serve this simple dump cake recipe warm from the oven or warm it in the microwave and, I promise, your family and friends will lose their minds over how good it is!

📖 Recipe

First published June 9, 2020. Last updated April 12, 2021 to add more tips and better instructions.