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Fruit & Cheese Dump Cake

Use a boxed cake mix, some soft cheese and fruit pie filling to make a quick and easy dessert.

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword dump cake, dump dessert, ffruit and cream cheese dessert, Fruit filling
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Cooling period, and refrigerate 4 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 5 hours 35 minutes
Servings 12 people

Ingredients

  • 1 box cake mix - vanilla, yellow, chocolate or brownie mix
  • 12 tbsp butter, melted (1 1/2 sticks)
  • 3 8 oz packages cream cheese or cottage or ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract (almond, lemon, orange)
  • 2 zest lemons (orange zest, lime zest)
  • 1/4 tsp salt preferably kosher
  • 1 can fruit pie filling - strawberry, blueberry, cherry, peach, lemon (or make your own)
  • fresh fruit for garnish (if you have it)
  • cooking spray

Instructions

Cake base

  1. Spray the cake pan with cooking spray.

  2. Make the base by mixing the cake mix with the melted butter. Press the mixture into the pan to form an even layer. Set aside.

Cheese layer

  1. In the bowl or a stand mixer, or large bowl for a hand mixer, put in the cream cheese(s), sugar, vanilla, grated zest, & salt, Beat on slow to start (especially with blocks of cream cheese) then on medium speed for 2 minutes. Make sure the cheese(s) turn creamy. Pour over the crust and spread to the edges.

Fruit topping

  1. Open the tins of fruit pie filling (use two cans if you want a thick layer). If you have made your pie filling, cook the fruit on the stove-top for a couple of minutes to melt the sugar until it thickens slightly. Cool if homemade... spread the fruit over the cheese layer.

  2. Bake at 350°F for about 45 minutes. The center will jiggle when shaken, and edges should bubble.

  3. Cool for 30 minutes, then refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight. Let sit at room temperature for 15-20 minutes before serving.