The concept and method of making an easy dump cake in a Dutch Oven over a fire can come in very handy in an off-grid situation, as well as make a fine dessert to eat around the fire while out camping (aka practicing your bug out skills)…
Once you make a dutch oven dump cake you will be ho0ked. This dump cake recipe is easy, tasty, and cheap.
Last year I made an Pecan Apple Caramel Dump Cake in a dutch oven inside a $30 kettle smoker and won first place statewide Annual BBQ contest for corrections in TN. The dump cake was entered into the “anything goes” category.
I could not believe how easy this recipe was to adapt and use in a BBQ grill. I do know the Dump Cake tasted Awesome.
If you want an even better recipe than the one below, add some pecans stir fried in butter, a can of homemade caramel “dulce de leche”, and fresh apples in an apple pie filling for the BEST Apple Dump Cake ever.
Ingredients for a Dutch Oven Dump Cake
- Butter
- 2 (16 oz.) cans of fruit pie filling (your choice)
- 1 box cake mix (your choice)
- 1/2 C. Water
Procedure
- Butter the inside and bottom of the lid of a Dutch oven.
- Next pour the pie filling in the Dutch oven.
- “Dump” in the cake mix.
- Spread evenly.
- Dot top with butter.
- Pour the water on top.
- Place lid on Dutch oven.
- Place Dutch oven in coals.
- Shovel some coals on top of the lid.
- “Bake” for approximately 30-45 minutes.
- Lastly, test cake for doneness. If necessary, place back on coals, checking every 10-15 minutes.
NOTES:
Dump Cake recipes like the one above can be used with any combination of fruit and cake mixes.
Some recommendations are:
- cherries w/ chocolate cake
- apples w/ yellow cake
- peaches w/ white cake
- and of course pineapples and yellow cake