Create a simple and mouthwatering Blueberry Dump Cake with just four easy-to-find ingredients: blueberries, lemon, creamy butter, and cake mix.
Blueberry Dump Cake is one of the easiest desserts to make, and when topped with sweet vanilla ice cream, it becomes an irresistible family favorite! Juicy blueberries mixed with lemon juice and topped with your favorite vanilla cake mix and melted butter create a quick and easy one-pan dessert that everyone will love!
Blueberry Bliss
For all those out there who are convinced they can’t bake, this recipe is for you. For all of you who love cake and blueberries, this is also for you! Dump cakes are the easiest and foolproof way to make an incredible dessert that’s a combination of pie and cake, and they’re made by simply combining everything in one pan. Blueberries are perfect for this recipe because they become incredibly juicy when baked, and the sweet blueberry juice bubbles up through the cake crust, making each bite of warm cake a total bliss. We usually have a bag of frozen blueberries stashed in the freezer just to make this cake, along with plenty of vanilla ice cream!
Dump cakes are perfect for other summer fruit favorites, like Peach Dump Cake, or enjoy a cake with a wonderful fall twist and make an Apple Spice Dump Cake!
Other Recipes to Serve with Blueberry Dump Cake
- Everyone knows that a healthier cake you can have for breakfast is what muffins are, and fresh Blueberry Muffins are simply the best!
- Blueberry Oatmeal Bars are outrageously delicious and a simple anytime snack that everyone loves!
Ingredients
Blueberries: Blueberries are the star of the dish, and for this recipe, you can choose fresh blueberries or frozen.
Lemons: Pick up lemons to juice for this dessert. Fresh lemon has a much brighter flavor, but in a pinch, you could use bottled lemon juice.
Cake Mix: Grab your favorite vanilla cake mix from the store. Be sure to grab a mix that is around 16 ounces, but it doesn’t have to be exactly 16 ounces. You will not need any of the ingredients listed on the back, just the mix.
Butter: You will need melted unsalted butter for this dessert.
How to Make Blueberry Dump Cake
STEP ONE: Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease a 12-inch round oven-safe skillet or baking dish. Add the blueberries to the pan and sprinkle the lemon juice over them.
STEP TWO: Pour the cake mix evenly over the blueberries and cover it with melted butter.
STEP THREE: Bake the dump cake for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown.
STEP FOUR: Once the cake is out of the oven, allow it to cool slightly and enjoy it warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
Tips for Success
- When purchasing cake mix, look for a box that is around 16 ounces. It’s ok if the mix is a little more or a little less, but around 16 ounces is the amount you need to cover the blueberries completely.
- Frozen blueberries are wonderful to use in this recipe, and it also means that you can make this delicious cake whenever you crave it! You also don’t need to thaw the frozen blueberries before using them, just toss them into the pan.
- The melted butter may not cover the entire cake, and that’s ok. The melted butter and blueberry juice provide all the liquid the cake needs.
- The dump cake doesn’t need to be refrigerated, but keep it covered and store it for up to five days.
What is dump cake?
Dump cake gets its name from the way this dessert is made: by dumping the ingredients into a pan and baking them. There are no fancy ingredients or kitchen tools required to make this cake, as it was designed to be simple and delicious. To start, you can choose from a variety of fruit when making this cake, from blueberries to peaches, strawberries, cherries, and more! The fruit can be fresh, frozen, or pie filling. Yellow and vanilla cake mixes are the most common and popular options, and you can also try a lemon cake mix for a sweet blend of fruit flavors. No matter what you mix and match, you’ll also need butter, and then you’re ready to bake cake after delicious cake!
What’s the biggest mistake to avoid when making dump cake?
As mentioned above, dump cake got its name from the fact that you just dump the ingredients into a pan and bake. What you most definitely do not want to do is stir anything!! The cake mix and melted butter on top create a wonderful cake-like crust that the fruit bubbles through in places, which forms the perfect bite. If the ingredients get stirred together, then you get clumps of dry cake mix and fruit, which are not good bites. So be sure to sprinkle the cake mix evenly over the fruit, but definitely don’t mix it!
More Blueberry Treats to Enjoy!
- Blueberry Cobbler
- Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake
- Blueberry Pie Recipe
- Blueberry Lasagna Dessert
- Blueberry Buttermilk Coffee Cake
*This post originally posted on 06/25/2016.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh blueberries (or 32 ounces frozen blueberries, thawed)
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 13.25 ounces vanilla cake mix (1 box)
- ½ cup unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 12-inch oven-safe skillet or a 9×13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- Add the blueberries to the prepared dish and drizzle with lemon juice. Dump the dry cake mix onto the blueberries, and shake the pan to evenly distribute it. Pour the melted butter all over the top.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and serve warm with vanilla ice cream, if desired.
Denise Kosak says
Isn’t 1/2 cup of melted butter actually 2 sticks of solid butter & 1/4 cup melted is one stick?
Julie @Real Housemoms says
This recipe uses 1/2 cup (1 stick of butter) than has been melted. We’ve updated the recipe to reflect this more clearly.