Description
Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake brings pure sunshine right to your dessert plate with minimal effort and maximum flavor. Grab a few simple ingredients, toss them together in a baking dish, and watch pure deliciousness emerge from your oven without any complicated mixing or fussing.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 2 (21 oz / 595 g) cans lemon pie filling
- 1 (15.25 oz / 432 g) box yellow cake mix
- 1 (8 oz / 225 g) package cream cheese, softened
Supporting Ingredients:
- 1 cup (2 sticks / 226 g) unsalted butter, melted
Garnish Ingredients:
- Whipped cream
- Powdered sugar
- Fresh berries
- Lemon zest
Instructions
- Warm the oven to 350°F (175°C) and coat a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray to prevent sticking.
- Pour the entire 42 oz (1190 g) of lemon pie filling across the bottom of the dish, creating a smooth, even layer.
- Unwrap the 8 oz (225 g) cream cheese and beat it until it becomes silky and lump-free in your mixing bowl.
- Dot the cream cheese randomly over the lemon filling, using a gentle swirling motion to create a marbled effect.
- Open the 15.25 oz (432 g) yellow cake mix and sprinkle the entire contents evenly across the surface, ensuring complete coverage without mixing.
- Melt 2 sticks (226 g) of unsalted butter and slowly drizzle it over the dry cake mix, aiming to cover as much of the surface as possible.
- Transfer the dish to the preheated oven and bake for 42 minutes, watching for a golden-brown top and bubbling edges.
- Remove from the oven and let the cake rest for 15 minutes, allowing the layers to set and cool slightly.
- Dust with powdered sugar, garnish with fresh berries and lemon zest before serving warm or chilled.
Notes
- Check cream cheese temperature to ensure smooth, lump-free spreading across the lemon filling.
- Drizzle melted butter carefully to help cake mix create a crispy, golden-brown topping.
- Avoid overmixing layers when swirling cream cheese for a beautiful marbled effect.
- Refrigerate leftover cake to keep the texture moist and tangy for several days.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 40-45 minutes
- Category: Dump Cakes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 520 kcal
- Sugar: 37 g
- Sodium: 320 mg
- Fat: 30 g
- Saturated Fat: 18 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 55 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg