Description
Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake comes together in a flash when your dessert cravings hit hard and you need something quick and delicious. Grab your favorite baking dish, dump those ingredients, and prepare for a seriously tasty treat that’ll make your taste buds dance with delight.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box strawberry cake mix
- 1 cup strawberries, sliced
- 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, softened
Supporting Ingredients:
- 1 cup sweetened condensed milk
- ½ cup butter, melted
Finishing Ingredients:
- ½ cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Set your oven to precisely 350°F and prepare a 9×13 inch baking dish with a light coating of nonstick spray.
- Arrange 1 cup of sliced strawberries in an even layer across the bottom of your baking dish.
- Whisk 8 ounces of softened cream cheese with 1 cup sweetened condensed milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until completely smooth and creamy.
- Carefully pour the cream cheese mixture over the strawberry layer, ensuring full and even coverage.
- Open the strawberry cake mix box and gently distribute the entire contents across the cream cheese layer in an uniform manner.
- Melt ½ cup butter and drizzle it evenly over the dry cake mix, allowing it to create small pools and streams.
- Sprinkle ½ cup graham cracker crumbs across the top for a delightful crunchy texture.
- Place the dish in the preheated oven and bake for exactly 45-50 minutes, watching for a golden brown surface.
- Remove from oven and allow the cake to rest and cool completely before cutting into servings.
Notes
- Soft, ripe strawberries work best for maximum flavor and juiciness in this dump cake.
- Room temperature cream cheese blends more smoothly and prevents lumps in the cheesecake layer.
- For a gluten-free version, swap traditional cake mix with a gluten-free yellow cake mix and use gluten-free graham cracker crumbs.
- Chill the cake completely before serving to help the cheesecake layer set and make cutting easier.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45-50 minutes
- Category: Dump Cakes
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 463 kcal
- Sugar: 42 g
- Sodium: 272 mg
- Fat: 26 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 54 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 58 mg