Four ingredients is all you need for this blueberry dump cake.

The essence of a dump cake is to “dump” ingredients in a pan and bake.

Learn how to make blueberry dump cake.

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Serve withvanilla ice creamfor the perfect dessert.

What Is A Dump Cake?

Served warm with vanilla ice cream, it’s the ultimate easy dessert.

Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake ingredients

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Dump cakes gained popularity in the 1960s, after cake mixes became a staple on grocery store shelves.

Many brands even featured dump cake recipes on their boxes to inspire home bakers to buy their mixes.

Today, they’re still loved for their simplicity and rich, indulgent flavors.

Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake greasing the pan

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Bring to room temperature or heat in the microwave or a preheated 350F oven until warmed throughout before serving.

)cans blueberry pie filling

1/4cupfresh lemon juice (from 2 medium lemons)

1(15.25 oz.

Grease a 13- x 9-inch baking pan with butter.

Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake spreading the pie filling in the pan

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Drizzle evenly with lemon juice.

Add cake mix:

Sprinkle cake mix evenly over pie filling.

Bake cake:

Bake in preheated oven until golden brown and bubbly, about 35-40 minutes.

Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake adding the cake mix

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Remove from oven and let cool 10 minutes.

The ingredients are meant to be layered into the pan and baked as-is.

Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake adding the butter slices

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Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake sprinkled with cinnamon

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Southern Living Blueberry Dump Cake after baking ready to serve

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