Strawberry Cheesecake Dump Cake (Printable)
Sweet strawberries, cream cheese filling and buttery cake baked together into an easy, crowd-pleasing dessert.
# What You'll Need:
→ Fruit & Filling
01 - 2 cups fresh or frozen sliced strawberries
02 - 1 can (21 oz) strawberry pie filling
→ Cheesecake Mixture
03 - 8 oz cream cheese, softened
04 - 1/2 cup granulated sugar
05 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
→ Cake & Topping
06 - 1 box (about 15 oz) yellow or white cake mix
07 - 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
# Directions:
01 - Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with butter or nonstick spray.
02 - Spread the fresh or frozen sliced strawberries evenly across the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Spoon the strawberry pie filling over the strawberries and spread it into an even layer.
03 - In a mixing bowl, beat the softened cream cheese with granulated sugar and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy. Drop spoonfuls of the cheesecake mixture evenly over the strawberry filling layer.
04 - Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the entire surface. Do not stir or mix into the layers below.
05 - Pour the melted butter evenly over the cake mix, ensuring as much surface area as possible is covered for even browning.
06 - Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until the top is golden brown and the cheesecake filling bubbles at the edges. The center should look set.
07 - Allow to cool for at least 20 minutes before serving. Serve warm or at room temperature.
# Expert Tips:
01 -
- This is the dessert you make when you want maximum praise with almost zero effort, and nobody will guess how simple it was.
- The contrast of tangy cream cheese pockets against jammy strawberries and a crispy buttery top is genuinely unforgettable.
02 -
- Do not stir the layers together no matter how tempting, because that beautiful contrast of textures depends on keeping them distinct.
- The butter coverage matters more than you think so pour slowly and deliberately, and any dry patches of cake mix will stay powdery after baking.
03 -
- If your butter does not cover every bit of cake mix, take a spoon and gently drizzle a little extra over the bare spots before baking.
- Letting the cream cheese fully soften is the one step you should not rush because cold cream cheese leaves unpleasant lumps in that beautiful filling.