If you need a simple dessert that everyone will rave about, this easy Peach Dump Cake is it. Made with a few simple ingredients and ready in about an hour, this easy peach cake bakes up warm, buttery, and bubbling right in a camp oven or Dutch oven. Just layer the ingredients, bake, and serve straight from the pot.
Quick Look at the Recipe
- ✅ Recipe Name: Camp Oven Peach Dump Cake
- 🕒 Ready In: About 1 hour 5 minutes
- 👪 Serves: 8
- 🥣 Main Ingredients: Canned peaches in juice, yellow cake mix, butter, lemon-lime soda, cinnamon
- 📖 Dietary Info: Vegetarian dessert
- ⭐ Why You'll Love It: This easy peach dump cake layers juicy peaches with cake mix and butter to create a warm, bubbly dessert with a golden topping.
Summarize and Save the Recipe
Every camping trip, someone always asks if I’m making this peach dump cake with canned peaches again. It’s my favorite camping dump cake, but I make it at home just as often. With simple ingredients like cake mix, butter, and peaches, it comes together with almost no effort.
Looking for more easy, camp-friendly dump cake recipes? Don’t miss my lemon blueberry dump cake and caramel apple dump cake.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy to Make: This dump cake with peaches is really easy to make. Just layer the ingredients in the pot and let the heat do the work.
- Made with Pantry Staples: This dump cake with peaches uses simple ingredients like cake mix, butter, soda, and canned fruit, so you can make it anytime without needing fancy ingredients.
- Perfect for Camp or Home: Whether you bake it as a campfire dump cake over coals or in your kitchen oven, it turns out warm and bubbly every time. For another camp-friendly dump cake recipe, be sure to try my pear raspberry dump cake next.
- Feeds a Crowd: This easy dump cake is great for family dinners, holidays, and camping trips because it serves several people and is easy to scoop straight from the pot.
Ingredients
- Canned Peaches: Use peaches packed in juice; do not drain them. The juice is important because it helps cook the dry cake mix evenly. Love peaches? You’ll want to try my peach clafoutis recipe next.
- Yellow Cake Mix: A standard boxed yellow cake mix works best for a classic flavor. Break up any large clumps in the bag so you do not end up with dry patches on top.
- Lemon-Lime Soda: This adds extra moisture and helps create a soft, tender texture. Pour it slowly and evenly over the cake mix so it soaks across the entire surface.
- Salted Butter: Cube the butter into small pieces so it melts evenly while baking. Spreading it across the top helps the cake mix brown and prevents powdery spots.
See the recipe card below for exact ingredient amounts, nutritional information, and detailed instructions.
Variations
- Cake Mix Swap: Use a white cake mix, butter pecan, or even spice cake mix instead of yellow cake mix to give this dump cake recipe a new, flavorful twist.
- Berry Blend: Mix in a handful of blueberries or raspberries with the peaches for a fruity variation that adds color and extra flavor.
- Nutty Crunch: Sprinkle chopped pecans or walnuts on top before baking for added texture and a subtle nutty flavor.
- Mini Dump Cakes: Make individual portions in small ramekins or a muffin tin for easy serving and a fun presentation. Because the portions are smaller, they typically cook faster, so plan on checking them after about 20–30 minutes. They’re done when the top looks golden, and the filling is bubbling around the edges.
How to Make a Peach Dump Cake
This recipe for dump cake with peaches is simple, whether you’re at home or camping. You just layer a few ingredients in a Dutch oven or camp oven and let the heat do the work.
Before preparing, prepare your heat source for cooking. For a camp oven, place about 12 coals under the Dutch oven and enough on the lid to maintain even heat. For a Dutch oven, preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Step 1: Prepare and Layer the Peaches: Pour the canned peaches, including the juice, into the camp or Dutch oven.
- Step 2: Add the Cake Mix: Spread out the peaches into an even layer. Pour the cake mix over the peaches, breaking up any clumps.
- Step 3: Add Soda and Butter: Slowly pour the lemon-lime soda over the top, then distribute the cubed butter across the surface.
- Step 4: Bake: Sprinkle some cinnamon, cover the oven with the lid, and bake for about 45 minutes, checking for doneness. The top should be golden and set, with the edges bubbling. If needed, bake an additional 10–15 minutes.
- Step 5: Serve. Remove from the heat and serve the cake warm straight from the oven or campfire. While camping, it’s the perfect dessert to enjoy after our hearty Dutch Oven lasagna.
Expert Tips
- Keep the Layers Intact: Do not mix the peaches, cake mix, and soda. The cake relies on the juices and melted butter to soak through, creating a tender, golden top.
- Even Butter Distribution: Cut the butter into small cubes and spread it evenly over the cake mix. This prevents dry, powdery spots and helps the top brown evenly.
- Campfire Heat Management: If baking outdoors, keep slightly more coals on the lid than under the oven and rotate both every 10–15 minutes. This ensures even cooking and prevents burning on the bottom.
- Check for Doneness: The cake is ready when the edges are bubbling, the top is golden, and there are no dry pockets of cake mix. If needed, add an extra 10–15 minutes of cooking.
Serving Suggestions
- While camping, you can serve this dump cake warm after a hearty dinner, like my sausage peppers and rice skillet, for a sweet finish everyone will love.
- This dessert is perfect for potlucks, family dinners, or holiday meals because it easily feeds a crowd and takes little effort to prepare. Pair it with other easy, sweet treats like raspberry bread and s’mores dip.
- Make it at home for a quick, comforting weeknight dessert. It’s perfect after a hearty meal like my chicken broccoli casserole, which can be on the table in under 30 minutes.
Peach Dump Cake Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can assemble the cake a few hours ahead and keep it covered in the refrigerator until you’re ready to bake. Just bring it to room temperature before placing it in the oven or over the coals.
No, the juice from the canned peaches helps the cake mix bake evenly and keeps the dump cake moist and tender.
Place slightly fewer coals under the oven than on the lid, rotate the oven every 10–15 minutes, and consider using a few foil balls or a trivet under the oven to elevate it slightly.
This usually happens if the butter isn’t evenly distributed or if the soda isn’t poured evenly over the cake mix. Make sure each spot has some butter to melt over the top for a golden finish.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave in 30-second intervals or warm gently in a camp oven over low heat.
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Peach Dump Cake
Equipment
- 12" camp oven OR 6 qt. Dutch Oven
Ingredients
- 58 ounces canned peaches in juice
- 1 box yellow cake mix
- ¼ pound butter; salted 1 stick
- 12 ounce lemon lime soda
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
Camp Oven
- Heat coals in a charcoal chimney.
- Once hot, place 12 coals on bottom of the camp table, fire pit, etc. Nestle camp oven on top of the coals.
- Evenly pour the peaches in the camp oven.
- Spread cake mix evenly over the peaches, breaking up any clumps.
- Pour the lemon lime soda over the mixture.
- Place the cubed butter evenly on top of the mixture. Sprinkle cinnamon on top.
- Cover with the camp oven lid. Place heated coals over the entire lid. Allow to cook for 45 minutes.
- Check for doneness by using a lid lifter, if not done, cook up to an additional 15 minutes. When done, remove from coals and serve immediately.
Dutch Oven
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- Evenly pour the peaches in the Dutch oven.
- Spread cake mix evenly over the peaches, breaking up any clumps.
- Pour the lemon lime soda over the mixture.
- Place the cubed butter evenly on top of the mixture. Sprinkle cinnamon on top.
- Cover with the Dutch oven lid. Allow to cook for 45 minutes.
- Check for doneness if not done, cook up to an additional 15 minutes. When done, remove from oven and serve immediately.
Notes
- Keep the layers intact. Do not stir the peaches, cake mix, or soda.
- Pour the soda slowly and evenly so it soaks through the cake mix for a tender texture.
- Spread the butter evenly over the cake mix to prevent dry spots and help the top brown.
- Check the edges for bubbling and the top for a golden color to know when it is done.
Nutrition
Dutch Oven Daddy is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is only an estimate. We recommend running the ingredients through an online nutritional calculator if you need to verify any information.
Kate says
THis is such a game changer to make an awesome dessert while camping!
Beth says
The perfect, easy treat for camping. My family loved it!
Mary says
We made this all the time when my kids were little. I never knew the name of it. We had taken a group of young women into the mountains and one of our leaders made it for us so we just started calling it Bishop's cake after him. The only thing we did differently was adding red hots to the top of the cake. Last time I went to make the cake we had a very hard time finding red hots. We still get requests for it when we have family reunions.
Terry says
This is one of the better, easiest, awesome, peach dumps that I have tried. Thank You !
Donna says
Hello, sounds very nice
Just interested in the soft drink.
Is it sprite that you recommend to use?
Thank you,
Donna
Dutch Oven Daddy says
Any lemon-lime soda will work.
Alison says
This is a fan favorite when camping.
Christian. says
I love making this. Use frozen fruit instead of canned. Any frozen fruit. I think it comes out better. Add a little Mexican vanilla to it and then cinnamon on top to taste.
Dutch Oven Daddy says
Do you add extra liquid? Mexican vanilla is a wonderful addition.
Christian says
I don’t. Just make sure the sprite covers the cake batter completely so you don’t get dry spots with the batter
Ben says
Can I double the recipe?
Ned Adams says
Absolutely, keep in mind that cooking times will most likely change. Keep an eye on it so that it doesn’t burn.
Ben says
Awesome thanks!
Ned Adams says
You’re welcome! Happy cooking!
Charles gregory says
Can I do it with apples instead of peaches
Ned Adams says
Great question Charles! Absolutely, you can use any fruit that’d you like.
Sue says
Recipe says 12 coals on bottom but doesn’t say how many coals on top....
Ned Adams says
Hi Sue, great question. In step 10 it mentions to, "Place heated coals over the entire lid." Usually what I do is make a ring of coals around the outside of the lid and then a ring inside of that. Let me know if that helps clarify.
Christie Fournier says
made this today with fresh peaches and also added mulberries... after some insight from Ned (Dutch Oven Daddy), i added about an ounce extra Sprite, to make up for missing the yummy syrup from the can...turned out AMAZING!!!!
Ned Adams says
I'm so glad it turned out well for you! Peaches and Mulberries sounds like an amazing combination! Very well done!
Candy says
I have made this all the time without the soda pop. It bashes there too crusty. Why would I need to add it in?
Ned Adams says
Great question Candy! You can choose to add the soda or leave it out. It definitely changes the flavor.