DUMP CAKE 
1 (16 oz.) can crushed pineapple
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
1 (18.25 oz.) package yellow cake mix
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, chilled
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease well a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan.

Dump pineapple (including juice) into the prepared pan; spread evenly.

Dump cherry pie filling over pineapple, spreading evenly.

Dump yellow cake mix over the top, spreading evenly.

Cut cold butter into 1/4-inch slices and arrange over the top. Sprinkle with nuts.

Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean (about 40 minutes).

About 10 servings.

recipe reviews
Dump Cake
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 Joe Lesins (Missouri) says:
I melt the butter and mix it with the cake mix prior to laying it on top of the fruit mix. What comes out is a cake with an uneven texture. It looks very inviting, much better than a flat plain surface.
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 Phyllis Tovar (Kansas) says:
Instead of cherry pie filling I used caramel apple pie filling with the pineapple. It taste great.
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 Beerman412 (Minnesota) says:
Instead of a yellow cake mix, used a red velvet because it's what I had on hand. SO good!
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 Kathy (Indiana) says:
Use in dutch oven - and boys scouts make this camping.
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 Kimberly K (Texas) says:
Been using this recipe since I was a teen. Always a big hit!
Since I'm older now, (and my husband & I watching calories), I have since used Del Monte Harvest Spice can peaches, (or plain sliced,can peaches, too), instead of pie filling. I also skip the nuts, and use Cool Whip Light Whipped Cream. It cuts the "reeeaaally sweet" taste, and I think, even tastes better! Try it, you'll like it!
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 Catrob (Alabama) says:
I've made this many times using different variations of fruits, cake mixes, etc. Apples or peaches with spice cake always gets compliments. I usually use 1 & 1/2 sticks of butter.
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 C. Well (Texas) says:
Works great with sugar-free cake mix too for someone wanting to lower the sugar content.
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 Lizz (Pennsylvania) says:
Made 4 of these for the weekly free lunch at church. To help with prep (at home), I pulsed each cake mix with frozen butter in the food processor until it was evenly crumbled, then placed the mix in plastic bags to transport to the church kitchen. Since our baking plans are a bit larger than 9x13, I used 3 cans of fruit filling per pan. Worked like a dream and the guests loved it!

 

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