Description
A quick and easy dessert featuring sweet and tart cherries with a buttery cake topping, perfect for gatherings.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 (21 oz) cans of cherry pie filling or 6 cups fresh pitted cherries
- ¾ cup granulated sugar (if using fresh cherries)
- 2 tbsp cornstarch (if using fresh cherries)
- 1 (15.25 oz) box of yellow cake mix
- 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, thinly sliced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Spread cherry pie filling (or fresh cherries mixed with sugar and cornstarch) evenly in the pan.
- Sprinkle the yellow cake mix evenly over the cherries.
- Dot the top with thinly sliced butter.
- Bake uncovered for 40–50 minutes until golden and bubbly; let rest for 10–15 minutes before serving.
Notes
For best results, mix fresh cherries with canned for added syrup. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 12g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 50g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg