A Peach Dump Cake with Fresh Peaches is the perfect dessert to satisfy sweet cravings. This beginner-friendly dump cake is easy and quick to create. Bonus – you can easily adjust the sweetness of this recipe by using slightly more or less brown sugar. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a summery dessert.
Dump cakes are one of the easiest baked goods for satisfying a sweet craving. When I want to make a dump cake, I love creating this peach dump cake with fresh peaches. It's fruity, summery and only requires a few kitchen tools, making it beginner-friendly!
Fresh or frozen peaches for this southern peach dump cake making it a convenient option for a sweet treat. It's also a great recipe for using leftover peaches before they go bad. You can pair this yummy dish with savory entrees like Easy Shrimp Scampi, Cheesy Baked Spaghetti, or Cheesy Baked Tortellini Alfredo.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy – You only need two pieces of kitchen equipment for this dish – a paring knife and a baking dish.
- Quick – Since you're mixing everything in the baking dish and topping it with cake mix, the prep for this recipe is quite fast.
- Beginner-friendly – Unlike other homemade cakes, this peach dump cake with fresh peaches requires minimal kitchen skills.
- Simple ingredients – Most ingredients for this cake are likely already in your pantry.
- Sweet – The brown sugar and peaches help create the sweetness for this recipe.
- Perfect for summertime – The fresh or frozen peaches, cake top layer, and ice cream topping make this an excellent dessert to serve in the summertime.
Ingredients & Substitutions
- Peaches: Since peaches have thinner skin, you can cook them with or without their skins. Depending on how large they are, you'll need about 7-9 peaches for this recipe. If you're in a time crunch, you can use frozen fruit instead to create a peach dump cake with frozen peaches.
- Brown Sugar: If you have peaches that are not very sweet or enjoy recipes on the sweeter side, you can increase the brown sugar from ⅓ to ½ cup.
Complete list of ingredients and amounts is located on the recipe card below.
How to Peel Peaches
- Blanch: The quickest way to peel peaches for this peach dump cake with fresh peaches is by blanching them for one minute in hot water. Quickly remove the peaches and put them in an ice bath. The skins should slide off after the peaches have cooled.
- Vegetable Peeler: A vegetable peeler will allow you to remove the skins on each peach without removing too much of the fruit’s flesh.
- Paring Knife: A paring knife is another excellent way to remove peach skin. However, this method can cause you to lose more of the peach flesh if you cut too deeply.
How to Make Fresh Peach Dump Cake
Quick Overview
- Preheat the oven.
- Grease a baking dish.
- Dump ingredients into the dish.
- Mix ingredients.
- Pour cake mix on the peaches.
- Spoon butter on the cake mix.
- Bake.
Step by Step Instructions
Grease the baking dish to keep the cake from sticking to the sides while cooking.
Do not mix the cake and melted butter.
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with spray oil or butter. Dump in the peaches, brown sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger. Toss around until combined.
Step 2: Pour the cake mix evenly across the top of the peaches. (I like to pull a few peaches on top of the cake mix so you can see them on top.) Spoon the melted butter on top of the cake mix, so it is mostly covered.
Step 3: Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden.
Step 4: Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Recipe Serving Suggestions
Garnish this peach dump cake with fresh peaches with a sprig of mint, slices of peaches, vanilla ice cream, or a drizzle of caramel sauce.
I love serving this summery dish alongside warm-weather recipes (like BBQ dishes) and a fun citrus cocktail. Here are some entrée ideas.
Expert Tips
- Use salted butter. The salt in salted butter brings out the flavors of the peaches and the other ingredients. It also helps balance the sweetness of the cake.
- Serve with ice cream. A scoop of cold vanilla (or salted caramel) ice cream perfectly complements a warm slice of peach dump cake with fresh peaches. If you want to take it a step further with this old-fashioned peach cake recipe, add a dollop of whipped cream or Cool Whip.
- Melt the butter – Melted butter helps the topping for the peach cobbler dump cake cook more quickly than if you're incorporating cold butter pieces.
- Break up cake mix chunks – Ensure the yellow or white cake mix has no chunks before layering it on the peaches. If there are chunks, break them up in a bowl first.
Additions & Variations
- Frozen Peaches – Frozen peaches also work well with this recipe. You will need about two or three pounds of frozen peaches for this dessert (depending on the size of the peach slices).
- Canned Peaches – In a pinch, canned peaches also work well with peach dump cake (not peach pie filling). Do not drain the liquid from the peaches since this helps create the topping.
- Add Other Fruit – Add berries, apples, and other pit fruit into this peach dump cake with fresh peaches if you desire.
- Use Oats – If you prefer a crumble topping, add some oats to the cake mix before drizzling the butter. This will help create a crispy topping.
Recipe FAQs
Once everyone has had a helping and the cake has fully cooled, store it in the fridge. It will stay good in the refrigerator for up to five days. If you store it on the kitchen counter, the cake will go bad more quickly.
Yes, you can bake peaches with their skin. Since the skin is thinner/softer than other fruits, it blends into the cake filling easily.
You can leave the peel on if you don't mind the peach skin in this peach dump cake with fresh peaches. However, if the consistency of the cooked skin bothers you, then it's best to remove it before baking. Ultimately, whether or not you peel the peaches is purely preference.
The biggest mistake you'll want to avoid with dump cake recipes is pre-mixing the cake mix with the other ingredients. Layer the cake mix on the peach mixture, then drizzle the butter on top.
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Easy Fresh Peach Dump Cake
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 8 cups fresh yellow peaches, sliced*
- ⅓ cup (67 g) brown sugar*
- 1 Tablespoon EACH cornstarch & vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛-1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, optional
- 1 15.25-ounce box yellow cake mix
- 12 Tablesoons, (170 g) salted butter
- vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with spray oil or butter. Dump in the peaches, brown sugar, cornstarch, vanilla, cinnamon, and ginger. Toss around until combined.8 cups fresh yellow peaches, sliced*, ⅓ cup (67 g) brown sugar*, 1 Tablespoon EACH cornstarch & vanilla extract, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, ⅛-1/4 teaspoon ground ginger, optional
- Pour the cake mix evenly across the top of the peaches. (I like to pull a few peaches on top of the cake mix so you can see them on top.) Spoon the melted butter on top of the cake mix, so it is mostly covered.1 15.25-ounce box yellow cake mix, 12 Tablesoons, (170 g) salted butter
- Bake for 40-45 minutes or until golden.
- Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.vanilla ice cream, for serving
Notes:
- Peaches: Since peaches have thinner skin, you can cook them with or without their skins. Depending on how large they are, you'll need about 7-9 peaches for this recipe. If you're in a time crunch, you can use frozen fruit instead to create a peach dump cake with frozen peaches.
- Brown Sugar: If you have peaches that are not very sweet or enjoy recipes on the sweeter side, you can increase the brown sugar from ⅓ to ½ cup.
- Use salted butter. The salt in salted butter brings out the flavors of the peaches and the other ingredients. It also helps balance the sweetness of the cake.
- Serve with ice cream. A scoop of cold vanilla (or salted caramel) ice cream perfectly complements a warm slice of peach dump cake with fresh peaches. If you want to take it a step further with this old-fashioned peach cake recipe, add a dollop of whipped cream or Cool Whip.
- Melt the butter – Melted butter helps the topping for the peach cobbler dump cake cook more quickly than if you're incorporating cold butter pieces.
- Break up cake mix chunks – Ensure the yellow or white cake mix has no chunks before layering it on the peaches. If there are chunks, break them up in a bowl first.
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