Description
Creamy lemon cream cheese dump cake delivers a delightful dessert experience from scratch. Home bakers can easily assemble this simple Southern-style treat with minimal effort and maximum flavor satisfaction.
Ingredients
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Cake and Base Ingredients:
- 1 box lemon cake mix
- 1 can lemon pie filling
- 12 cup butter, melted
Cream Cheese Layer Ingredients:
- 8 ounces (226 grams) cream cheese, softened
- 12 cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Finishing Ingredient:
- 12 cup (60 grams) powdered sugar (for dusting, optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the oven to 350F (175C) and coat a 9×13-inch baking dish with a light layer of grease.
- Create an even base by spreading the lemon pie filling across the bottom of the dish.
- Whip the softened cream cheese with granulated sugar and vanilla extract until achieving a silky, uniform consistency.
- Gently distribute the cream cheese mixture over the lemon filling using spoonfuls, creating random dollops.
- Uniformly scatter the dry lemon cake mix across the top of the existing layers.
- Generously drizzle melted butter over the cake mix, ensuring maximum coverage and potential crispiness.
- Transfer the dish to the preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, watching for a golden-brown surface and bubbling filling.
- Remove from oven and let the cake rest momentarily to slightly cool and settle.
- Optional: Dust the surface with a delicate layer of powdered sugar for enhanced presentation and sweetness.
- Serve while still warm to enjoy optimal texture and flavor profiles.
Notes
- Adjust the sweetness by reducing sugar if you prefer a less sweet dessert.
- Swap lemon pie filling with homemade or low-sugar alternatives for dietary needs.
- Use dairy-free cream cheese and butter substitutes to create a vegan-friendly version.
- Enhance the lemon flavor by adding fresh lemon zest to the cream cheese mixture for extra brightness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 220 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 45 mg