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Microwave Cake: Easy Dump and Bake Cake

March 7, 2022 by Robin 9 Comments

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Dump & Bake Microwave Cake uses only 3-ingredients, bakes in less than 10-minutes, is incredibly moist, and has an amazing texture.  There are so many delicious combinations that you can create; black forest, spicy apple, blueberry, the combinations are endless.

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The microwave is one of the most underutilized appliances in our kitchen. Most of us use it primarily for re-heating food, but the microwave can do so much more, like baking a cake in less than 10-minutes.

I used to teach a class on how to use the microwave for baking and believe it or not for cooking meat. People would look at me like I had two heads when they found out that I used my microwave for cooking and baking.

Have you ever used your microwave for baking?

DUMP & BAKE MICROWAVE CAKE

You’re going to be so surprised at how moist and yummy this cake is. The best part about it is you only need 3-ingredients and about 15 minutes. It’s a great dish to serve when unexpected company arrives. While you’re visiting you can pop one in the microwave and have something warm and delicious to serve in a matter of minutes, they’ll never know that it came out of the microwave.

As I said, this cake requires only three ingredients: a cake mix, some pie filling, and 3 eggs. The cake that I made today was a Black Forest cake. I used a dark chocolate cake mix and cherry pie filling, this is one of my favorite combinations. The great thing about this recipe is that you are only limited by your imagination. These are some of the combinations that I have made:

  • Lemon Cake Mix/Peach Pie Filling
  • Lemon Cake Mix/Pineapple Pie Filling
  • Spice Cake Mix/Apple Pie Filling
  • Spice Cake Mix/Peach Pie Filling
  • White Cake Mix/Blueberry Pie Filling

HOW TO MAKE A DUMP & BAKE MICROWAVE CAKE

  1. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pie filling, and eggs. Mix with a fork or spoon. DO NOT use a mixer, it add to much air to the batter.
  2. Pour batter into a 3-quart microwave safe bundt pan, spread evenly.
  3. Microwave on high for 9-12 minutes, or until a toothpick insert into the center comes out clean. Rotate every 3-minutes if the microwave doesn’t have a turntable.
  4. Remove from microwave, and cover for 5-minutes. Turn out on to a cake plate to cool, frost if desifed, and serve.

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5 from 2 votes

Dump & Bake Microwave Cake

 This recipe uses only 3-ingredients, bakes in less than 10-minutes, is incredibly moist, and has an amazing texture.  There are so many delicious combinations that you can create; black forest, spicy apple, blueberry, the combinations are endless.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time15 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: breakfast cake, bundt cake, dump & bake cake, microwave cake
Servings: 12 serving
Calories: 229kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cake mix
  • 1 can pie filling
  • 3 eggs

Instructions

  • In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, pie filling, and eggs. Mix with a fork or spoon. DO NOT use a mixer, it add to much air to the batter.
  • Pour batter into a 3-quart microwave safe bundt pan**, spread evenly.
  • Microwave on high for 9-12 minutes, or until a toothpick insert into the center comes out clean. Rotate every 3-minutes if the microwave doesn’t have a turntable.
  • Remove from microwave, and cover for 5-minutes. Turn out on to a cake plate to cool, frost if desifed, and serve.

Notes

Cake Suggestions
  • chocolate cake mix/cherry pie filling
  • lemon cake mix/pineapple pie filling
  • spice cake mix/peach pie filling
  • lemon cake mix/peach pie filling
  • spice cake mix/apple pie filling
  • white cake mix/blueberry pie filling
**If you don’t have a microwave-safe bundt pan, use a straight-sided microwave-safe dish with a sugar cone in the middle.

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Comments

  1. D. Marie Michael says

    February 22, 2013 at 10:33 pm

    5 stars
    I'll have to dig out some of my mom's old "dump and bake" only they didn't use a microwave. These look amazingly good!

    Reply
  2. Mary Beth says

    February 23, 2013 at 3:03 pm

    Oh…my…this looks so tasty!

    Reply
  3. Winnie says

    March 20, 2013 at 9:25 pm

    I agree – this cake looks GREAT and DELICIOUS !!

    Reply
  4. Maureen says

    December 10, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    Some dump cakes use pudding. Is that instant of the kind you cook?

    Reply
    • Robin says

      December 13, 2016 at 10:21 am

      It’s just a regular cake mix, no pudding mixed in.

      Reply
  5. Divyanshi Jaiswal says

    March 8, 2022 at 10:07 am

    A great article indeed! Thank you so much. I’m setting up a new house and was in a dilemma: microwave convection or OTG or both.
    I have one doubt though: Does the convection microwave bake cake and give them the browning effect? And biscuits.. can they get they brown base in convection microwave? Also, i wanna ask the criteria for Microwaves Buy in a right way? Could you help me

    Reply
    • Robin says

      March 8, 2022 at 7:59 pm

      I’m sorry I don’t have an answer to your question. I have never used a convection microwave, so I don’t know if they brown things or not.

      Reply
  6. Erika from AmazingTalker says

    July 4, 2022 at 10:20 pm

    5 stars
    A quick, fast and delicious way to make cake! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Robin says

      July 6, 2022 at 8:28 am

      My family loves trying to come up with new flavor combinations.

      Reply

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