Easy Lemon Dump Cake (with cream cheese) (2024)

October 13, 2023April 25, 2023 by Kara

This easy lemon dump cake is super quick to whip up and only requires 5 simple ingredients, a cake mix, lemon pie filling, cream cheese, sugar and butter.

If you’ve never tried a dump cake before, you’re in for a treat. The name just comes from the fact that it’s a ‘dump things into a baking dish and go’ kind of recipe.

It’s very quick and easy to throw together and is a crowd pleaser. It’s got a creamy lemon pie filling on the bottom with pockets of cream cheese, then everything is topped with a crunchy cake mix topping along with melted butter.

Hey there! Before you scroll, there are lots of helpful things in this post…including an FAQ section, which may answer any questions you might have about this recipe. Enjoy!

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This recipe is perfect for when you’re short on time but still want a delicious lemon dessert. It’s a great dessert to make because it only requires about 5 simple ingredients, so even if you’re not an experienced baker, you can still whip it up in no time.

This lemon cream cheese dump cake is best served warm with cool whip, but it’s also good cold. If you’re a fan of lemon desserts, you won’t want to miss this easy and delicious throw-together dessert cake that is bursting with lemon flavor.

Ingredient Notes:

Now let’s talk about just some of the ingredients in this easy lemon dessert. (The printable list of all ingredients are in the recipe card below.)

Lemon pie filling: This is the star of the show and it’s best to use a large can of this. The lemon pie filling will form the gooey bottom of this dessert.

Lemon cake mix: The cake mix will form the crunch topping for this cake and it’s SO flavorful!

Cream cheese and sugar: This will be blended together and will be like warm pockets of cream cheese goodness inside this cake.

Butter: Pats of butter are added all over the top of the cake mix, which melt into it to make a buttery, crumbly topping.

(Make sure to check out the FAQ section below in this post for ingredient and substitution questions.)

How to make this cake:

Let’s talk about how to make a lemon and cream cheese dump cake. (The printable instructions are in the recipe card below.)

Step 1:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 13×9 inch baking dish with non-stick baking spray.

Step 2:

Add the lemon pie filling to the baking dish and spread it evenly over the bottom.

Step 3:

Now, sprinkle about 1/4 of the dry cake mix all over the lemon pie filling.

Step 4:

Now, in a mixing bowl, add the room-temperature cream cheese and sugar and mix on medium-high speed with an electric mixer until smooth.

Step 5:

Drop the cream cheese mixture, using a tablespoon, on top of the lemon filling and cake mix. Just drop it as small globs all over everything.

Step 6:

Sprinkle the rest of the cake mix all over everything.

Step 7:

Now add thinly sliced butter evenly over the top and make sure you cover as much of the dry cake mix as you can.

Step 8:

Bake the dump cake at 350 degrees F for approximately 35-40 minutes.

Step 9:

Next, remove the cake from the oven and let it cool on a rack for about 20 minutes.

Step 10:

Enjoy this cake warm either plain, with whipped cream or with ice cream.

(Remember that the detailed instructions will also be in the recipe card below.)

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• 13×9 inch baking dish
• Mixing bowl
• Hand mixer
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Cooling rack
• Oven mitts