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dutch oven pineapple upside down dump cake cooked over the campfire for the best camping dessert

Pineapple Upside Down Dump Cake

This camping pineapple upside down cake is made in a dutch oven over campfire coals.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: camp cooker, dump cake, dutch oven
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 379kcal

Equipment

  • 1 dutch oven 10"-12" works best for this recipe
  • 1 parchment paper dutch oven liner makes clean up SO much easier

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup salted butter, divided in half
  • 1/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 can pineapples (in pineapple juice), sliced
  • 10 maraschino cherries
  • 6 oz Sprite
  • 1 box white or yellow cake mix

Instructions

  • Place a parchment paper dutch oven liner in the dutch oven.
  • Slice 2 tablespoons of butter into thin slices and arrange in the bottom of dutch oven.
  • Sprinkle brown sugar evenly on the bottom of the dutch oven.
  • Arrange pineapple slices across the bottom. Dice up any remaining pineapples that don't fit in the bottom and sprinkle the diced pieces on top.
  • Add cherries in the center of the pineapple rings and spread in other open areas between the pineapples.
  • Sprinkle cake mix over the top and lightly spread it out to evenly distribute the mix.
  • Mix about 4 tablespoons of the pineapple juice left over from the can into the Sprite. (You'll have about 1 cup of liquid total at this point.) Evenly pour the liquid on top of the cake mix.
  • Slice the remaining two tablespoons of butter into thin slices and arrange evenly across the top of the cake.
  • Cover with the dutch oven lid and place on top of a ring of 8-10 hot coals. Place approximately 20 hot coals on top. Bake for 35-45 minutes, until the cake is cooked through. (It's helpful to rotate your dutch oven a quarter turn on your coals every 10-15 minutes to help it cook evenly.)
  • Once it's baked through, lift the parchment paper out of the oven with two hands. Then, plate a large plate on top of the cake and quickly flip the cake and quickly flip it over to reveal the top of the cake with the pineapples and cherries.

Nutrition

Calories: 379kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 498mg | Potassium: 140mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 49g | Vitamin A: 215IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 164mg | Iron: 2mg