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camping dessert with chocolate cake and cherries in this dutch oven dump cake recipe

Berry Chocolate Dump Cake

This easy camping dessert combines chocolate cake with cherries and berries and cooks up in one pot right over the hot campfire coals.
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Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate, dessert, dutch oven
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 441kcal

Equipment

  • 1 cast iron dutch oven

Ingredients

  • 24 oz. mixed berries
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 6 oz coffee or Dr. Pepper
  • 4 tbsp butter, salted

Instructions

  • Line dutch oven with parchment paper or grease the inside with butter.
  • Pour berries into the bottom of the dutch oven and sprinkle chocolate cake mix evenly on top.
  • Pour coffee or Dr. Pepper over the top of the cake mix, as evenly as possible (do not stir). Then, place thin slices of butter across the top of the ingredients.
  • Cover and place dutch oven over 10 pieces of charcoal. Add approximately 20 pieces of charcoal to the top.
  • Cook for approximately 30 minutes (cook time will vary) and remove from heat once the cake is cooked through.
  • Top with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream or fresh strawberries and enjoy!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cup | Calories: 441kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 656mg | Potassium: 315mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 288IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 120mg | Iron: 3mg