Cherry Coconut Dump Cake

Name: Cherry Coconut Dump Cake
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: Serves 12 to 15
Ingredients: For the base:; Butter or nonstick spray, for baking dish; 8 cups frozen cherries (about 2½ lbs); ¼ cup sugar; ¼ cup lime juice (from 2 to 3 limes); 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 2 tablespoons flour; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; For the cake mix:; 2 cups unsweetened shredded coconut; 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour; ⅔ cup sugar; 2 teaspoons lime zest, plus more for serving; 2 teaspoons baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ¼ teaspoon kosher salt; ¾ cup (1½ sticks) cold unsalted butter

114 Ratings
3 Reviews

It’s sweet and sophisticated, simple and speedy: 15 minutes of hands-on time and you’re done (really). There’s nothing not to love about this dessert. If you stash some frozen cherries in the freezer, it can truly become your backpocket sweet treat, because you should have everything else on hand. It’s pretty served straight from the pan, or in big scoops with vanilla ice cream. Dish it up at your next dinner party and no one will ever guess that you dumped all of the ingredients together, stuck it in the oven, and drank a glass of wine while it was baking.

By Heath Goldman

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Recipe Summary

total:

1 hr 35 mins

hands-on:

15 mins

Yield:

Serves 12 to 15

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter or nonstick spray.

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Step 2
Make the base: Toss cherries, sugar, lime juice, cornstarch, flour, and salt in the baking dish.
Step 3
Make the cake mix: Combine coconut, flour, sugar, lime zest, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and sprinkle evenly over the base. Using the largest holes on a box grater, grate the butter evenly over the surface of the cake.
Step 4
Bake until cake is golden brown and set, 45 to 50 minutes. Cool 30 minutes before serving and top with additional lime zest.

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JG1224

10/26/2019

I have other frozen fruit in my freezer such as peaches and strawberries. But I also have from fresh blackberries. Could I use other fruit? Thanks.

wls8fa0ec04bd83

06/12/2019

Five stars. (For some reason your star ratings aren't working -- I'd give this recipe five stars if I could, but it's only allowing me to give three!) I heeded the comments and only added about 1-3/4 pounds of cherries. I did everything else as directed except used New Balance (vegan butter) instead of the dairy kind. The cake got 100 percent rave reviews at a dinner party last night (and went great with the vanilla and coffee non-dairy ice creams I served it with).

Joseph

07/28/2018

This turned out well but you can easily reduce the amount of cherries by one cup. The instructions did not state to defrost the cherries, so I didn't. However, I did have to bake this 10 minutes more than the instructions suggested. You had better love coconut (and I do) as that is the predominant flavor. I used sweetened coconut flakes and thought they worked just fine. I would make this again.

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