Our Most-Saved Dessert of 2025 Is Also One of the Easiest Recipes Ever

Published on August 4, 2025

Here at BHG, we're firm believers in ending a meal with something sweet. Over the decades, we've created thousands of cookies, cakes, brownies, pies, and more. But perhaps no one type of dessert has been more popular with our readers than shortcut dump cakes. What's not to love about a dessert that calls for less than 5 ingredients and takes less than 10 minutes to prep? Our most-saved recipe of 2025 is just that, an easy dump cake made with lemon pie filling, cake mix, and fresh blueberries. Here's why you should try it for yourself.

Why We Love Lemon Blueberry Dump Cake

There are so many things to love about this shortcut dessert. For many of our recipe testers, it's the combination of sweet lemon pie filling and fresh tart blueberries. For others, it's the simplicity of layering ingredients into a pan and putting it in the oven. But in the end, it's a combination of flavor and ease that makes this dessert our most-saved recipe of 2025 so far.

Tips for Making a Dump Cake

Dump cakes are incredibly easy to make, and that's a big part of their appeal. Here are a few tips from the BHG Test Kitchen to keep in mind when you make this dump cake recipe at home.

• Get creative with the cake mix. Our original recipe calls for a white or yellow mix, but you could easily swap in lemon cake mix, strawberry cake mix, or even a confetti cake mix.
• Leave out what you don't like. Not a fan of poppy seeds? The recipe works just as well without them.
• Make the most of summer berries. We love the classic combination of lemon and blueberries, but this recipe is just as good with fresh raspberries, blackberries, or sliced strawberries.
• Try new toppings. A scoop of vanilla ice cream is great here, but we also love this lemon dessert with a dollop of Greek yogurt, whipped cream, or crème fraîche. For texture, try sprinkling the finished cake with sliced almonds, a sprinkle of granola, or even colorful sprinkles. A dusting of powdered sugar is also a classic dump cake topping.
• Eat it the day you make it. You can store dump cake in the fridge for 2-3 days, but it softens as it sits. We find it's best eaten the same day it's baked.

What Our Readers Say About This Dump Cake Recipe

This easy dessert has been earning rave reviews since we first published the recipe. Here are just a few of the things BHG home cooks had to share.

• "I loved this dessert. Was even better with the fresh blueberries on top. The poppy seeds were a fun touch. Great for summer!"
• "This has a very buttery to crust and creamy filling underneath. It's quite good. It's sweet but not too sweet. I would definitely recommend to let it cool completely before you try it because I noticed the flavors were more noticeable and cohesive. They recommend ice cream with this, and I don't have that, but I bet it would be amazing! It's worth a try and super easy to make."
• "It came out pretty much as described. I did use a zesty lemon yellow cake mix to add a bit more zing. Be careful to sprinkle the cake mix very evenly; a very small area near the corner of my dish must've been uneven because it didn't want to brown up. Overall, VERY happy with the result and highly recommend this to anyone who needs a quick and easy near sure-fire hit."
• "Fantastic recipe! It was super easy, delicious and only took a few minutes to assemble before baking. What more could you want?"