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A freshly baked pecan pie dump cake with a golden cake topping and toasted pecans, served in a baking dish.

Pecan Pie Dump Cake:

Olivia Carter
pecan pie's lazy cousin: dump filling, cake mix, butter, and pecans in a pan. No stirring, just crispy top over sticky goodness. Total game-changer!
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15 minutes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Cooling Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
COST Around $8-12 bucks
Course Dessert
Cuisine Southern American
Keyword pecan pie dump cake
Servings 12 big slices
Calories 550 kcal

Equipment

  • 9x13 baking dish
  • Bowl and whisk
  • Measuring stuff
  • oven
  • Butter or spray to grease

Ingredients
  

Gooey Bottom Magic:

  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup dark corn syrup
  • ¾ cup brown sugar
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 2½ cups pecans

Top Crunch:

  • 1 box yellow or butter pecan cake mix 13-15 oz
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 1 Sprinkle Sprinkle pumpkin pie spice if you're fancy

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 350°F, grease that 9x13 pan good.
  • Whisk eggs, syrup, sugar, half the butter, vanilla. Fold in chopped pecans. Pour it in.
    Eggs, brown sugar, and corn syrup being whisked together to create the base for pecan pie dump cake filling.
  • Shower dry cake mix all over (spice it up here).
    Pecan pie filling spread evenly in a baking dish before adding the cake mix layer.
  • Drizzle rest of butter everywhere, top with pecan halves.
    Melted butter drizzled over cake mix and pecans before baking the pecan pie dump cake.
  • Bake 50 min till bubbly and golden. No dry bits. Foil if it's getting too tan.
  • Cool 30 min, scoop warm with ice cream. Boom!

Notes

  • Hands off the spoon. No mixing, that's the dump cake charm.
  • Leftovers? Room temp 1-2 days, fridge 4-5, freeze 2 months.
  • Lazy mode: Canned pie filling for true 5 ingredients.
  • Pro move: Toast pecans first for that "wow" nutty kick.

NUTRITION (Per Serving)

  • 550 calories a slice,
  • 25-30g fat (pecan party),
  • 50-75g carbs (sugar bomb),
  • 5-7g protein.