Homemade Dump Cake Gift Basket

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Homemade Dump Cake Gift Basket

Included:
Dump Cake Mix, one pint jar of home-canned fruit or pie filling, one half-pint jar of home-canned jam, one bottle of homemade vanilla, hand-lettered recipe card, all nested in a tea towel and tucked inside a pretty mixing bowl. (How much this gift costs depends on how much you splurge on the tea towel and bowl. You could also use a basket or other container. You don’t actually need a mixing bowl for dump cake, but the mixing bowl fits the baking theme.) You could add other fun things to make an even more substantial basket, such as wooden spoons or nice measuring spoons or cups, etc.

Ingredients:

Dump Cake Mix:

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup powdered milk
(This cake mix will fit perfectly in a one-quart size plastic baggie.)

Homemade Dump Cake:

1 pint home-canned fruit
1/2 pint home-canned jam
1/3 cup water
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 Dump Cake Mix
1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
2 sticks butter

Grease a 9×13 pan. Evenly spread ingredients in order, ending with distributing slices of butter over the top. Bake in a 350-degree oven for an hour to an hour and fifteen minutes (till done–start checking after one hour).

Note: I score the cake with a knife two or three times during baking to make sure the dry and wet ingredients mix well.

I used home-canned Brandied Apricots and Blackberry Brandy Jam.

This is great with vanilla ice cream, or all by itself. If you haven’t had dump cake, this is a cake that bakes up more like a cobbler or crumble than a “normalâ€