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My easy Blueberry Cobbler recipe starts with cake mix! This is basically a blueberry dump cake because that’s what you do: dump the ingredients in the pan and it tastes like the best blueberry cobbler you’ll ever eat!
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Blueberry Dump Cake or Cobbler
Blueberry cobbler and dump cake are very similar. A cobbler is a baked dessert with fruit topped with a batter, biscuit or dumpling.
A dump cake starts with fruit and involves “dumping” a cake mix over the top, adding butter, and then baking. It bakes up with a crunchy and soft topping, much like a cobbler.
Whether you call this a cobbler recipe or a dump cake, either way you should call it delicious. The juicy berries and thick pie filling are coated with a sweet topping that’s soft and crunchy and so, so good.
4 Ingredients Needed
- Blueberry Pie Filling – Use my homemade recipe or buy a 20 ounce can.
- Fresh Blueberries – These add a pop of freshness
- Cake Mix
- Butter: I used Challenge Unsalted Butter in this recipe. Challenge Butter is my favorite butter and (if you’ve been around long enough you’ll already know) it’s the only butter I ate growing up.
Challenge Dairy is a cooperative with over 400 California-owned dairy farmers that raise happy cows without any added hormones or fillers, made the old fashioned way. Challenge Unsalted Butter was also selected as Cook’s Illustrated’s favorite among top-selling brands!
How to make blueberry dump cake
- Dump your pie filling and berries in a pan.
- Dump the cake mix on top.
- Shred the unsalted butter. It helps if you freeze it first.
- Sprinkle the shredded butter evenly and bake at 350° until it’s no longer powdery looking and light golden on top.
Tip From Dorothy
Expert Tips
- Can I use fresh or frozen blueberries? You can use 2 cups frozen berries or 2 cups fresh berries, your choice. You can also use canned blueberries as long as you drain them.
- Serve blueberry cobbler with ice cream or whipped cream.
- You can make this up to 24 hours ahead of time. Store in refrigerator tightly covered.
- You can make dump cake with any combination of fresh fruit and pie filling. We love Cherry Dump Cake and Peach Dump Cake!
Blueberry Cobbler FAQ
Yes! It is really easy to vary this recipe to your liking. You can use ANY pie filling combined with 2-3 cups of fresh, frozen, or canned fruit.
This happens sometimes if the butter didn’t melt and spread evenly. I like to check my cobbler halfway through baking, and if I see it’s powdery, then I’ll add a little more butter or spray it with nonstick cooking spray on those sections.
It’s best to store this covered in the refrigerator but it tastes best room temperature (or even warm).
Serve this plain or with ice cream on top!
Blueberry Cobbler Dump Cake
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons Challenge Unsalted Butter (170g)
- 1 21 ounce can blueberry pie filling
- 2 cups fresh blueberries or frozen, thawed (1 pint)
- 1 box yellow cake mix (approximately 15 ounces)
Instructions
- Tip: place sticks of butter in the freezer for at least 15 minutes. Then use a grater grate the butter so that it spreads easily over the top of the cake.
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Pour pie filling and blueberries in the bottom of a 9×13-inch pan. Top with powdered cake mix.
- Grate the frozen butter evenly over the top of the cake mix. (Grating the butter gives easier and better coverage.)
- Bake for 45-50 minutes. Serve warm or room temperature with ice cream. Store in refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Note: check the cobbler halfway through baking. If there are any sections of cake that are still powdery after all the butter is melted, add a bit more butter or spray these areas with nonstick cooking spray.
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Recipe Notes
- Can I use fresh or frozen blueberries? You can use 2 cups frozen berries or 2 cups fresh berries, your choice. You can also use canned blueberries as long as you drain them.
- Serve blueberry cobbler with ice cream on top.
- You can make this up to 24 hours ahead of time. Store in refrigerator tightly covered.
- You can make dump cake with any combination of fresh fruit and pie filling.
Recipe Nutrition
Easy Blueberry Cobbler is an easy recipe made with cake mix and pie filling along with fresh blueberries. The blueberry filling cooks up thick and rich and the crumble topping is sweet and crunchy with lots of buttery flavor.
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Last Updated on May 30, 2023
The recipe doesn’t say how much butter or hom much of fresh blueberries to use.
If you scroll down to the recipe you’ll see all of them.
YUM!!! I followed your recipe and even grated the butter to sprinkle on top – it was HEAVENLY! I will definitely be making this again!!
Made this for the 4th of July and it was delicious and so easy to make. I melted the butter then poured it into the cake mix, stirred it together then crumbled it on top of blueberries.
Can you add cream cheese?
I guess? I’m not sure exactly how – that’s probably a different recipe.
Can you melt the butter and pour over the top?
Yes
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