This Peach Cobbler with Cake Mix is the best recipe for a quick and easy dessert. Also known as “dump cakes,” these simple desserts use a handful of ingredients such as canned or fresh fruit, box cake mix, butter and warming spices such as cinnamon to create an irresistibly gooey and delicious cobbler that takes only minutes to make.
½cup (100 g)light brown sugar plus 2 tablespoon (25g) more
½cup (113 g)salted or unsalted butter
¼cup (65 g)melted butter
Instructions
Lightly grease a 9 x 13 inch baking dish with some of the melted butter. Preheat the oven to 350 F (177 C). Gather all your ingredients to make the cake mix peach cobbler.
Strain the juice from one can of peaches. Pour the peaches from the first can into the baking dish. Open and pour the other two cans of sliced peaches with all the syrup into the baking dish.
Mix in the ground cinnamon, cornstarch and 2 tablespoons (25 g) of light brown sugar into the sliced peaches until well combined. Make sure all the peaches are coated.
Top the peaches with the dry vanilla cake mix. Smooth the cake mix so it is evenly distributed across the peaches.
Top the yellow cake mix with the remaining ½ cup (100 g) of light brown sugar. Try to evenly sprinkle the brown sugar over all the cake mix.
Top the brown sugar with thinly sliced pieces of butter. The butter should fully cover the brown sugar and cake mix as much as possible. There will be some spaces between the butter. Pour the melted butter in the spaces between the slices of butter. This will help ensure there are no pockets of dry cake mix once the peach cobbler has finished baking.
Bake the peach cobbler for 30 - 40 minutes or until the top is a beautiful golden brown and the peach filling is bubbling around the edges of the baking dish.
Cool the peach cobbler for 30 minutes. During this cooling time, the juices will thicken and the cake mix will absorb the thickened juices. Once the cobbler has cooled a bit, scoop out the warm peach cobbler onto a plate or shallow bowl. Top with cold vanilla ice cream or freshly whipped cream and enjoy!
Notes
Use cornstarch (also known as cornflower) or arrowroot as a thickener. Adding just a little to the peaches before baking the cake mix cobbler will transform the syrup into a luxuriously smooth peach sauce.
Give the cobbler time to rest. This allows the juices to thicken and the cake mix topping to absorb some of the liquid.
To store this cake mix peach cobbler simply store the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.