Christmas Mincemeat Dump Cake Recipe (4 ingredients)

5 from 3 votes

Christmas Mincemeat Dump Cake Recipe (4 ingredients)

This isn't Christmas cake as you know it. This quick and easy no egg 30-minute mincemeat dump cake has all kinds of textures: crispy, sticky toffee and gooey. It's the perfect recipe to convert those who don't like Christmas pudding and is great with custard or ice cream. Just grab a jar of mincemeat, vanilla cake mix, stir and top with walnuts, butter and BAKE! It's also easily gluten-free and vegan.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American, british

Keyword: birthday cake, christmas, christmas cake, dump cake, fruit, gluten free, mincemeat

Servings: servings

Calories: 547kcal

Author: Vikkie Lee

Equipment

Ingredients

14.5 oz Jar of mincemeat (400g) *Gluten Free/Vegan if needed
1 & ½ cups Yellow cake mix (I used Tesco's FreeFrom Surprise Cupcake Kit, excluding the frosting, etc)
½ cup Walnut halves (50g) Then chopped after measuring
¼ cup Butter spread (4 tbsp/55g) *Or plant-based for vegan

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350F/180c/160c fan/gas mark 4.
In a baking dish, pour in the mincemeat.
Then add the cake mix and stir with a spatula until any traces of flour have just disappeared* See note 1
Sprinkle with chopped walnuts
Then dollops of butter* See note 2
Bake in the middle of the oven for 25-30 minutes until the edges have started to crisp
Set aside to cool before serving

Video

Notes

Note 1

Do You Stir a Dump Cake? If preferred, like a traditional dump cake, you don't have to mix the two layers, as you can find in my chocolate apple slow cooker dump cake.

Note 2

To speed up the baking process, you can pour melted butter on top of your mincemeat dump cake.

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