Here is a super easy, ultra-creamy Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake—bright, tangy, rich, and requires almost no effort. Just layer, bake, and enjoy!

🍋 Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake

Serves: 10–12
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Bake Time: 40–50 minutes

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 cans (21 oz each) lemon pie filling
• 1 box (15.25 oz) yellow cake mix (white cake mix works too)
• 1 stick (½ cup) butter, melted or sliced
• 8 oz cream cheese, softened
• ½ cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• Zest of 1 lemon (optional but brightens the whole dessert)

Optional add-ins:

• 1 cup Cool Whip folded into the cream cheese mixture (extra fluffy)
• 1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen, no thawing needed)
• Sprinkle of almonds or coconut on top

🔥 Instructions

1. Prep

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
Grease a 9×13 baking dish.

2. Layer the Lemon Filling

Spread both cans of lemon pie filling evenly into the dish.

3. Mix the Cream Cheese Layer

In a bowl, beat together:

• softened cream cheese
• powdered sugar
• vanilla
• lemon zest

Drop spoonfuls of this mixture over the lemon filling.
(Doesn’t need to be perfect—random pockets melt into creamy bites!)

4. Add the Cake Mix

Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over the top.

5. Add the Butter

You can do either option:

Option A: Melted Butter

• Drizzle melted butter evenly over the cake mix.

Option B: Thin Butter Slices

• Slice cold butter very thinly and lay pieces to cover the top.

(Both work—sliced butter gives a slightly crispier top.)

6. Bake

Bake 40–50 minutes, or until:

• top is golden
• edges are bubbling
• center is mostly set

Let cool 10 minutes before serving—it will thicken as it cools.

🍽️ How to Serve

• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream
• OR cold with whipped cream
• OR room temp as a potluck dessert

This cake is delicious in any temperature.

💡 Tips & Variations

Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Dump Cake

Sprinkle 1 cup blueberries over the lemon filling before adding cake mix.

Extra Creamy Version

Mix 4 oz softened cream cheese into the lemon pie filling before layering.

Tart & Sweet Version

Add 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice to the cream cheese mixture.

Lemon Bar Dump Cake

Use a lemon cake mix instead of yellow for double lemon flavor.

If you want, I can also give you:
✅ A from-scratch lemon filling version
✅ A 3-ingredient shortcut version
✅ A no-cream-cheese version
Just tell me!