This is for a deep 12 inch cast iron Dutch oven. Amounts are approximate, use whatever size cake mix and pie filling you have, easily double the recipe for bigger crowds. It is not a crime to line your Dutch oven! Foil or purchased. Some people Mix the cake mix with Sprite or Ginger Ale to make a stiff dough. Don’t tell anyone but this ill work in a pan in the oven.
Ingredients:
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box yellow cake mix or 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box white cake mix
- 1/2 c butter
- 2 (21 oz) cans fruit pie filling
- cinnamon, to taste
- 25 charcoal, briquettes (at least)
Directions:
- Place Dutch oven over approximately 15 charcoal briquettes or over coals on a flat spot in the fire ring.
- Empty pie filling into Dutch oven.
- Spread dry cake mix on top of pie filling and spread evenly.
- Sprinkle with cinnamon to taste.
- Cut butter or margarine into even sized pieces and arrange on top.
- Put lid on Dutch oven.
- Arrange 10 hot charcoal briquettes in a checkerboard pattern on top or scatter hot coals over lid.
- Bake until done (this could be anywhere from 10 to 45 minutes depending on how hot your fire/coals are).
Serves: 8
Source: Genius Kitchen – Recipe by MommyMakes