Grub Americana

Muscadine “Dump Cake”

The Dump Cake gets its name from dumping ingredients in a pan and baking them.

This recipe make one cake, or about 8 servings

Whatcha Need:

  • 1 cup prepared grapes
  • 1/2 stick butter
  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup sugar

Whatcha Do:

  1. To prepare grapes, remove pulp; cook pulp until seeds loosen, then press through sieve to remove seeds. Add pulp to skins and cook until tender. Add sugar to taste, some grated lemon peel and a sprinkle of apple pie spice.

  2. Melt butter in glass pie plate. Mix flour, sugar and milk in another bowl. Pour flour mixture over butter. Carefully pour prepared grapes over the top. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Do not open oven until baking time is up. Cake should be brown on top.

Photo by Sweet Peach