Easy Peach Cobbler with Canned Peaches and Cake Mix

Easy Peach Cobbler Made with Cake Mix is one of the simple pleasures in life.

The cobbler consists of a mere three ingredients: canned peaches, yellow cake mix and butter.

It only takes minutes to make and the result is a warm and gooey-on-the-bottom, cakey-on-top peach cobbler.

Pair it with ice cream or a big dollop of whipped cream and you literally have a delicious peaches and cream dessert.

Your family and guests might think you’ve been baking in the kitchen all day. But the secret is, it only takes about 5 minutes to dump everything into a dish and 30 minutes to bake.

Blueberry lovers will enjoy this simple 3-ingredient blueberry dump cake cobbler.

Tips for Peach Cobbler Made with Cake Mix

• Peach Cobbler made with cake mix is an easy dessert to put together at a moment’s notice. Keep canned peaches and yellow cake mix handy in the pantry, along with a stick of butter, and you have everything you need to make a spur of the moment peach cobbler.
• This peach cobbler dump cake features yellow cake mix but you can use any flavor that pairs well with peaches. For fall and winter peach cobblers I like to sprinkle a little cinnamon and nutmeg on the peaches and top it with spice cake mix.
• Since this peach cobbler is made with canned peaches, you can enjoy it all year long. Not in the mood for peaches? Make this cobbler with any kind of canned fruit. Prefer dumplings? Try my easy recipe for Peach Dumplings with Crescent Rolls.
• For added flavors, sprinkle cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar or chopped pecans on top of the peach layer or on the buttery cake mix. Either way, you can’t go wrong!

Ingredients

• Canned Peaches
• Yellow Cake Mix
• Salted Butter

Canned Peaches: Canned peaches are the star of the show and what make this peach cobbler recipe so darn easy. No peeling, pitting or slicing is required. And you can count on canned peaches to always be bursting with loads of flavor.

When it comes to picking the best canned peaches for this recipe, there are three options: packed in their own juice, light syrup or heavy syrup. Any kind will do. It really depends on how sweet you want the peach cobbler to turn out. My preference is light syrup.

Cake Mix: Yellow cake mix is the real time-saver for this cobbler recipe, unlike a traditional peach cobbler topping which requires you to mix together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda and other ingredients. I don’t know about you, but I’m all for using a boxed cake mix.

Butter: Melted butter brings the peach cobbler all together. Not only does it add the buttery flavor that peach cobbler is known for, but it adds a rich moistness. For this recipe, make sure to use real butter. I prefer salted butter to balance out the sweetness from the canned peaches and cake mix.

How to Make Peach Cobbler Using Cake Mix and Canned Peaches

An added bonus of making peach cobbler using cake mix is that you only need one 8×8 baking dish. I love when there are no mixing bowls and measuring cups to wash!

And trust me, it’s super simple to make. In fact, it only takes 3 steps plus baking to make this 3-ingredient peach cobbler. How much easier can it get?

1. Add canned peaches to baking dish.

Butter the bottom and sides of an 8×8 baking dish and pour the canned peaches and half the syrup into it.

2. Sprinkle yellow cake mix over peaches.

Pour the cake mix evenly on top of the peaches. If there are any lumps, break them up with a fork.

3. Melt butter and spread over cake mix.

If there are any dry spots of cake mix peaking through the butter, just combine them with a fork.

4. Bake the peach cobbler.

It only takes 30 minutes to bake. Let it rest for 10-20 minutes before serving so the juices thicken a little more and the flavors come together.

Easy Cake Mix Peach Cobbler Serving Suggestions

Whipped cream or ice cream are the perfect accompaniment to peach cobbler.

Cream is a natural pairing with the salted butter cake topping.

My favorite way to eat the cobbler is in a bowl. This way I can scoop up every crumbly morsel.

For picnics, potlucks or family gatherings a fun way to serve this easy peach cobbler is in small mason jars. Ice cream sprinkled with cinnamon on top finishes it off.

Can I use fresh peaches instead of canned?

Fresh peaches can be used in place of canned to make this cobbler, if desired.

To do so, you need to peel and slice enough peaches to cover the bottom of an 8×8 pan.

Place the peaches in a saucepan over medium heat with about 3/4 cup sugar and cook for just a few minutes until the sugar dissolves and turns into peach syrup.

What’s the difference between dump cake and this cake mix cobbler?

A dump cake is where you make a cake by dumping all the ingredients in a baking dish without mixing beforehand.

In the case of cake mix peach cobbler, you use boxed cake mix and dump it into a dish along with peaches and butter to make a cobbler.

While this 3-ingredient peach cobbler isn’t really a dump cake, it’s very similar.

Love fruit-filled desserts? Here are some other favorites. Blueberry Crisp with Frozen Berries, Peach Dumplings with Sprite and Apple Dumplings with Pie Crust.

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