Trends have a unique way of finding you. What is a trend today, had in fact been in practice 30-40 years ago already. Going with the trailing away of trends, they disappeared from the society a few decades ago, only to emerge again in 2025-2026. Recently, one food trend that has emerged from the 90s is the dump-it cake. There can be various perceptions towards this cake and social media content creators are also shooting videos of how this ultimate lazy binge-watching sugar-rush snack can be made at home.
Before moving on to answer the question whether this can be at all made at home, let’s take a quick look at its meanings. First, it can mean dump it in the sense of the technique of making it where the ingredients are just dumped in a bowl and baked. Second, the name may also arise from the nature of the cake as time and again, it has become that one food to find solace in when you are dumped.
Now coming to the question, can you make it at home- Absolutely yes and its no rocket science. Just a quick visit to the supermarket to gather all your favourite ingredients, a quick mix and a steady baking session, will give you a taste of the 90s dump-it cake.
This cake is also known as magic cake since it hardly requires any work to get it done. Preheat your oven and grease a oven-friendly dish / tray. Add marshmallows to create a more or less even layer. Add a yellow cake mix on top of this layer. Add Jell-O’s on top of the cake batter and create the last layer with frozen strawberries. Do not mix any of the layers. They should all be separate from each other. After you are done placing the strawberries, bake the cake for 45 minutes and your dump-it cake is ready to be devoured.
Next time you have a pyjama party, a serious dump-it situation or are in a mood for binge-watching content, here’s your ultimate snack to rely upon.
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