Here is a camping recipe for Dutch Oven Chocolate Cherry Lava Cake. This easy chocolate dump cake will turn everyone into cherry fans!

We have been on several camping trips this year. That means a lot of good food made in the dutch oven or over the campfire.

We love cooking dinner in the Dutch oven. This Chocolate Cherry Cobbler has been our favorite dessert.

Chocolate Cherry Lava Cake Recipe

We have created many desserts in the dutch oven over the years. They all have had something in common. They are made with a prepared box mix. These include our Blueberry Lemon Dump Cake, Strawberry Cheesecake Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie Cake, Dutch Oven Brownies, or Super Simple Chocolate Cake.

I love taking an ordinary power cake mix and turning it into something extraordinary.

This recipe requires a Devil’s food chocolate cake mix, a can of cherry pie filling, a lemon-lime soda, and a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips.

If you like recipes that use cake mixes, check out our Dutch Oven Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake.

I have to tell you that this chocolate cherry dump cake Dutch oven recipe did not turn out as planned. It was supposed to be more traditional like this Dutch Oven Classic Dump Cake where the cake is spongy on top of a gooey cherry layer.

I think there was just too much liquid for that to happen. It turned out to be an outstanding mistake and a Dutch Oven Cherry Cobbler was created.

We used a Homemade Dutch Oven Liner in our Dutch oven when we baked this chocolate lava cake. They are used whenever we make desserts or something that would require a lot of clean-up.

If you have ever had to scrub out a caked-on Dutch oven, you know what we are talking about.

How to Make a Dutch Oven Chocolate Dump Cake

This recipe is quite easy to make. You dump the ingredients in layers and then bake.

This ended up being Eric’s birthday cake. I was concerned that he might not like it because he is not a cherry fan, but he loved it and has asked for it again.

We quickly devoured the entire Dutch oven chocolate cherry cake. It was the perfect combination of spongy and gooey.

The family was eating it as I took photos and this is what we ended up with. This is not posed, the plate was practically licked clean.

Do you have a Dutch oven? If this hasn’t convinced you to get one. You can use it to make Turtle Lava Cake, Cranberry Apple Dump Cake, Caramel Apple Monkey Bread, Apple Crumble, or even Rhubarb Crunch.