This is one of the very few (really – like three or four) recipes my step-mother could actually pull off decently. I have edited it over the years, made it gluten-free (Thanks to Gluten-Free Homemade Cake Mix) , and reduced the sugar and premade ingredients. The original recipe called for canned peaches, 2 cups of sugar, and two boxes of vanilla cake-mix. It was a health-foodists nightmare of a dessert and way too sweet for my tastes, even as a kid. This recipe has all of the memories and only half the guilt. Its a fun way to eat any fruit, not just peaches, so experiment with your own fresh fruit of choice. My favorite is blackberries! Check out more substitutions in the notes below.
Utensils:
- Large, 18×9 glass lasagna pan
- Large mixing bowl
- Mixing spoon
- Spoon measures
- Cup measures
- Cutting board
- Knife
- Oven
Ingredients:
- 4 to 6 cups raw or frozen fruit of choice*
- 4 cups gluten-free cake mix
- 4 eggs (Egg substitute recipes found here)
- 1 stick butter or ½ cup coconut or sunflower oil
- ½ cup water
- Oil or butter to grease pan
Directions:
- Grease glass lasagna pan and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cut butter or oil into cake mix until it resembles course sand.
- Stir in eggs and water until a smooth batter forms. Add water as necessary for a smooth, thick batter.
- Decide if you want to add the fruit first an the cake batter on top, like a traditional cobbler, or if you would like the fruit to sink through the cake as in a dump-cobbler. Proceed accordingly.
- Bake for 25 to 40 minutes, or until cake begins to brown and a butter knife comes out without batter on it.
Tips:
- Use half the amount of cake mix, eggs, water, and butter or oil called for and eight cups of fruit for a more traditional cobbler recipe that is more pie-like.
- Omit the eggs and mix the water with the fruit, pour the water and fruit mixture over the dry cake mix for a more infused style cobbler.
- Add chunks of cream cheese in with the fruit for cheese-cake bits.
- Stir in vanilla or cinnamon with either the cake or the fruit, or cinnamon in one and vanilla in the other. (Ground cardamom works well, too; so does apple pie spice with the peaches, nectarines, pears, or apples.)
*Use one or a combination of the following fruits:
- Sliced apples or pears
- Sliced peaches or nectarines
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Blackberries
- Cherries
- Mixed fruit
