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I would like to make a cherry dump cake, but some kids are allergic to pineapple. What can I replace it with?

The recipe I am working with is:

  • 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple with juice, undrained
  • 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  • ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
  • 1 can Duncan Hines Comstock® Country Cherry
  • or 1 can Duncan Hines Comstock® Simply Cherry Pie Filling Topping
  • 1 package Classic Yellow Cake Mix

Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 13"x 9" pan. Dump pineapple with juice into pan. Spread evenly. Dump in pie filling. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over cherry layer. Sprinkle pecans over cake mix. Dot with butter. Bake 50 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Serve warm or at room temperature

Cos Callis
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    Welcome, Lois! We don't address health questions here. There's simply no way for us to know whether the person you're talking about is allergic to cherries - you'll have to ask them. Can you please include the recipe you're using? It's difficult to give suggestions for substitutions if we don't know the entire recipe and process. – Catija Apr 03 '18 at 22:55
  • 1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple with juice, undrained 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine 1 can Duncan Hines Comstock® Country Cherry or 1 can Duncan Hines Comstock® Simply Cherry Pie Filling & Topping 1 package Classic Yellow Cake Mix – Lois Apr 03 '18 at 22:57
  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a 13"x 9" pan. Dump pineapple with juice into pan. Spread evenly. Dump in pie filling. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over cherry layer. Sprinkle pecans over cake mix. Dot with butter. Bake 50 minutes or until top is lightly browned. Serve warm or at room temperature. – Lois Apr 03 '18 at 23:21
  • Lois, Thank you for adding the recipe. This is not your typical "chat room" (though we do have one of those) but rather a Q/A forum. As you can see I have taken your recipe from the comments and edited the recipe into your original question. This will make it easier for other members of the community to see what you want and provide whatever help they might be able to offer. – Cos Callis Apr 04 '18 at 01:18

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Any canned Apple Pie Filling (such as the Duncan Hines) would provide a similar flavor and texture to the pineapple you want to replace. You might want to mix in some apple juice (or cider) to the apple pie filling to thin out the liquid in order to get the right consistency and volume.

Of course you will want to make sure you aren't simply replacing one allergen with another.

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If the person you are cooking for is not allergic to citrus you could use orange or grapefruit. Get packaged and prepared grapefruit or mandarin oranges. This would bring you closer to the acidity range pineapple has.

You can normally find both orange juice and grapefruit juice with pulp since the recipe calls for "undrained". But if you prefer the recipe having the "chunked" pineapple consistency, you can find already peeled grapefruit and oranges packaged in their own juice that you could crush on your own if it isn't at the desired consistency.

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  • Can you explain how this acts as a substitute for the *solids* in the can of crushed pineapple? Even juice with pulp (that I've run into) has nowhere near the amount of solids as a can of crushed pineapple with juice. – Catija Apr 11 '18 at 15:28
  • @Catija You could also just buy canned or jarred already peeled oranges or grapefruit. Those would normally be found in the refrigerated section of a produce aisle and is normally packaged in it's own juice. – BelethorsGeneralGoods Apr 11 '18 at 15:46