I love this recipe for three reasons: it's VERY easy to prep and make, it's VERY easy to modify if you have different tastes, and it's VERY yummy! The first time I made it, I did modify it just slightly, because (1) I like more fruit than topping, and (2) I thought peaches would be better with the yellow cake mix than apple or cherry pie filling. So I mixed together one can of peach pie filling in the size called for by the recipe and one 15-oz. can of "regular" yellow cling peaches in light syrup -- the kind you'd eat right out of the can. Obviously, the addition of the extra peaches lengthened the cooking time; I think it was more like four hours before the cake topping was done. But boy, was it worth the wait! We topped it off with vanilla bean ice cream -- delicious! My husband could not WAIT to finish it off! The second time I made it, I used two cans of apple pie filling and a spice cake mix. Again, longer cooking time, but still delicious if a bit oversweet -- without the ice cream, we'd have had to eat much smaller portions because it was so rich. The next time I try it, I'm going to use white cake mix and a 25-oz. jar of blackberry pie filling from Cracker Barrel. Or maybe Devil's Food cake and cherries! The possibilities are almost endless with this recipe. Anyway, thanks for sharing it! My husband isn't a minister, but we sure love this stuff!

There was a little too much topping for us - it would be good to use a smaller size cake mix box. It was so sweet and rich - we served it with vanilla ice cream which actually cut the sweetness. I think it would be great with a Jiffy size mix. And it did take a full 3 hrs on low.

This works well with canned peaches (2 cans) sometimes I add a handful of dried cranberries or any fress berry works too. I don't like to use the nuts on top, instead I mix about 3/4 cup oatmeal with about 2/3 cup brn. sugar and add 2 more tbs. of butter (makes it like a crisp). This also works well in a dutch oven, a family tradition on summer camping trips, with the hand cranked homemade van. ice cream of course.

I used two cans of pie filling, and a whole box of cake mix- which I thought was good amount of topping. This was a very sweet dish, but it was delicious. I was worried it may be a mess to clean up, but it actually cleaned up nicely from the crockpot. I used apple, and it was very good.

Great recipe! It was a hit at a crock-pot pot luck that I took it to - I used apple pie filling and yellow cake. I did follow other reviewers' recommendations and used two cans of pie filling, rather than one, but otherwise stuck to the original recipe. Delicious and simple to make!

Mmmmmm.... I made this with 2 cans of Peaches instead of cherries, added brown sugar and cinnomon. Hubby loved it!!!

not a big fan

I made this for a church potluck and it was a big hit. I used peaches and in addition to the walnuts, I topped it off with 3/4 C of oats and 2/3 C of brown sugar per another reviewer's suggestion. It was unbelieveably easy and so delicious. Next time, I'm going to try it with apples and spice cake mix

Also really good with peach pie filling. I agree it is much better with vanilla ice cream, but what isn't???

This is so yummy and is the easiest thing I have ever made. Huge hit with everyone.