Food and Recipes Desserts Cherry-Swirl Frosting Be the first to rate & review! Cherry-flavored Cheerwine soda is the inspiration for this frosting, which tops our Cheerwine Cherry Cupcakes. For the pretty swirled look you see here, combine two frosting colors in one piping bag, then pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Here's how to do it: Divide the Cherry-Swirl Frosting evenly between 2 bowls. Stir 1 to 2 drops food coloring gel into 1 frosting bowl until incorporated. Fit a large pastry bag with a large star tip (Wilton #2110). Spoon pink-tinted frosting into half of bag; spoon untinted frosting into remaining half of bag. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes, and top each with 1 maraschino cherry. By Pam Lolley Pam Lolley Pam Lolley developed and tested recipes for Southern Living Magazine in the Souths most trusted Test Kitchen for 19 years. She worked closely with the editors planning and packaging stories, collaborating with art and photo teams on food styling and recipe reproduction to ensure reader satisfaction, content quality control, and recipe authenticity history and cooking. Her area of expertise was baking and and pastry development and she acted as the point person for these areas in the Test Kitchen. With 30+ years of experience in the culinary field, Pam created and tested 1000s of recipes for Southern Living. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on July 3, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner Active Time: 10 mins Total Time: 10 mins Yield: 3 cups Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 6 cups powdered sugar, sifted 3 tablespoons cherry soft drink (such as Cheerwine) 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 to 3 teaspoons whole milk, as needed Directions Beat butter with a heavy-duty stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 2 minutes. Gradually add sugar, soft drink, and salt, beating until blended, about 3 minutes. Beat in milk, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Rate it Print