Cherry-Swirl Frosting Recipe

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. Heres 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.