We topped our Cheerwine Cherry cupcakes with Cherry-Swirl Frosting and Maraschino cherries.
Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soda invented in North Carolina in 1917.
The following year, doughnuts filled with Cheerwine-flavored cream debuted at Krispy Kreme in North Carolina.
Credit:Antonis Achilleos; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Styling: Kathleen Varner
white cake mix
1/2cupall-purpose flour
1/4cupgranulated sugar
1tablespooncherry-flavored gelatin (from 1 [3-oz.]
Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with paper baking cups; coat with cooking spray.
Add eggs, coconut oil, and soft drink; beat on low speed for 1 minute.
Stop to scrape down sides.
Beat on medium speed an additional 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides as needed.
Stir in chopped maraschino cherries by hand until fully incorporated.
Spoon batter evenly into prepared baking cups, filling each cup about two-thirds full.
Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.
Remove cupcakes from pans.
Transfer to wire racks, and cool completely, about 1 hour.
Divide 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.
