Cherry Frosting

Name: Cherry Frosting
Yield: Makes about 4 cups
Ingredients: 24 tablespoons, unsalted butter (3 sticks), cut into pieces and softened; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 cup, cherry preserves; 2 tablespoons, maraschino cherry juice (from a jar of cherries) or grenadine syrup; 3 cups (12 ounces/340 grams), confectioners' sugar

Desserts or Baked Goods
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2010

For creamy, satiny frosting, it's the little things that count.

SERVES Makes about 4 cups

TIME 30 minutes

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