Cherry Cloud Frosting

Top your dessert with this super easy 3-ingredient frosting. Cherry Cloud Frosting is made with cherry pie filling, frozen whipped topping, and some powdered sugar to sweeten the deal.

Cherry Cloud Frosting

This is my go-to frosting for my Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes, but it’s so good on many different desserts.

Whether you’re making a double-layer cake or cupcakes, I’ve got you covered.

You can spread it on with whole cherries, or pipe it on with blended cherries.

In other words, you have choices.

A cupcake decorated with a pink topping.

Making Cherry Cloud Frosting

First, start by defrosting the frozen whipped topping.

The best way to defrost it is to set the whipped topping in the refrigerator the night before, but there are other ways.

Read the other ways in my Pumpkin Marshmallow Pie blog where I go into more detail.

One of the nice things about this recipe is you don’t need any equipment.

Just a bowl and a mixing spoon or spatula.

Cherry Cloud Frosting

Next, mix the whipped topping with the powdered sugar.

Now it gets interesting indeed.

How are you going to frost your cupcakes? Will you spread the frosting on, or do you plan to pipe it on?

If you spread it on, you can stir in the cherry pie filling as is, and move on. In other words, leave the cherries whole.

If, however, you plan to pipe the frosting on, like I did, you’ll first need to blend the pie filling. After that, the cherries will be reduced quite a bit. and should fit easily through a decorator’s tip.

The whole cherries can’t fit through the frosting tip as they are, so they need to be blended first.

Even that doesn’t always do the trick, but it helps.

It also helps to use a large open-ended decorator’s tip, such as a Wilton’s 1M, or Ateco 864.

As for cherry pie filling, you can use a store brand, Lucky Leaf, or Comstock, which are the most common, or easiest to find.

Lastly, stir the pie filling into the whipped topping mixture, and you’re ready to frost.

Cupcakes decorated with a pink topping and a maraschino cherry.

How much frosting does this make?

Answer: it makes lots…and I love frosting. Ha!

Actually, I love a little cake with my frosting, so if you love frosting, too, you’ll love this recipe.

You’ll be able to easily frost 24 cupcakes as you see in these pictures. I even had a tiny bit leftover.

It’s also a great amount for frosting a 2-layer cake; either an 8″ or 9″ cake.

Making a 13 x 9″ cake? No problem, you’re all set.

If you have any frosting leftover, serve it with fresh fruit for dipping. Scrumptious!

More dessert ideas:

Dessert is certainly the most important part of the meal, so check out these other scrumptious recipes:

In short, there are many more recipes in the Dessert Section on my blog.

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Cherry Cloud Frosting

An easy 3-ingredient cherry flavored frosting.
Prep Time10 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: 3 ingredients, Cool Whip, pie filling, quick and easy
Servings: 24 cupcakes
Calories: 35kcal
Author: Sweet Ordeal

Ingredients

For 24 cupcakes: **See notes for double-layer cake

  • 8 oz. frozen whipped topping, defrosted
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup cherry pie filling, option: blended for piping on

Instructions

  • In a bowl, mix whipped topping with sugar.
  • If spreading on, cherries can be whole from the can. If piping on, the cherries will need to be blended first.
  • Stir pie filling into whipped topping mixture.
  • Keep refrigerated. Enjoy!

Notes

This recipe is good for 24 cupcakes, a 2-layer cake, or a 13 x 9" cake.

Nutrition

Calories: 35kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 21mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 37IU | Vitamin C: 0.4mg | Calcium: 11mg | Iron: 0.03mg
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Cherry Cloud Frosting

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8 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    I love this frosting. It’s not too sweet, but just right. I loved the consistency – light yet creamy. The cherry flavor really shined through. Totally delicious.

      1. Can I make this with apple pie filling? I make a “spice” cake using a yellow boxed cake mix that I spice up.

    1. Hi Tera. Thanks for the great question. I wish I could give you a specific time, but there are a few variables to consider first. By variables I mean, what the room temperature actually is, the humidity level, plus factoring in the other ingredients (sugar and pie filling). What I can tell you is that frozen whipped topping can remain at room temperature for up to 2 hours, but can then lose its taste and consistency. All in all, my best guess would be 1 hour, then I’d start looking for signs of the frosting losing its shape. I hope this helps.