Easy Recipe for Funnel Cake!

Whenever I am at the Puyallup Fair or at Wild Waves, I am so tempted by those delicious funnel cakes. Especially with the whipped cream and strawberries on top, yum! Well, now you can make some at home! This is a very easy recipe and it produces about 12 funnel cakes!

Prep time: 10 minutes
Full time: 30 minutes to 1 hour

You will need:

• A small pot, less than 6in in diameter (mine was 5.5in)
• Vegetable oil (or grape seed oil for a healthier and yummy smell)
• A small funnel about 1cm in diameter at the spout
• 2 cups milk
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• Powdered sugar, whipped cream, strawberries, bananas, blueberries, maple syrup or anything else you would like for presentation after they are done cooking.

Directions:

1. Fill the small pan about halfway with oil and let it sit on the stove top on medium heat for at least 5 minutes for the oil to be hot.
2. In a large bowl, beat eggs and milk together.
3. In a smaller bowl, mix together the remaining dry ingredients and add them to the milk and eggs. Stir well until smooth.
4. Once the oil is nice and hot, carefully pour the batter into the funnel with a large spoon and swirl it around in the oil, starting from the center and working in a circle outwards. Since the batter will be so light, it will start to go up in the oil before you are finished swirling. Make sure you swirl from the center outwards equally as best as you can so the funnel cake will hold.
5. Flip the funnel cake over once it is brown on the bottom side. Once both sides are brown, let the funnel cake sit on paper towels to remove all excess oil.
6. Decorate with any topping you would like and let them sit on a big plate. Do not let them cover each other and do not put them into a closed container to prevent sogginess. Enjoy!