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Funnel Cakes Recipe

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These funnel cakes are much simpler to make than doughnuts, but taste just as good. They have been a favorite of ours since we came across them living in the Ozarks. —Mary Faith Yoder, Unity, Wisconsin

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Funnel Cakes Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 5 min./batch

Yield: 8 Servings

15 5 20

Ingredients

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Oil for deep-fat frying
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, beat eggs. Add milk, water and vanilla until well blended. Combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; beat into egg mixture until smooth. In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°.
Cover the bottom of a funnel spout with your finger; ladle 1/2 cup of batter into the funnel. Holding the funnel several inches above the oil, release your finger and move the funnel in a spiral motion until all the batter is released (scraping with a rubber spatula if needed).
Fry for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve warm. Yield: 8 cakes.

Editor's Note: The batter can be poured from a liquid measuring cup instead of a funnel.

Originally published as Funnel Cakes in Country Woman March/April 1998, p31

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Reviewed on Nov. 08, 2010 by laurajlee24

Yum! It was really fun making these. We sprinkled them with cinnamon and sugar!

Reviewed on Aug. 21, 2010 by rylan

Tasted great but how do you get it dough to stick together, was like crumbs instead of a funnell cake and I poured it through a funnel.

Reviewed on Nov. 27, 2009 by PrettyinPurpleMO

These are absolutely delicious! We sprinkled them with powdered sugar; my husband, with cinnamon and powdered sugar. They taste better than what you get at a fair, because you know nobody's sweaty hands have been on them! :)

Reviewed on Aug. 23, 2009 by shastadasi

These are the best!! They taste just like the ones at the fair.

Reviewed on Mar. 12, 2009 by donnaspano

please tell me how to keep cake from domeing on top...your cakes are flat on top and perfectly put together...

ty, donna