There must be some sweet childhood memories of yours connected with funnel cakes. Most of us loved to have this cake from the very early days of our lives because of the rich taste that it serves. Because of its high popularity, it is available in almost all the local bakery shops. In spite of their high popularity in all the nearby confectionaries, children mainly love to have the ones that are made by their mothers. Various funnel cake recipes are regarded as one of the staples during the days of ballparks, festival fairs and carnivals.
The cake has derived this name from the process that is involved in the making of funnel cake recipe. The process involves pouring of a well prepared batter into hot oil by the means of a funnel shaped tube. After this both the sides are cooked properly until their color changes to golden brown and they retain a crispy texture. The tradition funnel cake recipe is prepared with the application of sugar coating. In many homes cinnamon sugar is also used in place of regular ones and a jam topping is a must. Though the preparation can be made in a number of ways but the most common form of funnel cake recipe comprises of ingredients like eggs, milk around two cups, baking powder about one teaspoon, salt a teaspoon, shifted flours almost 2 cups, the same amount of vegetable oil and cinnamon sugar.
The eggs have to be beaten with the milk separately in a bowl and then the rest of the ingredients except sugar have to be mixed to this egg mixture. Make a very smooth batter out of it. One most important part of this funnel cake recipe is checking out the consistency of the batter that you are preparing. It must be thin enough to run out from a simple funnel without the application of much effort. It has to be applied in the circular motion on the surface of the heated oil. Both the sides have to be cooked well as mentioned before. End up the funnel cake recipe by sprinkling powdered sugar on them.
