Funnel cake is a regional food popular in North America at carnivals, fairs, sporting events, and seaside resorts. Funnel cakes are typically served plain with powdered sugar, but can also be served with jam/jelly, cinnamon, chocolate, fresh fruit, or other toppings.
Funnel cakes are made by pouring batter into hot cooking oil in a circular pattern and deep frying the overlapping mass until golden-brown. The batter is commonly poured through a funnel creating its texture and giving its name.
In the Indian subcontinent a similar dessert, with a crystallized sugary exterior coating, is called jalebi, In Iran this is known as zulbia and is a popular dessert. These differ from funnel cake in using no baking powder, which results in a somewhat chewy texture.
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Ingredients
1 1/2 Cup Plain Flour (Maida)
1 Tbsp. Baking Powder
1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tsp. Cinnamon
1 1/2 Cup Milk
1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
1 Tsp. Vanilla Essence
Cooking Oil For Frying
How to Make Eggless Funnel Cake:
Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon in a medium bowl and mix well. Combine milk, lemon juice, vanilla essence together in a separte bowl and whisk well. Combine wet and dry ingredients and whisk well to get smooth consistency pancake batter. Keep aside for 10-15 minutes to set. Heat the oil into large and heavy bottom skillet. Place the metal cookie cutter in the hot oil and make sure you have enough oil to mostly fill the cutter without completely immersing it. Pour the batter in the cookie cutter in a zing zag patten, dont fill the cookie cutter with batter. Cook the funnel cake for 1-2 minute and remove the cookie cutter carefully. Cook the cake till to golden and place the cake on tissue paper to drain. Again place the cookie cutter in the oil and pour a new funnel cake. Cook again with same technique. Garnish with cinnamon powder and sugar powder and serve hot.
Tips: Drop a small amount of batter into the oil, it should sizzle and float quickly.
Eggless Funnel Cake
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 Cup Plain Flour (Maida)
- 1 Tbsp. Baking Powder
- 1/4 Cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 Tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 1/2 Cup Milk
- 1 Tbsp. Lemon Juice
- 1 Tsp. Vanilla Essence
- Cooking Oil For Frying
Instructions
- Combine flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon in a medium bowl and mix well.
- Combine milk, lemon juice, vanilla essence together in a separte bowl and whisk well.
- Combine wet and dry ingredients and whisk well to get smooth consistency pancake batter. Keep aside for 10-15 minutes to set.
- Heat the oil into large and heavy bottom skillet.
- Place the metal cookie cutter in the hot oil and make sure you have enough oil to mostly fill the cutter without completely immersing it.
- Pour the batter in the cookie cutter in a zing zag patten, dont fill the cookie cutter with batter.
- Cook the funnel cake for 1-2 minute and remove the cookie cutter carefully.
- Cook the cake till to golden and place the cake on tissue paper to drain.
- Again place the cookie cutter in the oil and pour a new funnel cake. Cook again with same technique.
- Garnish with cinnamon powder and sugar powder and serve hot.
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I have heard of funnel cake and it’s resemblance to Jalebi!! Very nicely shot and the cake looks yumm!!
Dangerously delicious funnel cake, love that you have prepared them as eggless. How tempting those spirals looks na.
Funnel cakes with that icing sugar sprinkle over top look delicious. Carnival food like these are tempting.
I have seen some videos on fair foods and loved the funnel cake so much. They serve it with variety of toppings which are so drool worthy. Yours with just the sugar dusting also looks fabulous.
In the South, we can something similar called achu murukku. They sell a separate ladle for that in the shops. But this is great making with cookie cutter. Awesome job.
Wow that’s surely a new one for me. I was expecting a cake and you give us jalebi..very nice!
This is new to make. I was thinking some new cake. This is very interesting
love this funnel cake. it taste superb. came out so tempting and beautifully.
Every year we go to the state fairs only to eat the funnel cakes. I so love them and I can eat a big batch myself. Looks wonderful!
Made this for my family and they LOVED it! I loved and am going to compare it to a recipe made with eggs to see which they like best!
I have a question, does it have to be powdered sugar or can it be granulated sugar?
I used powered sugar
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What’s plain flour,? As in all purpose,?
yes
I really enjoyed it
Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.