How to Cook Funnel Cakes

Yields: 12 funnel cakes

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients needed to make Funnel Cakes:

For the batter:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp red food colouring
• ½ tsp baking powder
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar

For the cakes:

• 1/3 cup icing sugar, for dusting
• 2 quarts vegetable oil, for deep frying

Cooking instructions for Funnel Cakes:

• To make the batter, place the flour in a medium bowl and stir in baking powder, cocoa powder as well as a dash of salt until mixed well.
• Crack the eggs in a bowl and pour milk into it.
• Whisk them thoroughly, along with a splash of vanilla extract until the yolks break down to form a uniform mixture.
• Fold in the flour mixture gradually, while beating it into the mixture after each addition, until all of it is incorporated into the mixture to form a smooth batter.
• Spoon the apple cider vinegar into a small bowl and stir in the baking soda until mixed well.
• Drizzle it into the batter and give it a stir to until well combined.
• Add few drops of red food coloring into the batter and fold it into the mixture until it gets colored uniformly; set aside.
• Pour enough vegetable oil in a large pot, required for deep frying and heat it to 365 degrees F as indicated by an instant-read thermometer.
• Pour the batter into a large resealable Ziploc bag, seal and clip off a small portion of the bag at one of its corner, making sure that the batter doesn’t leak out.
• Pipe out some of the batter into the hot oil, while making swirling movements with your hand.
• Deep fry until the funnel cake fluffs up and its bottom sets.
• Carefully turn it over and cook the other side in a similar fashion.
• Drain it out into a plate, lined with absorbent papers, and make rest of the funnel cakes until all of the batter is used up.
• Sprinkle the funnel cakes generously with icing sugar and serve warm.

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