0 (a) cake that is made of batter that is poured through a funnel into hot oil, often sold at public events such as fairs: --
Funnel cakes are typically served plain with powdered sugar, but can also be served with jelly, cinnamon, chocolate, fresh fruit, or other toppings.
Shoofly pie, birch beer, and funnel cakes are regularly found at local fairs.
Funnel cakes are found at fairs and festivals across the region.
The festival has a mid 20th century county fair atmosphere with its funnel cakes, rides and softball tournaments.
Funnel cakes are made by pouring batter into hot cooking oil in a circular pattern and deep frying the overlapping mass until golden-brown.
According to one website a 6 inch (150 mm) diameter funnel cake has fewer than 300 calories though most funnel cakes are closer to in diameter.
Funnel cake can vary dramatically in its caloric content, depending upon which toppings are added.
He also claimed that the manna that fell in the desert was funnel cake.