The Secret Of Making Funnel Cake Neatly

Going to the county fair has got to be one of the funniest things a person can do. If you live in a big city and have never been to one I highly suggest doing so. Make sure to bring a camera. There might be something or someone that you'd like to remember for a long time. Here in West Virginia there is no shortage of funny stuff. Just check out our county fair website. We have crash up derbies, farm animal auctions, balloon tosses and sometimes funnel cakes.

Recently I've been tasked to make them for the youth group we work with here in town so I've had the opportunity to learn a neat trick that makes the entire process much less messy and more convenient.

The Olde Tyme Way:
Make batter. Pour batter into ye olde school funnel where it will drip or run unevenly into the hot oil, leaving splatters and spillage of batter everywhere.

The New Fangled Way:
Ahead of time, put the batter into one of those big 64 oz ketchup bottles. Then you simply have so neatly squeeze it into the batter! No mess, no fuss.

You still have to flip the cakes over in the oil. No change there. You also need to put powdered sugar on top of the cakes when you done. Definitely no change there either.

So next time you want to bring the carnival home with you (just the funnel cake part. You probably want to leave most of the carnival at the fairgrounds.) and you don't want a big mess just use this little secret.