Funnel cake is a regional sweet food popular in North America, found mainly at carnivals and amusement parks. It is made by pouring a stream of batter, traditionally through the mouth of a funnel, into hot oil in a circular pattern, so that a cicular mass of fried dough forms. The resulting pastry is then served with powdered sugar, jam, chocolate, or other toppings.
Other related desserts include German
Strauben
, Finnish
tippaleipä
, and Lithuanian
skruzdėlynas
. Similar fried sweets from elsewhere in the world include
jalebi
and
kumukunsi
.