Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cake Recipe

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Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cake: Classic summer fair funnel cake gets a fun seasonal twist with a strawberry shortcake flavor!
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Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cake Recipe – learn how to make funnel cake with this classic summertime dessert with a fun seasonal twist with a strawberry shortcake flavor!

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Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cake Recipe with three funnel cakes displayed topped with powdered sugar, whipped cream and strawberries.

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I love a good funnel cake.  I seriously LOVE them.  It’s one of the best things about the summer season. I have made quite a few on this site ranging from the classic fair variety to red velvet to even a chocolate and vanilla swirl version that I think is just plain genius! Speaking of genius, this new strawberry shortcake funnel cake recipe is just that as well.

Today, I’m giving one of my favorite summertime classic desserts — strawberry shortcake — a twist by substituting the shortcake with funnel cake. The funnel cake is the perfect vehicle for shortcake.  Usually you think traditional biscuits or even sponge cake for shortcake but this funnel cake version is my absolute favorite now.

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Ingredients

Funnel cake is composed of a mixture or batter you create using the required ingredients for the recipe. For this recipe, you start with my original funnel cake recipe. It is perfectly easy and absolutely delicious. You probably could look in your kitchen right now and see that you have all of the ingredients necessary to make these without running to the store.
 
List of ingredients:
  • vegetable or canola oil
  • all-purpose flour
  • sugar
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • milk
  • eggs
  • vanilla extract
  • confectioner’s sugar

How to Make Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cakes

How do you make this strawberry shortcake funnel cake recipe? Once you have your funnel cake batter mixed together, you’ll need to heat up some cooking oil (vegetable or canola) to 375°F. Purchase or create a cake decorating piping bag using a resealable plastic bag (cut a small hole on one end and add a round tip where the hole is). Squeeze the piping bag to release the funnel cake batter into the hot cooking oil. Next, swirl the batter around in a spiral shape and fry both sides until golden brown.
Close up of strawberry shortcake funnel cake topped with powdered sugar, whipped cream and fresh strawberries with a basket of strawberries and another funnel cake in the background.

I love these babies. After frying the funnel cake batter, the final result is fried dough that’s so tender and slightly sweet on the inside. Honestly, I love these more than doughnuts!

Funnel Cake Recipe displayed with three funnel cakes. Two in the background are topped with whipped cream and strawberries, and the one in the foreground is topped with powdered sugar.

What makes this treat different?

This is a great summer treat.  Simply add your powdered sugar, vanilla ice cream (strawberry would be awesome for an extra punch of flavor too!), mascerated strawberries and some whipped cream and you’ve got one of the best summertime desserts ever.  Summer has never looked so good y’all.  Get ready to try these babies.  And I think they would be super fun for summer entertaining too!  And I think I might just serve them along with my No Bake Strawberry Cheesecake recipe because that will get some great use out of these summer berries.

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Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cakes: Classic summer fair funnel cakes get a fun seasonal twist with a strawberry shortcake flavor! And watch the how to video!

Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cake Recipe

Strawberry Shortcake Funnel Cake: Classic summer fair funnel cake gets a fun seasonal twist with a strawberry shortcake flavor!
4.82 from 11 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Author: Jocelyn Delk Adams
Course: Dessert
Servings: 4 funnel cakes

Ingredients

For the Funnel Cakes:

  • 4 cups vegetable or canola oil for frying
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • 1½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1½ cups milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For Garnish:

  • Powdered sugar
  • Vanilla Ice Cream or another flavor like strawberry
  • Mascerated Strawberries 2 cups sliced strawberries tossed with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
  • Whipped Cream
  • confectioner’s sugar
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Instructions

For the Funnel Cakes:

  • Heat oil in a pot to about 375 degrees.
  • Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a medium sized bowl until combined.
  • Next whisk in wet ingredients: milk, eggs and vanilla extract until the batter is nice and smooth.
  • Add batter to a funnel, squeeze bottle or even a cake decorating piping bag with a round tip.
  • Once oil is nice and hot, swirl batter in a spirally shape (have fun with this part) into the oil and fry. Turn over once the first side is nice and golden brown.
  • Once both sides are golden brown, remove from oil and place on paper towels to drain. These babies fry fast!

For Garnish:

  • Immediately cover with powdered sugar, ice cream, strawberries and whipped cream and serve.

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Notes

You can easily serve these with any fruit topping you want.  Berries work best to continue the theme or they are also great on their own with powdered sugar topping.

Nutrition

Calories: 358kcal | Carbohydrates: 62g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 102mg | Sodium: 368mg | Potassium: 373mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 285IU | Calcium: 192mg | Iron: 3.5mg
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Comments

  1. Made these tonight with oat milk and they turned out terrific! The batter was a bit thicker than expected but I chalked that up to the consistency of the milk. I made sure to add ice cream and whipped cream specifically to have them on hand next time I make this recipe. Thanks again for helping this pregnant mama fix her strawberry craving.

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  2. Absolutely fantastic recipe! We made these for Labor Day and my family loved them. I used a funnel that I already had, and it worked great. I did find that the batter was easier to control going in to the oil after it sat in the fridge for several hours. Can’t wait to make this again. Thank you!

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  3. Made these for a quarantine treat and it was a huge hit with my family! No more $20 funnel cakes at the amusement park! Thank you!

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  4. Our family loves when I make this recipe. I made it twice in one week. Since we are on a stay at home order, we created a carnival in our backyard with games etc. we ended the night with funnel cakes and ice cream! Easy recipe to follow!!!!!!

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    1. I am working on a backyard carnival/arcade with my son and hadn’t even thought about SNACKS! This is such a great idea! I’m glad you shared!!

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