funnel cake

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funnel cake

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From funnel + cake, since it is made by pouring batter through a funnel into hot oil.

noun funnel cakes

  1. US, countable, uncountable A specialty food made from deep-fried batter and originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States. Tomas Montoya has sold festival foods—funnel cakes, burgers, hot dogs—across the American Southwest for years. But lately, business has been rough.

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noun specialty baked good

DeutschStrauben, Trichterkuchen
Italianostrauben
Русскийторт из воронки tort iz voronki, хворост xvorost, муравейник muravejnik

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@misc{funnel_cake_2026,
  title = {funnel cake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/funnel%20cake},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}