Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes

This recipe for Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes is worth trying at least once.

Especially if you are someone who likes the taste of a great funnel cake!

 

Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes

 
Since I first published this recipe a few years ago, this has been a popular recipe especially during the summer months.
By "summer months" I am referring to the time of the year when the fairs are popular destinations and people are looking for those yummy funnel cakes.
 

If you are familiar with the standard funnel cake then you probably already know that funnel cakes are usually fried in oil.
The cakes are then topped with what can often be a somewhat of a massive amount of powdered sugar.
For those of us who are trying to avoid both fried food and powdered sugar, this recipe can be a great alternative for you to try.

 

This recipe calls for baking our funnel cakes rather than frying them in oil.

Baking these cakes certainly can make them seem a bit less unhealthy and thus, a better choice for many of us to choose. However, these funnel cakes do not have that greasy feel or texture that you may be accustomed to have as a result of being baked.

I personally would love to make a funnel cake in an air fryer.
As a huge fan of the air fryer, I like to try what I can try to make at least once.
However, a basic funnel cake is a bit too large for an average air fryer so I would suggest making smaller cakes or even simple a different kind of shape if you choose to use your air fryer for this recipe.
 

I am offering a low carb alternative for this recipe however.

To make this low carb simply start by using a low carb all purpose flour alternative such as Carbalose. But, if you want to make this funnel cake recipe gluten free, you could instead substitute the all purpose flour with a gluten free all purpose flour alternative.

If you are making this funnel cake recipe gluten free or low in carbs, please consider this before you purchase your alternative.
First off, make sure that the ingredients in your alternative are what they say they are and have not been combined with anything else such as regular flour. Also, make sure that the ingredient label does not include a rising agent as we will be adding our own.

And, because a funnel cake would arguably not be a funnel cake without powdered sugar on top of it, we will use an alternative for that as well.

What I am saying is that we will dust this funnel cake with powdered sugar before we serve it. Luckily, we can do this using sugar free powdered sugar.

I do have a recipe for how to make your own sugar free powdered sugar that you can find here.

You can also buy your own sugar free powdered sugar online here. Please read the ingredient label to make sure that your powdered sugar has not been blended with sugar if you are wanting to keep your funnel cake sugar free.

In order to make this look like a real funnel cake, we will 'pipe' the batter before we bake it.

Piping means that we will run the batter through something that will produce the tubes or (I'm not really sure what to call them) shapes that are synonymous with funnel cakes. These are what we like to pull off of the cake in order to eat it.

Oddly enough, to make these 'tubes' we will use a funnel.
Hence the term "funnel cake" right? Anyway, to make this cake we will push the batter through the funnel while moving the funnel around randomly. Be sure to choose a funnel that has a hole that is wide enough to hold your batter and you should be okay making this cake.

I must say at this point that this sugar free funnel cake probably will not make a cake that is 100% like the sugar laden fried cake you will find at the county or other fair.

However, this recipe proves that it is possible to make an acceptable alternative to that cake. And if you are someone with dietary considerations, like myself, this is not a bad idea. YAY!

 

Here are some similar recipes that you may also like.

 

• 3 Ingredient Sugar Free Peanut Butter Cookies.
• Stevia Cream Cheese Frosting.
• Sugar Free Banana Bread.

 

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The recipe for Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes

As mentioned, you will need a couple of ingredients that you may not have on hand.

To make this low carb simply start by using a low carb all purpose flour alternative such as Carbalose. But, if you want to make this funnel cake recipe gluten free, you could instead substitute the all purpose flour with a gluten free all purpose flour alternative.

I do have a recipe for how to make your own sugar free powdered sugar that you can find here.

You can also buy your own sugar free powdered sugar online here. Please read the ingredient label to make sure that your powdered sugar has not been blended with sugar if you are wanting to keep your funnel cake sugar free.

 

Here is what you will need to make this recipe.

 

• Flour (AP)- 2 cups. As mentioned above, to make this low carb simply start by using a low carb all purpose flour alternative such as Carbalose. But, if you want to make this funnel cake recipe gluten free, you could instead substitute the all purpose flour with a gluten free all purpose flour alternative. Also, you can add a bit extra later on if your batter seem to be too thin.
• Baking Powder- 1 ½ teaspoons.
• Salt- ½ teaspoon.
• Milk- 1 ½ cups. Can use a nut milk or other similar alternative.
• Eggs- 2.
• Vanilla Extract- 1 teaspoon.
• Sugar Free Powdered Sugar - at least ½ cup.

How to make Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes

 

• Preheat your oven to 375 and prep a baking sheet for nonstick. I like parchment paper however, spray nonstick may work as well.
• Whisk or sift together the flour (or alternative) baking powder, and salt in a medium sized mixing bowl. Set this bowl aside.
• Next, in a mixing bowl, beat together your milk and eggs.
• For the next step we will add the dry ingredients from the first bowl to the mixing bowl from the last step. To do so first add half of the dry ingredients, lightly mix and then add the remaining dry ingredients. Then add the vanilla extract. Mix until blended. If the batter seems too thin to form the shapes that we will make in the next step add a small amount of the flour alternative at a time (teaspoon or so) until you reach a good consistency.
• Using a funnel, or simply a plastic bag with a corner cut off, push the batter through the hole as you move the funnel, or bag, around in a swirling manner. This may not look perfect but, we will cover it up later on with the sugar free powdered sugar.
• Bake this for 20-25 minutes or until it begins to brown. Dust with the sugar free powdered sugar and serve.

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Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

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I am so glad that there is a way to make Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes
I have always wanted to try this treat mostly just to say that I had tried it.

This is how to make delicious and homemade Sugar Free Baked Funnel Cakes with options for low carb or gluten free as well.

updated 7/19