Red Velvet Funnel Cake
 
Ingredients
  • 2 c. All-Purpose Flour
  • 1 t. Baking Powder
  • 1 t. Salt
  • ⅓ c. Cocoa Powder
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1¾ c. Buttermilk
  • 2 t. Pure Vanilla Extract
  • Red Food Dye (lots)
  • 1 Bottle Vegetable Oil (I used 7 cups)
  • Powdered Sugar, Ice Cream, Blueberries, etc for topping
Instructions
  1. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. And the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir together until smooth. Add the red food dye until you have the red color you desire (I used about half of a 1 oz. bottle).
  2. Pour the oil into a large skillet. Heat oil until a thermometer reaches at least 290 degrees (even though the original recipe called for 360 degrees, mine only ever got to 290 so I went with it and it worked). Release the batter into the oil while making a circular motion. Mine were pretty large, about 7-8 inches in diameter. Fry for about two minutes until it no longer looks raw. Using large tongs, grab the funnel cake in the middle (NOT the edges..they are crisp and could break) and gently turn over. Fry for one more minute and then place on a paper towel lined plate to soak up additional grease. Dust with a generous amount of powdered sugar and top with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream and blueberries.
Notes
Makes 5 large funnel cakes. Note: This is NOT a sweet funnel cake, which is why I recommend topping it with a generous amount of the powdered sugar, whipped cream, ice cream, etc...it pairs perfectly with those things.
Recipe by DessertedPlanet.com at http://dessertedplanet.com/red-velvet-funnel-cake/