Funnel Cake Supplies & Molds

Funnel Cake Supplies: What You Need to Know

Increase traffic at your foodservice establishment with funnel cake supplies, including items such as funnel cake rings, pitchers, and dispensers. Small countertop fryers are a simple, cost-effective way to supplement your restaurant's menu with funnel cakes, though you'll need to invest in a large fryer if funnel cakes will be the main feature of your business. Bigger is better when it comes to cutting customer wait time, increasing profit, and speeding up product recovery times. Overall, we recommend flat-bottom fryers because they are designed to heat from below, enabling product to float on top of the oil.

To produce high-quality funnel cakes, you must have excellent oil. For an economical option, go with vegetable oils, such as sunflower, soybean, and corn oil. However, some alternatives can also withstand high heat without smoking, canola and safflower being among the most popular. These choices won't impart their own flavor into your product.

Common Questions About Funnel Cake Supplies

What are funnel cake rings?

These pieces of equipment cover funnel cakes during the cooking process to prevent batter from spilling out of the equipment or spreading around the deep fryer, enhancing safety and presentation. Funnel cake rings enable you to pour batter into uniform shapes that will be ready for a finishing of chocolate syrup, fruit, powdered sugar, and more. These units are available in single or triple configurations, each varying in diameter to broaden your funnel cake serving options.

How do you clean funnel cake pitchers?

Funnel cake pitchers are vessels you can use to accurately and smoothly pour batter. To give you more control over the pour, some configurations are sealed at the spout. This enables you to cut or drill the opening to your liking and control the amount of batter released.

To clean a plastic funnel cake pitcher, you'll need warm water, bleach, and liquid dish soap. Small breaks such as chips and scratches can be cleaned, though burn marks can't be removed. The safest way to clean funnel cake pitchers is with warm water, but this alone won't perform the most thorough job. For especially tough stains, soak the smallware in a mixture of ³⁄₄ cup of bleach to 1 gallon of water. Stir the mixture several times before putting in the funnel cake pitcher; the bleach must be dispersed evenly. Never mix bleach and dish soap, because dish soap contains ammonia, so mixing the two can form dangerous gases. However, using simple liquid dish soap and warm water is a safe, effective method for cleaning funnel cake pitchers. You can even use a soft toothbrush for stubborn grime.

Should you get a funnel cake dispenser?

When it comes to pouring funnel cake batter, you have three options: pitchers, funnels, and dispensers. We recommend funnel cake pitchers for low-volume establishments. They hold enough batter for only three or four funnel cakes and become more difficult to lift over time, especially if you'll be using them for prolonged periods. Funnels are also not ideal for high-volume businesses because of their slow pace. The batter in this smallware gets exposed to airborne contaminants, and the process for using them is more labor intensive than other alternatives. We recommend funnel cake dispensers for foodservice establishments that get a lot of traffic. These units don't have to be refilled as regularly as pitchers and funnels, and they safely seal product away from dirt and debris.