Carnival Funnel Cakes

3 eggs
2 cups milk
4 cups flour
1/4 cup granulated sugar (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder

Beat eggs, then add milk and sugar. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Add dry ingredients to egg and milk mixture. Beat batter until smooth. This batter should be thin enough to run through a small funnel.

Drop from funnel into hot deep fat (375 degrees F), holding finger over bottom of funnel to control amount of batter released. Make into one of the following designs: start at center of pan, swirling batter outward in a gradually enlarging circle, being careful not to touch circles; let batter run through funnel into hot fat into any shape you desire, crisscrossing to make an intricate design.

Fry until golden brown and remove from fat and drain. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar mixture.