Keeping your stand clean is also a must when making funnel cakes. They are inherently a messy food for customers because of the powdered sugar used to top the funnel cake, but the ingredients themselves can make quite a mess in your stand. The batter and the powdered sugar have a tendency to cover everything in the stand, so it is best to use a wet rag to wipe down your funnel cake supplies every half an hour or so. This will prevent the powdered sugar from getting into unwanted nooks and crannies and prevent batter from doing irreparable harm to your funnel cake supplies.