Funnel cakes, in the end, are not funnel shaped at all... Which might be mind-blowing, for someone who wasn't expecting that... 

They're actually kind of squiggly, wormy looking... 

Nonsensical, we call it. 

Not quite funnel shaped

Then why call it funnel cake?

I really don't know.

However, the real question is: Is 'shaped' one syllable or two?