Butternut fritters with milk syrup

Name: Butternut fritters with milk syrup
Ingredients: For the milk syrup:; 1½ cups milk; 300 g sugar; 1 T butter; 4 t cornflour; 2 T water; salt, to taste; For the butternut fritters:; 2 cups cooked and puréed butternut (slightly warm or at room temperature); 210 g cake flour; 2 t baking powder; 1 t ground cinnamon; ½ t salt; 2 extra-large free-range eggs; canola oil, for frying