Home-made cakes thread 2

lisa26_2 · 1 July 2011 at 8:58AM

Golden_Anemone wrote: »

AnnieH, can you tell me if there's any difference except in looks between a Kenwood Chef mixer and a K-Mix? My old hand mixer is really struggling these days and I want to buy a stand mixer to replace it.

Amazon have a White Chef Classic with an 800 watt motor for £168 whereas the http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kenwood-KMX54-Stand-Mixer-Peppercorn/dp/B0014IOAK8/ref=sr_1_2?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1309458897&sr=1-2 is £230 and its motor is only 500 watt.

I realise the K-Mix is a much more attractive machine but I'm not sure if it's worth the extra money.

Grateful for any views.

Oops, something went wrong - the second link is a K Mix.

I'm going to buy one in the next couple of days and I'm going for the kenwood chef over the K-mix. wWith the k-mix you're deffo paying for it being pretty as the chef is much more powerful. Also, not sure if you can get attachments for the K-mix but for the chef you can get pasta maker/mincer/sausage maker/grinder etc so much more versatile!

Annie, thanks for the advice on the plant pot. Wll give it a go!!

cherydee · 1 July 2011 at 9:21AM

AnnieH wrote: »

I had to adjust the beater on my Kmix as it didn't get to the bottom of the bowl. Shame you don't have time to play with it first, as it'd give time to iron these things out. I love mine. I've made sugarpaste from scratch in it, and it's half the price of shop bought

Just looking at it, the beater seems to be about ¼ inch from the bottom...so thats probably ok (I think) Trying to be gentle with the splashguard as keep thinking I'm going to be too rough with it and break it.

Thinking about getting the roto cutter attachment as I like making soups...you can also buy it with or without the fruit press, so will work out if getting a good deal buying them together

jonathank22 · 1 July 2011 at 2:13PM

I am loving it...Please post how to make it....

cookiedough38 · 1 July 2011 at 6:43PM

I had a trial run for my daughter's 3rd birthday cake today, let me know what you think.

juniee · 1 July 2011 at 9:47PM

My daughter's cupcakes
Strawberry chocolate dips

Baby shower cupcakes

ita a girl!

ita a boy!

juniee

cherydee · 2 July 2011 at 11:11AM

After some advice ladies please...busy making some choc chip cupcakes for my grandsons 4th birthday party tomorrow. Bought some Mickey & Minnie rice paper toppers...which do you think will give the best effect putting them onto glace icing (just plain icing sugar/water) or do a vanilla buttercream...apparently they look clearer on a white background....so no good doing chocolate topping !

awesome2_2 · 2 July 2011 at 11:29AM

cherydee wrote: »

After some advice ladies please...busy making some choc chip cupcakes for my grandsons 4th birthday party tomorrow. Bought some Mickey & Minnie rice paper toppers...which do you think will give the best effect putting them onto glace icing (just plain icing sugar/water) or do a vanilla buttercream...apparently they look clearer on a white background....so no good doing chocolate topping !

Hi Cherrydee

Are they big ones or small ones? If they are small think I would go for buttercream purley because thye would be eaiser to place and move around if they are not quite right.

HTH

awesome2_2 · 2 July 2011 at 11:30AM

Golden Anemone

Your cakes look lovely can I ask where you got the decoration for the wedding cake from?

TIA

awesome2_2 · 2 July 2011 at 11:33AM

cookiedough38 wrote: »

I had a trial run for my daughter's 3rd birthday cake today, let me know what you think.

Hi Cookiedough

This cake is really cute I love your little figures you make are the paw prints and the letters from cutters? I am sure she will love it

cookiedough38 · 2 July 2011 at 11:40AM

awesome2 wrote: »

Hi Cookiedough

This cake is really cute I love your little figures you make are the paw prints and the letters from cutters? I am sure she will love it

Hi thank you

the letters are from cutters but the paw prints are from anything I could find that was a circle! The little ones are the tip of a piping bag. The teeny bit of the paw is one end and the bigger bit is the other end!

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