For Valentine's Day this year I rather stupidly decided I'd attempt for mad romantic gesture in the form of cake baking. Now this may not seem particularly daring or lavish to most of you but if you'd seen me in action in the kitchen then you'd know this was on a par danger wise with bungee jumping practically! I'd just like to tell you at this point that the cake was actually a success (much to the shock of my friends and family), my kitchen remains in tact (no burn marks or broken equipment) and I haven't caused any food poisoning (although half the cake still remains)! I decided to follow a receipe (which in itself is enough of a challenge for me) and was a little ...  Read the complete review

I am not the best person in the world to make cakes or follow recipes so a few months ago someone decided for comedy reasons to get me the Breville SHM2 model which is as you can tell perhaps by the picture is a mixer. This product is one of those which offers quite a range of features with a few flaws which is kind of the norm I find with electrical products. You have with this product an excellent stainless steel bowl with a 2 litre capacity for liquid and apparently 1kg capacity for dry food. The bowl fits perfectly in a slot on the mixer which makes sure it doesn't move and slide off. You also have a wide range of whisks to attach to ...  Read the complete review

I've had my breville mixer for a short while now, having bought it for £39.95 at John Lewis. I've used it for making pizza dough as well as cakes and icing. The controls are easy to understand though because the bowl and the beaters are controlled seperately it can be a little difficult to turn on or off both at once. I've found that it's best to turn the bowl off, then the beaters as otherwise the batter / dough / etc can get pushed to one side of the bowl. I've found the variety of beaters and hooks to be perfect for all the things I've made using my mixer. The dough hooks are a huge improvement on the ones included with the last mixer I used. They produced a ...  Read the complete review

This was bought for me as a Christmas present because my obsession with baking was getting crazy and I wanted my arm to stop hurting! I have nothing else to compare it with, having never owned a stand mixer before and so I can only comment on what I have experienced with this machine. First of all it is so incredibly noisy that I wonder if my neighbours hate me if I'm baking more than one thing in a day. This is even with it on the low setting. I have tried it on a higher setting and found it to be much noisier but not much more useful. It seems to have more settings than actually required, as I don't notice much difference in between each. The settings it ...  Read the complete review

As a student who loves baking, I bought this for my student flat as I couldn't take my kenwood to uni with me. It is a good value solution but is not quite as good as a proper stand mixer. Pros Price- a great priced mixer for those who can't afford the big brands like a kenwood but who want something more than just a simple hand mixer. Detachable hand mixer- you can use this with the bowl or detach the hand mixer Variety of speeds- low setting, high setting and range from 1-5 means that you can start slow to prevent your ingredients splashing everywhere and then build up speed to ensure it is well mixed. Bowl spins- means you can leave the ...  Read the complete review