What do you make in your stand mixer??

[ReallySpicyCurry]

I've got one! A Kenwood Prospero. Thank you DH and Black Friday deals

After wanting one for so long, I'm not paralysed with indecision. What should I make first? Basic fairycakes, as a trial run? Something I never make usually due to the whipping involved, like meringues? Bread, because hello dough hook?

Please help me with this weighty decision

I think you should make a celebratory cake.

Is this like a kitchenaid?

My DH makes bread, cakes etc with it.

I'm getting him some attachments for Christmas so he can make pasta and chip veg

I've just this second finished whipping up an American pancake batter in mine ready for a gloriously unhealthy Saturday dinner.

I use it for cake batter and bread dough and meringue mainly. It's a Kenwood Chef so I use the food processor and blender attachments for loads of stuff too. Wouldn't be without it.

Bread
Cakes
Brownies - the one where you have to whisk the eggs for ages
Pastry
Also I've got a thing that goes on top that grates things so I can grate a massive pot of cheese in one go. Or all the veg for a spag bol because I'm crap at chopping and the kids hate lumps.

I love my Prospero. I use it several times a week.
I think you should do the meringues to make the most of its whipping ability.
What I really love about having a stand mixer is that while it’s busy mixing I can get on with the clearing up so I don’t end up with a lot to do at the end. It makes everything seem easier for that reason.

Pizza dough, bread dough and Victoria sponge. That's it and it's massively underused. Interested in recipes and ideas too op!

A bit like a kitchen aid, but more powerful and better performing!

I mix cakes, bread, meringue, buttercream, cookies, its great!

Pizza dough

I recently got a second hand Kenwood Major (giant Kenwood Chef), and I am so excited. I've done bread, and I did a 2lb loaf and it could have coped with double.

I also use it for meringue, buttercream, whipping cream, cakes.

Haven't done pancake batter but I'll put it on the list. I want to get some of the extras next!

Oh and I whipped cream in mine for DPs birthday cake last week

I'd love a cookie recipe!

Today I’ve made bread, lemon drizzle cake and cheese scones. Wasn’t sure if I could justify a stand mixer but finally got one earlier this year. It’s a rare day when I don’t use it for something. Enjoy 😊

It's so beautiful. It makes my kitchen look like that of a person established in life, somehow. If you ignore the ancient old units

Waiting until tomorrow to have a proper fiddle though...

Lemon meringue pie would give it a good work out, wouldn't it? I could make the pastry AND the filling AND the meringue.

And it'll go well with the sugary gammon we're having

I'll be rolling into work on Monday

Does anyone have a fool-proof pizza dough recipe? Teen DD can see no further than making pizza every weekend (I told her Saturday night dinner was going to be her responsibility)

I always thought my cakes were pretty good until I made them in my beloved Kenwood K-mix. I think the fact that I can leave it creaming butter and sugar whilst I weigh out the flour etc has made a huge difference, plus the fold function. Mine has a silicone bladed attachment for cake making.

So whisking cream or making meringue, lemon drizzle, triple layer chocolate cake or just some cupcakes, I love it. Plus I bought it using Tesco Clubcard vouchers on a double up so it only cost me £30 of my own money.

@ReallySpicyCurry I use this recipe for pizza

www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk/recipes/bread/quick-pizza-dough

Top two uses for ours are pizza dough and mashed potatoes. I know mash isn't difficult by hand but the mixer makes it really lovely and smooth.

This evening my daughter made pizza base dough. I make meringues quite frequently outside of lockdown. Muffins. Breads.

I have a KA, it's such a beautiful expensive kitchen ornament, lol.

The only thing I use mine got which hasn't already been mentioned is I use it to pull chicken and pork. It only requires a short light spin and so much better than two forks.

I made Viennese whirls with my stand mixer today. Delicious!

I’ve owned one for a week. I made an apple cake first just because we have so many then a cherry bakewell cake which DS requested for his birthday - both things I make regularly . Today though I made cinnamon rolls which would a total pain without the mixer and they were gorgeous so I’d say go for them!

Today I made a loaf of bread and pizza dough for our tea in my Kenwood.

Other things I make are:

Cakes, biscuits, pastry for pies/tarts, mashed potato (so smooth!!).

Also use the mincer attachment to make homemade burgers!

Mine is probably used 3 times a week on average.

Marshmallows.

Marshmallows? Really?

Wouldn't even have thought of cinnamon rolls and mash!

I have to say, I've noticed a difference in certain things that have been made using a mixer. There is a certain lightness that is hard to achieve when you're hand whisking something with a toddler trying to climb up you, and a cat trying to jump on your head, and a teenager crashing through the door with 80 million pieces of sports and music equipment in tow.

Yep, marshmallows are surprisingly easy and really fun. You can make loads of different flavours - I make gingerbread ones around Christmas and they taste amazing in hot chocolate.

Bloody hell. What's the recipe? Do you use actual ginger, or a synthetic flavouring? Definitely going to give that a try