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Carrying on from Chat.

I think my prosperous is a great learning machine for me. I am not a master baker yet! And I can't say or write that phrase without giggling.

Haven't used it this weekend though

Does anyone have any cheap/healthy smoothie recipes???

Hello ladies I hope you dont mind but Honeydragon suggested I come over and talk to you Kenwood ladies.
I am looking to get a Kenwood Kmix as I do a lot of baking (I make cakes for my friends and family and the local area). Am i right in thinking that the Kmix would be best for me? I dont need all the extras and add ons of blenders/processors etc as it is purely for cakes and frosting.
Any advice would great as I really cant make a mistake at this price.

having looked at the k-mix, it seems you are paying a lot of money for 500w power, when you can get a chef worth 800w and spend less.

You can even get a Kitchenaid for less on Amazon.

Also if you want the Kmix the black always seems to be a lot cheaper than the others, and it is very pretty

I think you need to find people who use KMixes and find out why they like them. Are there any reviews on Amazon? We're all just going to go 'Oh, get a Prospero/Chef'.

(see, I would say 'Get a Chef' because if you ever change your mind about the add-ons you can get them later, and Chefs have a great reputation for quality. But maybe there is something about the KMix I'm missing. They are indeed very pretty.)

I looked at the K-Mix reviews when I was obsessively researching, there is a very good thread on here, I'll find it later.

The reviews are good, but I kept comparing them to the Kitchenaid and for the difference I'd go KA. My friend is a cake maker and she says the same, she has a KA. A very important factor for me is that there is only a little difference price wise between the Kmix and the KA, but Kmix offer a 1 year guarantee and KA offer five years.

But as I don't exclusively bake I wanted all the attachments too ....enter Prospero/Chef

So for me in the K-Mix budget it would be between Chef Titanium?KA?Kmix the Chef would win on versatility

Oh also I think the KA is better with smaller amounts of mix than the KMix iirc.

better as in doesn't leave it stuck to the bottom of the bowm like the Kmix can

Oh and KA uses less wattage as is built differently so just as powerful as a chef

I did wonder what the Kmix had to offer seeing how expensive it is, are you just paying for the prettiness?

I was in Ikea recently buying a DVD shelf (Beno) there was a black one for ?19 and a dark brown one for ?35, I couldn't figure out the difference, thought maybe one was chipboard and the other wood, so I asked a salesperson who said the only difference was the colour .

The KMix works in a similar way to the KA, they get good review, but because I am a Kitchen Utensil snob lover, I'd rather just have a KA, than something like a KA.

Kmix is £267 here whereas the Almond is £290

Thanks ladies for you response. I dont really care what it looks like but had read how good they are at what i need it for.The kitchen aids are very pretty BUT i wouldnt pay extra for it to do the same job. I have taken a look at the Kenwood prospero and looks like it would be the same as the Kmix?Am I right or should i be looking at another model...as I say i dont mind what it looks like as long as it has good metal beater etc.

My Prospero KM265 arrived from Amazon Friday but have not been able to get it to work!! Dh had a a quick look yesterday and it failed him too. Have just been looking through this thread and have tried the advice given about locking the bowls properly but doesn't seem to make a difference. Dh will have a more thorough look this evening and I'm torn between wanting him to get it to work and yet not wanting to feel like a fool for not getting the hang of it myself. Think it will be the former and the hassle of returning it and not being able to use it will outweigh the second emotion.

I did get a CD Rom but no mill. Tbh I hadn't even noticed that it was supposed to come with a mill and that I was missing it until I read through this thread. Has anyone else bought this model from Amazon and not got the mill? If so have you contacted Amazon and what did they say?

Also. it's gone up to £155 on Amazon.

No not the prospero, the prospero has a smaller bowl and capacity to the Kmix.

What sort of budget did you have in mind?

Bless me Father Ken, for I have sinned. Today I used my Prospero to make.....

Angel Delight

Ah, but was it better than hand mixed Angel Delight?

I have made these yet another Brownie recipe and they are fab, my best yet.

Oh and Goingtoofast - thanks for the tip about the two chicks egg white, I had never heard of such a thing but will be looking out for it now.

I don't feel too bad that I paid £120 for mine on Amazon now that it's £150. Feels like a bargain now but before I was bloody annoyed that I'd missed it at £115.

Well it was certainly superior as I lobbed it in and ignored it whilst loading the dishwasher

@ Angel Delight.
We've got packets and packets of the stuff. DH kept buying it for some reason. So it will be an economy to use it up, really, won't it?

My Ken did some more scones today after the family requested them. Tomorrow he's doing lemon drizzle cake for dh's birthday (so I get to use the mixer and the juicer!)

I LOVE Angel Delight.

Gave Kevin an easy day today - he only had to mash some spuds.

Pixmania still have them at the lower price.

Turnip where is your lemon drizzle recipe from?

I had a wee look through nigella express last night, going to give the brownies a bash I think!

I'm going to use Marslady's recipe from on here.

Oh it looks very nice! Great reviews too. I think I am in danger of lurching around over excitedly between recipes and not actually making anything!

Is anyone else slowly getting fatter??? Or just me