Kitchenaid owners-Do you love it as much as you thought you would?

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Hi

I've recently "come into" some money and rather than spend it on my car (which is a money pit but I somehow always manage to fund somehow) I'm thinking of buying myself my dream kitchen gadget.

Did you find you loved your stand mixer as much as you thought you would or was it an anticlimax? I ask as someone who is worried I've built up owning one to something more than it is.

More then love them. I would marry mine.

Yes, in fact I've found mine comes in more useful than I first hoped! I really only considered cakes when I bought it but I use it a lot for pastry, mashed potatoes, pancakes... So many things!

Best not let my dh know that he'll be further down my list of loves below

dc and
sleep rather than

Love mine can't believe I survived so
Long with it and the ice cream maker attachment

Absolutely. It is fantastic. I use mine regularly and always seem to grin when I'm doing so! It makes me smile when I catch sight of it in the kitchen.

I love mine but not quite as much as I thought I would....does look fab in my kitchen though & I can make a lemon drizzle cake in 5 minutes flat!

Mashed potatoes? Please tell me more BrianB

Love mine, mashed potatoes with the paddle beater, easy.

Please tell me what else non-baking or bread related that you do. Because apart from baking, mine serves as a letter tray! But it does look amazing

my name says it all.

buy one

I LOVE mine!
I've only had mine for a month but have done cakes a plenty, merengue, bread/ pizza dough and I can now make the dc american style pancakes for breakfast in the blink of an eye!
And ds doesn't freak out about the noise it makes - unlike my hand mixer.

I love it if me and my husband split up that is one thing that I would demand custody for.

Thanks all. I am now the proud owner of a Boysenberry one.

Love it. Haven't had as much of a chance to play with use it as the darn kids are on holidays and demand removal from telly interaction/entertaining/co ordinating.!! ds1 has his eye on my kitchenaid actually but I'm still too possessive to let him loose with it.

I've always had one from when I was a 19 year old pastry apprentice. I could not imagine my kitchen without it - it is as essential to me as knives

I am so

Every time a thread like this comes up I urge the OP to get a boysenberry one.