What new kitchen appliance do I need (please say kitchenaid...)

[elliott]

I am feeling a bit thick about what various food related kitchen appliances will do for me.
I would like something that will:

• help with baking - cake mixes, batters etc

-whisk eggs and cream

• ?do pastry (maybe, this might be wishful thinking)
• chop up herbs/spices/nuts/onions

I currently have an old food processor which isn't good for cakes, and I use mainly to chop up onions very finely for fussy ds1; a hand blender which I basically use for most mixing/whisking jobs; and a blender which tbh I don't use very much as its no good at chopping the kind of things I want it to; a hand blender that I use quite a lot for sauces and soups.

What new appliance woudl change my life? Particularly wrt baking?
Kitchenaid? Kenwood chef??

How about 'neat, intense and surprisingly powerful' - a Daniel Craig on your worktop maybe?

Yikes I just know I'm going to have a bizarre dream involving Daniel Craig, a hand held blender and me cuddling my KitchenAid.

I have a kitchenaid for baking and bread. Love it to bits.

I also have a magimix, blender and handheld mixer. Overkill I know but I do use them all for different things.

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whats the difference betwen kitchen aid and magimix ? thought they were both processers and did teh same thing?

dont worry ahve ahd a gawp on amazon and see the difference now . am a bit of a gadget virgin but like the look of teh kitchen aid - gorgeous colours but not sure if i would use them enough to justify hte cost

Well, yet again I come to the conclusion that a Kitchenaid is just not sensible (sigh...)
Dull and reliable all the way, that's me

You do need a Kitchen aid I use mine all of the time, I was a bit worried at first thinking it was an extravagance. But I love it.

You need a kitchenaid artisan mixer.
You will use it loads and even on days you don't you can gaze at its beauty

I have a black one. I love it.