Kenwood kMix Stand Mixer for Baking, Stylish Kitchen Mixer with K-beater, Dough Hook and Whisk, 5L Stainless Steel Bowl, Removable Splash Guard, 1000 W, Pastel Pink

My first use and because it is a huge bowl, I decided to make two cakes in it using a Victoria sandwich cake mix. Everything seemed to be going well as I beat the sugar into the butter, added the eggs and then the flour; the mix seemed well creamed and I doled it out into the three tins - first on the pineapple upside-down cake, then divided the rest between two sandwich tins. However, because the mixture seemed to be perfectly creamed (it's a glass bowl so you could see it), I had not stopped to scrape the bowl sides and bottom halfway through the mix with the spatula. I will next time because if you don't, the cake in the middle in the picture - the one that had the scoop of mixture from the bottom of the mixing bowl - is what you get; I can only describe it as 'crunchy', or maybe 'biscuity'. That's because the sugar has not mixed through and this particular cake is almost all unmixed crunchy sugar. So, the cake beater does not, despite the planetary action of the thing, scoop up all the ingredients for a good old mix; you have to intervene with the spatula halfway through. If you're feeling flush, you could go on and pay an extortionate £30 for a beater with a silicone spatula attached, but I won't be getting one at that price. On the plus side, the pineapple upside-down cake was delicious, as was the other half of the sandwich cake. I told everyone it was intentional and called it crispy cake. They fell for it.

I bought this for my other half who is starting her baking business, she absolutely loved the colour & mixer itself. It's really well built, sturdy and looks great in the kitchen. The first time she used it, the glass bowl got stuck, it wouldn't rotate off the bayonet fitting at the bottom of the mixer. We tried absolutely everything to try and remove it to no avail, after looking online it seemed that this was a known issue that loads of people had. Thankfully, Kenwood were brilliant. A quick phone call & they arranged for the unit to be collected so they could remove the bowl. They offered us the choice of either a new glass bowl or a new metal bowl, we were told the metal bowl had a different fitting at the bottom so it should work without an issue. The mixer was returned within a fortnight and the new bowl arrived even sooner. Now all works brilliantly and we're really happy - though maybe just save yourself the hassle and buy the metal bowl too...

This looks great in my kitchen and matches the colour scheme well. When using the paddle, I had to stop the machine to scrape down the mixture a lot, as the paddle is a bit too short for the bowl. There may be a way of making it higher, but I've not found that yet and it probably wouldn't work with the guard on. Whisking didn't have that problem and was very efficient.

Well I have replaced my vintage Kenwood mixer that is over 40 years old and have to say it’s not a patch on my old one. I suppose I was expecting it to be better but my old friend was a better and more vigorous mixer.

Although I sent it back , I do recommend this machine for a younger mom with family, I have used Kenwood for over 50 years, and they have never let me down, this machine was too heavy for me and too big as I am now on my own, Have just bought a new Kenwood shredder slicer which I am happy with I love KENWOOD products very disappointed I had to send the mixer back it is a beautiful machine.