Make a cake by hand or mixer?
bryemycaz
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Ive been making Victoria sponges for the family for a while now using a electric hand mixer. However it broke the other day so I decided to make the next one by hand. I think it has come out much better the cake feels lighter and less stodgy. I have seen online people say that a electric mixer is always better but im not so sure.
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i never use my Kenwood for doing sponges.
It's hard work but worth it
That is a good way of doing it. i got to do some baking at some point, I have not done so for a while.
That is because a lot of mixers just spin the whisks like hell and not well designed. Certainly the cheaper ones. i have a old Moulinex about 15 years old and it does the same thing. The Kenwood don't, the only problem with the Kenwood is that it is old and the gears are on their way out.
I am thinking of getting a new one, maybe a kitchen aid, the problem is I will have to start using it a lot more than I use the others .
I should probably clarify - hand-held mixer as I don't have the space for a freestander.
I like to think hand mixing is a work out as well #deluded
I do exactly the same.
I disagree.
Firstly I find the creaming-in stage much better with a mixer. It really works the butter into the sugar, making it fluffy and pale. This takes ages and ages by hand, and is not worth it when the result of doing it by hand is the same or inferior.
The folding-in stage is obviously best done by hand, because you need to be delicate in order to keep the air in.
Secondly Kenwood is perfectly fine for sponges imv; KitchenAid is nothing more than style over substance.