An evening with the KitchenAid Mixer
Earlier in the week someone from the KitchenAid dealer in Kuwait sent me an email thanking me for my post on their mixer. They person also asked me if I would be interested in trying the mixer out and since I like to bake I was like sure why not. So the next day they had a delivery guy drop off a pretty black mixer for me to try out.
There are two things that grabbed my attention right away. The first is how heavy the damn thing is. The mixer not only has a solid metal base but the upper body is also made of metal and even all the switches. The second thing I noticed was the Made in USA marking. I knew KitchenAid was an American company but I didn’t think they actually made the mixers in the US.
I was originally planning to bake a triple layered chocolate cake but decided instead to bake cookies since I’ve made cookies a lot of times before and so would be able to compare this mixer to previous mixers I’ve used. Instead of my usual cookie recipe I decided to try a new one from The Hummingbird Bakery cookbook. I’m not going to share the recipe here, if you want it then buy the book and support them. Anyway, those of you who follow me on twitter know by now that the cookies I baked turned out to be delicious! Even though The Hummingbird Bakery recipe was pretty similar to my old recipe the little changes they made were enough to turn my fairly good cookies into amazingly good ones. I was originally planning to eat just one cookie but ended up eating like a dozen!
Working with the KitchenAid mixer was very easy. I’m pretty aggressive when I mix (I like mixing at full blast) and by the time I add in all the flour and sugar the mixer usually starts to bounce around and I need to kinda hold it down or lower the speed to stabilize it again. With the KitchenAid it just breezed through the process without a sweat. It didn’t even do a little hop or shake a bit. The mixer is just really well built and I love how it looks. They come in a ton of colors but the most popular one I’ve seen is the Empire Red. The black one is nice and evil looking though.
I really loved the cookies and I really love the KitchenAid Mixer so it’s going to be sad to give it back. If you’re interested, the dealer is called Mabrook and their phone number is 24818242.
If you want the cookbook I used it’s available on [Amazon]
They look delecious, even the color is perfect after baking, you shoud get into cookie business! LOL @ get your own book.
for more than 7 years still running like new .. “Mom Says”
the heavy Duty of the Blender reminded me of the Story
“Why the sea water is salty”
A dozen cookies? Are they Fahad approved? :P
Ah, I inherited my Mum’s KitchenAid (Avacado Green, no less). 30 years old and still running smooth. In the States, I believe you can still take them in for repair.
so,what time can i send the driver to pick up some of them cookies? ;)
Mark,,u shuld’ve got those eye chtchn floresent colors they hav…
Any idea how much this thing costs? Any special discount if we mention 248am?
Very interested in picking up something like this for my wife.
had it for years, best thing ever ;)
I have the book and I wish I had the kitchenaid! The color of your blog- it is the color of one of your walls too? Might be a bit too much but then I have faith in Nat, so can’t be too bad :-P
A kitchenaid mixer is the best investment any baker (novice and pro) can make!
And oh I’m a Mabrook addict!
they look delicious… is the book available in kuwait..?
i didn’t look, only place i can imagine having it would be the Kuwait Bookshop in Muthana
that’s a nice looking mixer.. :P
Mark, maybe you can also add the price(as cajie suggested)… btw, i’d followed the link to their website but can’t click the sub-menu under divisions and adresses(addresses). =(
I already emailed them but they open up tomorrow I think.
They have a sale going on. The mixer is on 30% discount. I visited their Al-Rai branch (next to Centerpoint). Most of the colors are over. I picked up the last blue piece. They had a black and an orange one left.
Price after discount is KD 140/-. Salesman told me they are selling like hot cakes (possibly because of the publicity?)
Compared to Amazon, the price is really high, even after discount (you can get it for around 80-90 KD on Amazon). But it will be 110 volts plus shipping such a heavy item will be murder, plus no warranty, so I bit the bullet and picked it up.
which blue? was it the baby blue?
It is very dark blue – looks almost black. Since it is the last piece, the box that they used is of a different color (pastel yellow), so not really sure what is the exact color name.
you can now get this :)
http://www.amazon.com/KitchenAid-FPPA-Mixer-Attachment-Mixers/dp/B00004SGFM