If you’ve ever baked so much as a cupcake, you’ve probably heard of – and maybe even dreamed of owning – a KitchenAid stand mixer. The machine’s iconic figure, first crafted more than a hundred years ago in far-flung Ohio, has appeared on our screens in the Great British Bake Off and Saturday Kitchen, and is a much-lusted-after countertop centrepiece for home bakers everywhere. It’s basically the Chanel handbag of stand mixers.
And just like a Chanel handbag, it doesn’t come cheap. In fact, depending on the model you choose, you might not even get much change out of £1,000 when making your pick. So I thought I’d see if these machines were really worth the hefty price tag, testing out a recently launched model – the 5.6l artisan, which currently retails at £449.40 – and putting it through its paces in every way I could think of. Read on to see if I think it’s worth the investment.
