I absolutely love it!! I researched the CA and the KA a lot! I read all the reviews I could find, and asked other peoples’ opinions. I went with the CA and could not be happier! We have a family tradition, and bake Fulare, which is a Portuguese bread, every Easter. We make anywhere from 10 to 30 breads by hand. This year I only made 10 and I used my CA!!! What an easy time!!! I used 7 cups of flour and the wet ingredients. I added the flour to the bowl first and then put the machine on 1, I slowly added the liquid ingredients and then increased the speed to 2. It mixed perfectly! The dough did climb the hook, but it was easy to take it off and continue to mix. If the dough was a bit wet I just added some flour and continue to mix. I never had to take the dough out and mix more by hand it was perfect. It took me no longer than 10 minutes, at the most to get the perfect dough. The 7 cups of flour ( once it was given time to rise) gave me two perfect breads! I made 5 doughs and it probably took me less time and aggravation to do this, than to mix it by hand! I turned the speed up to 3 maybe once during each mix, but just for a couple of seconds. I did not want to heat up the machine. It did get a bit warm on the top, but while I was melting butter and mixing ingredients for the next batch it cooled right off! Now I know I can make it throughout the year, and not worry about dragging out my huge bread box, and mix everything by hand!!! If you have any doubt in your mind between the KA and the CA I would go with the CA, for the cost, the beautiful colors (I love the periwinkle blue color!) and the mixing, it was worth it!! Oh and it never jumped around on the counter, it did make some vibrating noise when I turned it to 3, but wasn’t bad at all!!! Go for it, you will not be disappointed, and happy baking!!!!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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I had to get a new mixer because I got a spoon stuck in the beaters of my former mixer (Sunbeam) and I could not find new beaters to fit in it. From the reviews I thought this Cuisinart would be perfect, but I am disappointed. I have only used it once, making a cheesecake. First of all, with only one beater, I could not get a spatula or a spoon in to scrape the bowl. I had to turn it off, scrape the sides, and then mix some more. I had to do this numerous times. Then when I thought I was done mixing, there were still lumps of cream cheese in the batter. So I mixed it some more. It seemed too soupy, but there were still lumps. Maybe it works better for cakes or cookies. Not recommended.
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