Stand Mixers For Showstopping Bakes

If you want to go from occasional to keen baker, a stand mixer is an essential piece of kit to add to your arsenal. The latest models feature built-in scales and heated elements, helping you create bakes deserving of a Hollywood handshake

- Ginevra Benedetti

Pro kitchen extras

Kenwood Titanium Chef Patissier XL, £749.99, John Lewis & Partners

With its built-in scales, touch screen design and powerful Quiet Mark certified 1400w motor, Kenwood’s latest mixer is a powerhouse. Storage is made all the easier thanks to the 5ltr and 7ltr bowls that neatly nest together.

THE BEST BIT The heated element on the base will gently prove dough, soften butter or melt chocolate.

Great value option

Grey stand mixer, £60,

Wilko If you’re more of a fair weather baker yet still want a stand mixer, you may not be inclined to fork out hundred of pounds so Wilko’s affordable version is a great start. It features a 1000w motor, six speed settings and three attachments.