My grandmother’s stand mixer used to sit on the counter in the kitchen and she used it at least once every week. Pound cake was her specialty, and folks would stop by the house just about every day for a piece. That cake had tons of sugar in it, real butter, and a hint of vanilla. It was the best cake ever, and one of the strongest memories of my late grandmother that I have. I’ve made the cake a few times with my grandmom’s recipe, killing my arms mixing the ingredients by hand. Now, thanks to Hamilton Beach, I have my very own stand mixer to make culinary memories with my own daughter.  I couldn’t wait to get started, so Ayva and I set up our mixer today to test it out with an easy recipe. We made homemade whipped cream to top banana split milkshakes, and fell in love with our stand mixer in the process.
Fairly lightweight for a stand mixer, and quite affordable at well  under $200, the Hamilton Beach 6 Speed Stand Mixer has the same mixing action as KitchenAid® stand mixers. I’m looking forward to making so many things like bread, pie crust, and yes, my grandmom’s pound cake. Our Hamilton Beach mixer came with flat beater, whisk and dough hook so I’ll have no problem with any of that! Today, we used the whisk to (accidentally) make butter and then (on purpose) whipped cream.
Terrence, Ayva and I wanted milkshakes, so we blended 3 cups of ice cream with 1.5 cups of fat free milk and 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. We decided to go to the next level by making it a banana split milkshake. We cut slices of banana and topped the milkshake with them (it would have been good blended in, too, but Ayva didn’t want that). We added chocolate syrup and sprinkles, but the real prize was the homemade whipped cream made in our Hamilton Beach 6 Speed Stand Mixer.
The whipped cream was super easy to make. All we did was pour 1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream into the mixing bowl. We mixed it on medium for 7 minutes…the second time. The first time, we let it mix just a minute or two too long, and it turned into butter! Well, on the bright side, at least now we know how to make butter! The whipped cream came out great on the second try, and it was delicious on top of our Banana Split Milkshake.
Would you like to try out the Hamilton Beach 6 Speed Stand Mixer? Well, one Mama Knows It All reader has the chance to win, not only a stand mixer, but also a hand mixer with a case! I’ll share more about the hand mixer later this week, but while you wait, make sure you enter to win in the easy Rafflecopter below! The contest ends on Monday, May 19th at midnight. U.S. Residents only. Good luck!
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LOL at accidentally making butter. Nothing wrong with that tho. The best creations started out as mistakes. 🙂
a cake maybe
I bake fairly often but I think that I would make more pies and breads with a stand mixer.
If I won, I would make a red velvet cake first with the mixer.
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i would make italian flag cookies because they are so hard to mix by hand.
I’d like to make a chocolate devils food cake.
I would like to make my first homemade Cake.
I would make brownies.
Cookies and pies!
I would make hubby some snickerdoodle cookies or a delicious cheesecake (YUM)
What WOULDN’T I make?! The possibilities are endless. I’d start with chocolate chip cookies, move on to pecan pie, and finish with White Cake.
I would make a banana cake first.
I will make peanut butter cookies.
I would make a devils food cake
Yum! I would make all kinds of things – all of which would probably completely destroy my current healthy eating kick. And your assistant is adorable 🙂
I can help with cookies this year!!!!
Would you believe I’ve never made a cake. I would love to have this mixer to make my first cake!
I would make oatmeal cookies with craisins and butterscotch chips if I won this mixer.
Lots of meringue for lemon meringue pies, my old mixer’s motor is burning out, so I haven’t been making lemon meringue pies.
I’d make homemade bread
I love making cupcakes and decorating them in all different ways. Id make a whole lot of cupcakes with these!! 🙂
I would make a yummie cake
I would make cupcakes EVERY DAY with my Hamilton Mixer! 🙂 Also, there are so many recipes I want to try, and simply can’t because I don’t have a mixer! (I like that its cheaper than those darn expensive Kitchen Aid mixers!)
I’d gain 10 pounds the first week I had that thing: cake, anyone?!
That milkshake looks YUMMY! I’d definitely use this mixer all the time, as would my mother. She bakes something new at least once and week, so this would come in handy. I love the “patient” look on Avya’s face! LOL!
I am into making shakes myself …with a little protein powder mixed in for meal replacements … I have a stand mixer on my list for years now … but the Kitchen Aid one is so expensive. I am happy to hear that the Hamilton Beach one is under 200. Its a great appliance to win since I’ll be moving in with my husband (now future husband) in November! I’m not much of a baker because its an exact science and I don’t do well with measuring or following recipes BUT with the right tools… I can conquer the world … the baking world that is! Good luck to me!
love to try this
Okay I need this mixer like pronto!!….DO I get a cute little girl to go with the mixer eventually??? *smile*
The first thing I would make is a chocolate cake!
i like that banana milkshake!! yummy but i would def have to do a choco cake yum!
I would talk my wife into making a German chocolate cake!
I would make a red velvet cake that I’ve been longing to make from scratch!
I’d make Buttermilk Pie, mashed potatoes, brownies and lots of things.
I would make a huge chocolate cake for me, and sugar cookies for my grandkids. Thank you.
i’m feeling like some cupcakes
I would like to make strawberry smoothies
I would make lemon poppyseed muffins, one of my favorite breakfast items with the Hamilton Beach mixer.
I’d make some cranberry scones.
I would make an old fashioned pound cake
I would make strawberry smoothies. thank you
I would make Chocoflan
I would make some sweet potato cupcakes
I would make some chocolate chip cookies!
I would make a chocolate cake.
I would make strawberry banana smoothies & peanut butter shakes.
I always wanted to make some bread but never had a mixer that could handle the heavy dough
I’d make a birthday cake.
I would make some cookies.
I would make cupcakes for my boys’ end of little league season party.
I would make chocolate macadamia nut cookies!
I would make some cheesecake and fudge
I would make my fluffy cheesecake recipe first and then a homemade bread!
I would make healthy smoothies for breakfast for my family!
I would make red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing.
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I’d make cookies
I would make Chocolate Pound Cake with my Hamilton Beach Stand Mixer!
IM GONNA DO SOME BANNANNA NUT CUPCAKES 🙂
I would make cookies. 😀
I would make my favorite carrot cake first with hit!
I would make a chocolate cake with it. Thanks for having the contest.
I would make chocolate chip cookies.