First foray with the KA Mixer

Found an awesome sale on my KA Mixer, so off Trev and I went last night to buy it!

We got the white one. I was hoping for the Almond colour, or something really fun like the lime or light blue - but alas, white was:

a) on sale
b) in stock
c) sure to go with our white appliances.

Set the bad boy up and broke him in this morning!

I decided to make Coffee Cake Muffins from the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook (since this book seems to be a staple in most kitchens, I won't write out the recipe, but if you'd like me to, just holla!).

First of all, I made a mess - see exhibit a.


My brown sugar was very hard, so I put it in the microwave with a small dish of water - a trick Trev has used before. Well....the water exploded. EVERYWHERE. So strange. At least it was just water: easy to clean up.

Continued on with the baking. Probably not the best way to break-in my mixer, but oh well. The mixer whipped it all into shape in about 30 seconds. Zoom!

I'll put up a picture of the finished product in another post since I can't get it to load here...

They were okay. Nothing spectacular. Would likely add a bit of fruit to the mix if I make them again.

Calories: 180
How I feel about eating two of them for breakfast: unsatisfied. HA.

I don't think that Sunday morning Mixing will (or should) become a part of my routine... When I was training for the half, I would get up and run on Sunday mornings...a little healthier than getting up to bake! But I am committed to finding some healthy ways to use my mixer!

And I'm committed to finding another race to sign up for - must get that running motivation back!!