OK, folks: I’m doing it again. I’m making Boiled Fondant, to pour over a lemon cake. This time, though, we have a new immersion blender: a £65 Cuisinart. It worked wonderfully. It only smoked a little bit, when I was all done. Will it burn out by the time I’m done making the lemon cake? Probably. Is it under warranty? Oh, you betcha.
Why is it that all appliances don’t have a cutoff switch in them, so that when you USE them too much, they just stop? I mean, how hard would that be? We thought that the Cuisinart would have one, since our Kitchenaid stand mixer did. When it got too hot, it would just quit. The immersion blender? No such luck: it just kept on going, and only because I saw little whisps of smoke coming out of it, did I turn it off. We’ll see if it survives the weekend. If not … well, at least I’ll have gotten 1 good cake out of it (hopefully).
The Kitchenaid stand mixer is (as far as we know) still going happily, with friends, in the US. Perhaps we ought to have brought it with us after all….
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I'd say wisps of smoke coming from anything in the kitchen just adds to the fun of creating a meal!
all this work for fondant! I use fondant every morning at the bakery on donuts and danish…jsut microwave and mix! Good luck!!! The just don't make tough applicances anymore!
So… is it going to be smoked fondant? Tee Hee – couldn't resist.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and congrats on the new device!
I'll be doing spiced (read pickled) peach halves, and Penuche, which I made yesterday and it turned out weirdly – so we try again!
Smoke is never a good sign! You are deermind to get that fondant right, aren't you? Brownie points for keeping at it 🙂