Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Beater Blade +

Now here’s a brilliant gadget:  the Beater Blade + (KA-TH) shown here is a paddle attachment made for tilt-head Kitchenaid stand mixers. If you don’t have this mixer, don’t despair as they carry different paddle models for different stand mixers. What is so special about this plastic paddle as opposed to the Kitchenaid solid-built paddle? Well the external sides of the paddle are actually flexible and are meant to act as a spatula so that there is no need to scrape the sides of the bowl when mixing. It also has an extra center prong that ensures that the mixture will have an even consistency. It’s great for making buttercream, icing, cake batters, and best of all, my favorite cheesecake! Here is the Mascarpone Cheesecake being made with the new beater.

Pans are wrapped with 3 layers of foil to prevent water from seeping into the cheesecake when baking in the water bath.This time I made a chocolate cookie crumb crust. For one 9-inch springform pan, mix 2 cups cookie crumbs with 6 Tbsp sugar and 4-6 Tbsp butter to get a slightly wet crumbly mixture. Press the cookie crumb mixture into pan and bake for 10 minutes in 350 degree F oven. Mix 1-lb cream cheese and 1-lb Mascarpone cream cheese with 1.25 cups sugar until smooth. Add a splash of vanilla extract then mix in 3 eggs (one at a time until just incorporated).  With the Beater Blade +, there is no need to scrape the bowl! Setting the cheesecake into the water bath before going into the 325 degree oven for about 70 minutes. Voila! Mascarpone cheesecake cooling on a rack for an hour before going into the refrigerator.   

I just can’t believe that something so delicious and smooth was so easy and quick with this gadget. So if you use your stand mixer frequently, I definitely recommend the BeaterBlade+.

2 comments:

Spoon It On said...

Mmmm... making me crave for cheesecake.

Restaurant Brugge said...

thanks 4 sharing