Confused Over Nozzels

Hi everyone,

Ive spent hours looking at nozzels today and the more i look, the more im getting confused !

Ive noticed that they all have numbers and letters. Are these standard ?

I have 6 nozzels at the moment that was a set, they have numbers and letters on them.

I bought an extra one a ' closed star rose swirl' to do the pretty ' open rose' look on some cupcakes.

Although, i think i bought the wrong one. I have tried it and i cant do it ! It just looks a mess so i cried and gave up :-(

I dont know what im doing wrong? Is it my buttercream or me ?!!

I would love to be able to do this! But also i need a large one for this giant cupcake.

Does it need to be a particular one, like ' open star' or 'closed star' ?

I dont know which would look best on a giant cupcake?

Thank you for any help

A very confused

Lisa

:-)

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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on November 8, 2012 at 1:19pm

My recommendation would be one that has a K beater (just one large beater that looks like a K in a circle. I have a Kenwood Prospero. Get one as close to that as you can. It would nice if it also has a whisk attachment, for when you want to do cream or eggs and sugar. mine also has a dough hook (very handy as I make bread quite a bit). This is it -

K beater looks like this -

Just a thought - you haven't got a Comet near you have you? As they're going into liquidation, maybe they're selling stuff off cheap?

Lisa said:

Thanks Katy. Should i be looking for a stand mixer that has one large beater or one that has two smaller ones. like what i had been using ?

Lis :-)

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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on November 8, 2012 at 1:21pm

Damn - the pictures didn't take. Trying again -

Product details for KENWOOD KM265

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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on November 8, 2012 at 1:22pm

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on November 8, 2012 at 1:28pm

I did look at the comet aution site but the site is closed. I did think getting one with the two beaters kind of defeats the obect but one i have seen has a 350w motor woudl that be any good ? Or does it need to be a more powerful motor than that ?

Thanks Katy

Lis x

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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on November 8, 2012 at 1:40pm

mmmm - not sure, but I think 350 might be a bit weak, so you might not get much speed or duration, but I'm not an expert. Mine is a 650, so there's quite a bit of power difference. It would be a shame to spend money on something and be disappointed with it, unless it was dirt dirt cheap.....

Lisa said:

I did look at the comet aution site but the site is closed. I did think getting one with the two beaters kind of defeats the obect but one i have seen has a 350w motor woudl that be any good ? Or does it need to be a more powerful motor than that ?

Thanks Katy

Lis x

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Permalink Reply by Lisa on November 8, 2012 at 1:49pm

Ok, from what i can tell, when they get up to the single beater, they start more or less, at around £100 Thats a little too expensive for me.

I think what i will have to do, is forget doing butter cream piping and find something else to do instead.

Thanks for the help with which type though :-)

Did make me laugh, was looking through pages and pages on ebay and a cement mixer came up lol !! Did think about it LOL !!

Lis x

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Permalink Reply by Katy Nott on November 8, 2012 at 1:52pm

Haha - you'd get plenty of butter icing out of that! Let us know what you do get won't you?

Lisa said:

Ok, from what i can tell, when they get up to the single beater, they start more or less, at around £100 Thats a little too expensive for me.

I think what i will have to do, is forget doing butter cream piping and find something else to do instead.

Thanks for the help with which type though :-)

Did make me laugh, was looking through pages and pages on ebay and a cement mixer came up lol !! Did think about it LOL !!

Lis x