norgeway
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Well, I tried it out today, I am well pleased with the preformance, much better than the Nutone!
Making a cake with the RONSON FOODMATIC!
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norgeway
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Creaming!
Margarine, Crisco and sugar...This is ,by the way, the start of a Seven Up cake.
Margarine, Crisco and sugar...This is ,by the way, the start of a Seven Up cake.
norgeway
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VERY !
Light and fluffy!
Light and fluffy!
norgeway
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All ready,
The recipe, ..
3 cups sugar
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup Crisco
2 sticks Land O Lakes margarine.
5 eggs
7/8 cup Seven Up
1 tsp Lemon Flavoring...I use more, about a Tablespoon full
1 tsp cocoanut flavoring
The recipe, ..
3 cups sugar
3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup Crisco
2 sticks Land O Lakes margarine.
5 eggs
7/8 cup Seven Up
1 tsp Lemon Flavoring...I use more, about a Tablespoon full
1 tsp cocoanut flavoring
norgeway
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All in all!
It works well, very little bowl scraping, it runs smooth and is very powerful.
It works well, very little bowl scraping, it runs smooth and is very powerful.
it Makes Too Much Sence
I have been intrigued by this machine forever. I like the modern style and the practicality of design. Its too bad they aren't available for today's market. Given the sophistication of today's expensive mixer buyer they'd have a better chance of selling.
I have been intrigued by this machine forever. I like the modern style and the practicality of design. Its too bad they aren't available for today's market. Given the sophistication of today's expensive mixer buyer they'd have a better chance of selling.
mixguy
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Similar Mixers
Two other mixers share similar designs to the Ronson Foodmatic. The first is a Braun model having a gear driven plastic bowl and having a similar "whisk" beater. It was a thread about it months ago, a member found one while shopping at Goodwill or Salvation Army store. The second was made by Black & Decker, the stand mixer of the "Cooks Tools" series. It had two stainless steel bowls that fitted over a shaft on the stand. The drive motor powered the bowl in one direction and the beater in the other direction. The there were flat beaters sized for each bowl, a whisk, and dough "hook." This mixer also featured an attachment port that could utilize KitchenAid attachments having the square shaft drive such as the Meat grinder/chopper, Salad cones, etc. These units created a mixing action similar to the Foodmatic.
Does bowl the speed of the Ronson unit increase much in proportion to beater speed? What concerns me is mixing larger quantities at higher speeds, like when making a sponge/chiffon cake or meringue for several pies. Does the bowl spin so fast at throw out what is bing mixed? Is there a slower speed beater outlet for the spiral dough hook? How noisy is the machine compared other stand mixers? I noticed on ebay someone has the stirrer cooker module for sale at a hefty price! The ice cream maker fits inside this module too.
Two other mixers share similar designs to the Ronson Foodmatic. The first is a Braun model having a gear driven plastic bowl and having a similar "whisk" beater. It was a thread about it months ago, a member found one while shopping at Goodwill or Salvation Army store. The second was made by Black & Decker, the stand mixer of the "Cooks Tools" series. It had two stainless steel bowls that fitted over a shaft on the stand. The drive motor powered the bowl in one direction and the beater in the other direction. The there were flat beaters sized for each bowl, a whisk, and dough "hook." This mixer also featured an attachment port that could utilize KitchenAid attachments having the square shaft drive such as the Meat grinder/chopper, Salad cones, etc. These units created a mixing action similar to the Foodmatic.
Does bowl the speed of the Ronson unit increase much in proportion to beater speed? What concerns me is mixing larger quantities at higher speeds, like when making a sponge/chiffon cake or meringue for several pies. Does the bowl spin so fast at throw out what is bing mixed? Is there a slower speed beater outlet for the spiral dough hook? How noisy is the machine compared other stand mixers? I noticed on ebay someone has the stirrer cooker module for sale at a hefty price! The ice cream maker fits inside this module too.
Over several decades we made many chiffon cakes with the Ronson and never had an issue. The bowl speed changes in relation to the beater speed. The unit is belt driven and can handle moderately heavy loads, it did balk with a few heavy bread recipes, that is what prompted me to retire it and get a KA. The dough hook is just used in place of the beater, no special fittings or outlet for it.
If I ever come across a reasonably priced cook and stir I might drag it out of the cupboard and but it back in service, but those are few and far between.
If I ever come across a reasonably priced cook and stir I might drag it out of the cupboard and but it back in service, but those are few and far between.
Hans - if you guys didn't already eat it all, I'd love to see the finished cake. It just sounded sooooo good!
norgeway
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The finished cake!!
LOL! FELL FLAT and I threw it out, for some reason about one out of three 7 up cakes fall??I never have trouble with a regular pound cake!
LOL! FELL FLAT and I threw it out, for some reason about one out of three 7 up cakes fall??I never have trouble with a regular pound cake!
Wider Isn't Better
The mixing dynamic was first used by Birtman in the Kenmore. Braun has a similar set up but the bowl is flat and wide so there's approximately 1/3 of the bowl that is not touched by the beater. Ronson is both deep and wide. The beater for the Braun is flimsy and bends easily while the Ronson beater is taller and more substantial. GE/Black and Decker made a Kitchenaid looking model that added a full time bowl scraper to help keep the mixture in contact with the beater.
The mixing dynamic was first used by Birtman in the Kenmore. Braun has a similar set up but the bowl is flat and wide so there's approximately 1/3 of the bowl that is not touched by the beater. Ronson is both deep and wide. The beater for the Braun is flimsy and bends easily while the Ronson beater is taller and more substantial. GE/Black and Decker made a Kitchenaid looking model that added a full time bowl scraper to help keep the mixture in contact with the beater.
franksdad
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Sorry it failed
I love 7Up pound cake! I frost mine with cream cheese frosting and keep it in the fridge. Better luck next time.
I love 7Up pound cake! I frost mine with cream cheese frosting and keep it in the fridge. Better luck next time.
norgeway
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Its Strange!
I never have a failure with a regular pound cake, but as much as I like the 7 up cake, it fails about one time out of three???
I never have a failure with a regular pound cake, but as much as I like the 7 up cake, it fails about one time out of three???
Nothing is a good as a fallen pound cake, so moist, such rich flavor. Hell, you could have made a truffle out of it, drown it in custard and a little vitamin Whee! Yummy in the tummy. Fallen pound cake is also great toasted. It gets a delicate finely browned crust on the tippy top crumbs. It is as satisfying as creme brulee.
Even though the recipe says 5 eggs, you can't use more than a cup of eggs. If they are extra large, that's only 4 and 5 will sink it. Sometimes I have to split the yolk and the white of the 5th egg to make it an even cup, but it makes for a more stable cake. We must have a terrible epidemic of chickens with hemorrhoids with all of the larger eggs today that mess up old recipes from when eggs were smaller. So for best results, measure instead of count eggs.
Even though the recipe says 5 eggs, you can't use more than a cup of eggs. If they are extra large, that's only 4 and 5 will sink it. Sometimes I have to split the yolk and the white of the 5th egg to make it an even cup, but it makes for a more stable cake. We must have a terrible epidemic of chickens with hemorrhoids with all of the larger eggs today that mess up old recipes from when eggs were smaller. So for best results, measure instead of count eggs.
mixguy
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Possible Over Areated Batter?
It possible that the cake fell also due to too much air whipped into the batter as well? That happened with a neighbor of mine making a tunnel of fudge cake once. It was his first attempt at baking a cake and he ran the mixer for too long at too high a speed. Couldn't tell him any better!
Reviewing the recipe, a cake having so much fat and sugar in relation to the other ingredients is delicate. I used to have a chart that tell me the effects of too much or too little of an ingredient or procedure could effect a cake.
It possible that the cake fell also due to too much air whipped into the batter as well? That happened with a neighbor of mine making a tunnel of fudge cake once. It was his first attempt at baking a cake and he ran the mixer for too long at too high a speed. Couldn't tell him any better!
Reviewing the recipe, a cake having so much fat and sugar in relation to the other ingredients is delicate. I used to have a chart that tell me the effects of too much or too little of an ingredient or procedure could effect a cake.
twintubdexter
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Hans...
That looks like one of those very nice clear frosted bowls you got on ebay. The clear bowls seem to be rare, most of them I've seen are white. You have to agree that the Foodmatic mixer is great fun to use. I think it's the most useful of all the accessories.
If you'd like me to mail a copy of the built-in Foodmatic Instruction manual, or scan and send a copy, just let me know. [email protected]
That looks like one of those very nice clear frosted bowls you got on ebay. The clear bowls seem to be rare, most of them I've seen are white. You have to agree that the Foodmatic mixer is great fun to use. I think it's the most useful of all the accessories.
If you'd like me to mail a copy of the built-in Foodmatic Instruction manual, or scan and send a copy, just let me know. [email protected]
mixguy
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Kenmore/Birtman Mixer
Kelly, didn't the Kenmore/Birtman mixer bowl and the beater turn in the same direction? There was a breaking mechanism that kept be bowl from spinning too fast? With the Ronson, Black&Decker, Braun models, does the mixing bowl turn or spin in the opposite as the beater? I am asking as I have never seen these mixers in operation.
Kelly, didn't the Kenmore/Birtman mixer bowl and the beater turn in the same direction? There was a breaking mechanism that kept be bowl from spinning too fast? With the Ronson, Black&Decker, Braun models, does the mixing bowl turn or spin in the opposite as the beater? I am asking as I have never seen these mixers in operation.
mixguy
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Beater Eject or Release
How does one unlock, release or eject the beater in the Foodmatic?
How does one unlock, release or eject the beater in the Foodmatic?
twintubdexter
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like this, you push the release tab on the arm front
