A stand mixer is a must-have for any at-home baker or aspiring chef. Different from using a whisk or a handheld mixer, a ...

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The Cuisinart has beaters, dough hooks, and one whisk attachments; its beaters are powerful, but the other attachments aren’t as effective as the Breville’s. Photo: Michael Hession.

My favorite options came not just with standard beaters, but also included a whisk attachment and dough hooks, to make them as useful as possible. And finally, I kept an ear out for noise level.

It comes with a whisk, beater, dough hook, and a stainless steel bowl that can hold up to 6.5 quarts. Even though I don’t use a dishwasher, the accessories are dishwasher-safe and easy to clean.

The Ankarsrum Assistent Original is a powerful (and expensive) Swedish stand mixer designed to help you tackle your biggest ...

The device comes with a dough hook, whisk attachment, beater and splashguard. Buy now £129.99, Currys. Register now for one of the Evening Standard’s newsletters.