Kitchen Craft Cake Tester

Cake Tester

I am well known for really enjoying baking and I do make a lot of different cakes and desserts both on my own and with little Jack. My favourite cake to make in Nigella's courgette cake which is totally delicious and I would well advise any cake lover to track it down and make it themselves (it sounds strange but it so yummy). Because everyone at work knows how much I like baking for my secret Santa present a few years back I got a ton of baking related items and this cake tester was among those items.

Price and Availability

I hadn't seen this product anywhere else before I received it as a gift but there again I wasn't looking for it. Since owning it I have seen it in a variety of cake type shops and of course cheap shops such as Poundstretcher. The prices can vary from around 59p to a couple of pound but because of its size and quality I wouldn't want to pay ant more than £1 for it.

Look and Design

This item is cheap and it looks it. The item is basically a tin plastic disc on the top of a metal prong. The plastic disc is white in colour with black text printed onto it which say “cake tester”. The metal prong is rather thin although fairly tough and not bendy in the slightest. At the end of the metal section of the gadget there is a thicker flatter area of the metal prong and this is the section that is inserted into the cake.

The item is easy to clean and will often not need more that a quick wipe over if done whilst nothing is encrusted onto it. It isn't dishwasher safe so I have never put it in there.

General Use

The idea of this small and simple item and it is basically used to test the middle of your cakes to make sure that they are cooked thoroughly. The metal prong is inserted into the cake and drawn out to see if any cake mixture is left on the prong. If there is any stickiness on the metal area you know that the cake is not fully cooked and needs longer in the oven. If the prong comes out clean you know your cake is ready for taking out of the oven.

I used to just use a metal skewer that I have in my kitchen drawer but I find that this item is easier to locate in the drawer and smaller and more comfortable to hold. I do feel that sometimes the metal prong is slightly too thin and I would have liked it to be a little chunkier.

Overall Opinion

For a gift I think this item was fairly good. I cant' say that I would have purchased it myself because I was more than happy using a skewer but then like I said it is easy to use and easy to find in my packed kitchen drawer. The thin metal prong is far better at not making any noticeable holes in my cakes and this does make it generally better than using a skewer.

All in all I feel this item is a small and cheap one which is on the whole not too bad. I feel a score of 4 out of 5 is apt for it and I think the slightly cheaper feel to it could be improved a bit. I would however recommend it.

I do hope that this has been of some help/interest to you

Many thanks for taking the time to read.