One of the best things about going to the seaside is the smell of donuts. Forget the ice-creams, candy floss, hot dogs, burgers and fish and chips. If I smell donuts I follow the aroma.
The year before last, I had a special offer leaflet posted through my door from Marshall Ward catalogue. ... Read review
Advantages: Quick and easy Disadvantages: Small donuts
One of the best things about going to the seaside is the smell of donuts. Forget the ice-creams, candy floss, hot dogs, burgers and fish and chips. If I smell donuts I follow the aroma.
The year before last, I had a special offer leaflet posted through my door from Marshall Ward catalogue. I don’t bother with catalogues now as there are so many good internet sites, offering goods at such competitive and reduced prices, I don’t feel ... .../>
In the leaflet was an electric donut maker listed at £20.00. I had never seen one of these before and had only ever attempted to make donuts in a deep fat frier on one occasion. They were lovely, but as the years had gone on, the deep fat frier had given up the ghost and we never replaced it as we were into our “healthy eating” phase by then.
I duly ordered the item, which the catalogue stated “would make perfect ring donuts” and ... more
One of the best things about going to the seaside is the smell of donuts. Forget the ice-creams, candy floss, hot dogs, burgers and fish and chips. If I smell donuts I follow the aroma.
The year before last, I had a special offer leaflet posted through my door from Marshall Ward catalogue. I don’t bother with catalogues now as there are so many good internet sites, offering goods at such competitive and reduced prices, I don’t feel the need for mail order catalogues any more.
In the leaflet was an electric donut maker listed at £20.00. I had never seen one of these before and had only ever attempted to make donuts in a deep fat frier on one occasion. They were lovely, but as the years had gone on, the deep fat frier had given up the ghost and we never replaced it as we were into our “healthy eating” phase by then.
I duly ordered the item, which the catalogue stated “would make perfect ring donuts” and waited eagerly for it to arrive.
The day it arrived I waited impatiently for the kids to come home from school so we could try it out as I knew they would love it. Anyone who has read my previous ops will know we are great fans of kitchen gadgets and are real foodies in our house.
The donut maker is electrical and is white in colour and quite heavy considering it is not particularly big.
It is of the same design as a sandwich toaster and on opening has six donut ring moulds, one in the centre, surrounded by five in a circle.
The instruction leaflet came with a recipe for the donuts so we duly mixed the batter up, greased the moulds and turned the machine on.
The red light on the top of the maker (again, similar to a sandwich toaster) lights up when plugging in and switching on, when the appliance has reached the correct temperature it goes out.
The batter mixture then has to be poured into the moulds and the appliance shut and left for about three minutes, or until they have turned golden brown.
I must admit I was slightly disappointed when I saw how small the things were going to be. They were mini variety donuts and nowhere near as fat and scrummy as the ones you can buy at the seaside.
Anyway we duly waited the three minutes, then dipped them in sugar and cinnamon. The kids thought they were the bees knees. As for me, I can take them or leave them. We have only used the machine on Halloween since buying it, just so we can tie donuts to pieces of string and hang them from a suitable doorway for the kids to have a donut eating competition.
A novelty gadget to have in the kitchen but I would not bother to buy one again. The donuts are too small and chewy for my liking :-)
Advantages: A great kitchen gadget, Easy to clean Disadvantages: The donuts are tiny so you'll find you have to make more than one batch at a time
...and I came across this Walford Donut Maker for a tenner I thought I'd grab it. The rrp for these things are usually around the twenty five quid mark so I figured even if it was only used now and again I'd got a bargain. The instruction leaflet that came with it (well, a photocopy of the instruction leaflet because it was so cheap) simply tells you how to switch the donut maker on and a basic recipe for making up the donut mixture. The machine itself ... ...toastie maker and it works in roughly the same way except for the fact that as you're making donuts the part inside is (obviously) ring shaped as opposed to cut out ready for slices of bread. The inside of the machine where you spoon your donut mixture is of the same non-stick material as a Breville and the donut maker also incorporates a small light on the lid to let you know when your machine is at the correct temperature for cooking your perfect ...
Fruity_Tart 08.01.2004
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Walford Donut Maker
Advantages: Great tasting donuts Disadvantages: The lid doesn't stay up very well.
I bought this donut maker so that i could make my own donuts & so i'd know what was in them as i've been trying to cut out the E's from my kids food. This donut maker is small & can easily be stored in the kitchen without taking up too much room. There is a recipe included but it doesn't state how many donuts it made so i followed the instructions & ended up with 48 mini donuts lol.
The lid was a bit of a pain as it fell down once whilst i was putting ... ...my hand out of the way in time or i'd have been burnt, so be careful. It's a bit fiddly to get the mixture into the donut rings as they are very small. The donuts at the back of the machine cooked alot quicker than the front ones which tended to need cooking for an extra 2-3 mins. On the whole this is a great little machine, which kids will love or adults too. Edited to say:
Sorry about not giving enough information.
The donut maker is an electical ...
margarets_angel 05.08.2006
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful Review of Walford Donut Maker
Advantages: good for a snack Disadvantages: takes ages to make
being in me twentys i still love cakes and sweets and such, and so i like to have all the things that make em, and a donut make had to be one of them, the only problem with it is that it aakes quite a few ingredients to make donuts and so i got bored doing it very quickly, but its good if you have kids and want something different to make with them and its best to get some toppings too my fav was chocolate, i used to buy cooking chocolate and then ... ...would go down a treat,, took them to work a few times, and they were gone in 5 mins..
the ingredients used for the donuts are:
Flour
Baking Soda
milk
egg
vanilla essence
caster sugar
its a mini donut maker, and they do taste rather good, have also used it to make crispy cream donuts on it (which is the same ingredients) but u make a coating of sugary vanilla stuff. you can get the recipie of the web. not the easiest thing to clean, and its ...
DGoulston 08.12.2005 (14.12.2005)
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Walford Donut Maker
