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®
Planetary Mixmaster
Bench Mixer
Instruction Booklet
MX7900
Please read these instructions carefully
and retain for future reference.
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Contents Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions 2 ® Features of your Planetary Mixmaster 3 ® Using your Planetary Mixmaster 5 Safety Mechanisms 8 Mixing Guide 9 Oven Temperature Guide 10 Care and Cleaning 11 Troubleshooting Guide 12 Making a Successful Dough 13 Recipes 16 Important instructions – retain for future use.
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Sunbeam’s Safety Precautions SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR YOUR SUNBEAM whilst in use. ® PLANET AR Y MIXMASTER BENCH MIXER. • Never tilt back the head of the Planetary ® ™ Mixmaster Bench Mixer whilst the appliance is • Never remove Scrapemaster beater , whisk or in operation. dough hook when the appliance is in operation. • When using extremely heavy loads the appliance • Ensure fingers are kept well away from moving ™ should not
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Features of your Planetary ® Mixmaster Bench Mixer 800W motor Powerful motor achieves thorough mixing results. Planetary mixing action ™ Enables the mixing attachment (Scrapemaster spatula beater , whisk or dough hook) to rotate whilst travelling around the inside of the bowl, and reach all areas of the bowl ensuring ingredients are completely mixed. Stainless steel mixing bowl The 4.5L litre mixing bowl is
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Die-cast alloy dough hook T akes the hard work out of kneading dough and other heavy mixtures. Stainless steel whisk Perfect for whisking cream, egg whites, light batters and packet cake mixes. Head release with in-built safety feature The mixer head can be easily released and lifted with one hand. It tilts upwards and locks securely into position to allow easy insertion and removal of the mixing bow
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® Using your Planetary Mixmaster Bench Mixer ® ™ Before using your Planetary Mixmaster Bench – Scrapemaster spatula beater Mixer for smaller amounts of mixture ® or creaming butter and sugar Before using your Planetary Mixmaster heavy cake mixes. Also great Bench Mixer for the first time, remove any for folding ingredients packaging material and promotional labels or tags. Please also remove
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® Using your Planetary Mixmaster Bench Mixer continued ® Using your Planetary Mixmaster Bench Mixer 1. Position the mixer on a level, dry surface such as a bench top. Ensure the mixing bowl is in place and the desired attachment is inserted. 2. Plug the power cord into a 230/240 V olt AC power outlet. 3. Release the mixer head out of its locked position and ease it backwards and upwards until it
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® Using your Planetary Mixmaster Bench Mixer continued 6. When mixing is complete, turn the speed control dial anti-clockwise to the ‘O’ position (Fig. 6) and unplug the cord from the power outlet. Figure 6 7. Press the ‘head release’ button and ease the mixer head back until it is locked into the tilt back position (see Fig1. page 5). 8. T o remove the particular mixing attachment, push it
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Safety Mechanisms Thermo cut-off – temperature overload Mixer head safety mechanism The mixer is equipped with a self-resetting The mixer head must be locked down or the safety device which safeguards against motor will not operate. If the mixer head is overheating the motor with excessive tilted upwards during operation, the mixer loads. If overheating occurs, the mixer will automatically stop. This
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Mixing Guide Please keep in mind that the various mixing tasks and related speeds, listed in the table below , may vary slightly from recipe to recipe. Please refer to it regularly as you develop your understanding of how different ingredients interact when mixing. SPEED SETTING RANGE MIXING TASK FOLDING & KNEADING LOW Combining or initial mixing of ingredients 1-4 Folding Kneading – doughs (pastry ,
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Oven Temperature Guide For your information, the following temperature settings are included as a guide. DESCRIPTION OF Degrees Celcius °C Degrees Farenheit °F Gas Mark OVEN TEMPERATURES V ery Slow 120 250 ½ Slow 140-150 300 1-2 Moderately Slow 160 325 3 Moderate 180 350 4 Moderately hot 200 400 6 Hot 220 425 8 V ery Hot 240 475 9 Note: If using fan forced ovens be sure to turn the temperature down by 20°C. Also check recipes at
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Care and Cleaning Before cleaning your Sunbeam Planetary Maintenance Service ® ® Mixmaster , ensure that the power is turned Y our Sunbeam Planetary Mixmaster should off at the power outlet, then remove the plug. be regularly checked. After approximately W ipe over the outside area of the Planetary four years of domestic use, the grease in ® Mixmaster including the head and base, the gear compar
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Troubleshooting Guide Problem Possible Cause What to do Motor will not start. Motor is over -heated. Unplug and allow motor to cool, (the mixer head should be cool to touch). Move mixture in mixing bowl to the side of the Mixer head is not attachment, to allow the attachment to go all the locked down properly . way into the bowl. Motor is over -heated. Use of a high speed Unplug and allow m
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Making a Successful Dough Measuring Ingredients Tips for substituting Ingredients Careful and correct measurement of all • Unsalted butter is best for cake baking, ingredients is essential for recipe success however it can be substituted with salted (particularly when baking). Australian butter or margarine if necessary . Margarine Standard Metric cup and spoon measures are may slightly alter the text
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Making a Successful Dough continued Preparing the dough Tips 1. Insert dough hook (refer to page 6). Place T o add interest to breads. the dry ingredients into the bowl and lock • Brush dough with a little milk and sprinkle the bowl onto the base. loaves or buns with poppy , caraway or 2. T urn the speed dial to low speed (1-4), sesame seeds before baking. and gradually add the liquid
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Making a Successful Dough continued Heading Questions & Answers: Q. My mixture seems a little dry and crumbly . Do I need to add more water? A. Some flour tends to absorb or want more moisture/liquid, especially on warm or humid days. Add more water , a drop at a time, until a smooth ball/dough is reached. Q. I added too much water and my dough is very sticky , what can I do? A. If
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Heading Recipes Choc-Hazelnut Pancakes Honey, Cranberry and Pistachio Nougat Makes: 8-10 Makes: approximately 24 pieces 4 cups plain flour 2 sheets edible rice paper 3 ¾ cups buttermilk 2 ½ cups caster sugar ¾ cup caster sugar ½ cup honey 3 eggs ¹⁄ cup water ³ Butter , for frying 500g liquid glucose Hazelnut spread and roasted hazelnuts, to 2 egg whites serve 1 ½ cups pistachios, toasted 1. Place the flour , b
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Recipes continued Coconut Marshmallows Apple Tea Cake Makes: approximately 16 pieces Serves: 8-10 1 cup cold water 125g butter , room temperature ¹⁄ cup powdered gelatine ½ cup brown sugar ³ 4 cups caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 cups hot water 2 eggs 2 teaspoons lemon juice 1 ½ cups plain flour 2 cups shredded coconut, lightly toasted ¹⁄ cup milk ³ 1. Combine cold water and gelatine. Set 2 gree
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Recipes continued Molten Dulce de Leche Cakes Pear and Chocolate Cake Dulce de Leche is South American caramel Serves: 8-10 that can be purchased in most large 150g butter , chopped supermarkets. 150g dark chocolate, chopped Serves: 6 5 eggs, separated 2 egg yolks 1 cup caster sugar 1 egg ¹⁄ cup crème fraiche ³ 1 ½ cups dulce de leche* ½ cup almond meal ¼ cup plain flour ¾ cup cocoa powder V anilla ice-crea
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Recipes continued White Chocolate Layered Butter Cake White Chocolate Ganache Serves: 8-10 Makes: 2 ½ cups 185g butter , room temperature 1 cup thickened cream 1 ¾ cups caster sugar 600g white chocolate, chopped 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract 1. Bring cream to boil in a medium saucepan and immediately remove from heat. 4 eggs 2. Place chocolate in cream. Stir until smooth . 1 ½ cups plain flour Cover and refrigerate,
