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I would have to say my favorite kitchen gadget, if you can call it that, is a checkerboard cake set. I recently upgraded my old worn out model for TWO new ones that are non-stick, and come with 3 of the divider inserts rather than the single my old one had. Why two you ask? One round and one square! They are so much fun, and it really looks like you went crazy with your mad cake skillz. If you haven't ever seen one, check out this link http://www.joyofbaking.com/CheckerboardCake.html. You can make your cakes from scratch or just use a box mix.

I bake tons of cakes for work whenever there is a special occasion so I have done this one a bunch of times. My daughter wanted a spongebob birthday cake one year so we did yellow cake and then took white cake and dyed it blue. Blue tinted frosting, a spongebob topper and gummy octopus completed the look. I did one for a 50th which was a "tuxedo" cake. I used DARK chocolate cake with white cake (made with only egg whites) and the contrast was stunning.

I recommend one of these to everyone, but beware... if you don't have a picture handy forget trying to explain how its done! I STILL have people thinking that I cut out little squares of cake and assemble them this way! lol

Kristin

My favorite gadget isn't really a gadget per se....it's an oven mitt and it's not really an oven mitt hard to explain LOL. Anyhow what it does is it sits on top of a pot that's all metal so that you don't forget your pot holder and just grab the hot lid.

Oh yes ...a lid grabber hat heart

My other favorite gadget it a crock pot...I'm into Once a Month Cooking and it is a necessity big time! heart

MY favurite Gadget would have to be my Blender!
When you make a chilled frappe, stick a few cubes of ice in the blender and add the ice to the frappe and it's just HEAVENLY!

MY second faveurite would have to be (i know it's really nothing much) my cookie cutters. It's really fun making different shapes with different recipies!. like shaping the bread of french toast before cooking it. Little french stars are really cute! And at chrismas, have little muffins in the shape of trees!

I have two kitchen gadgets that i love, my electric wok, and my smoothie blender. My electric wok is awesome, especially since i'm a university student, and stirfries are pretty near the least expensive meal that's got most of the food groups in them that i can discover. My smoothie blender is like a normal blender, except that it's got a spigot on it, which becomes quite popular when my compadres come over.

I love my electric mixer biggrin
I just got it for christmas, and i always use it when need be. Also my BBQ brushes. i use them when I BBQ something like pork, chicken or something. whee

Its so hard to pick just one of the tools that I use every day. If any of them were missing it would be so hard to make certain dishes

But I would have to say my favorite tools are my partial All-Clad LTD2 cookware set. I only have a few pieces but they are so easy to use to prepare meals and clean. In fact the ones I have are almost 20 years old.

Someday I want to able to afford the 8 qt stockpot.

Since I don't have very many tools, the only knife I really use is my Butcher Knife. I use it to cut everything. Sometimes, I even use it as my spatula.