Object number
52/123
Description
Cake mixer from Devon used both as a mixer and as a spatula.
This wooden cake mixer came from Devon, and was used both as a mixer and as a spatula. It is carved from a single piece of wood. The edges of the blade are pointed and the tip is rounded to facilitate scraping the cake mixture from the side of the bowl.
Physical description
1 cake mixer: wood; good condition
Archival history
MERL 'Catalogue index' card – ‘… // DATE ACQUIRED: // GROUP: // NEGATIVE: // PERIOD: // PLACE OF ORIGIN: // NUMBER: // DESCRIPTION: …‘ It is only fairly recently that wooden utensils have been superseded by utensils of newer material in the kitchen, and the wooden objects, salt and spice boxes, mixing bowls and flour barrels, have all virtually disappeared. Cake mixtures are, however, still mixed with wooden spoons, as ones of wood do this more effectively than spoons of metal. For scraping the mixing bowl however, metal and rubber spatulas have replaced the old wooden ones. Although the cake mixers may still be made of wood, the old turned bowls of sycamore and beech have long passed out of use, giving place to ones of porcelain. //
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