Morphy Richards Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker Review

What’s the Morphy Richards Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker?

The Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker makes a good loaf in three completely different sizes. Packages embrace a speedy setting that may produce a 2lb (907g) white loaf in lower than an hour.

It’s a bit noisy, each when it comes to mixing and beeping, however seems a tasty loaf of bread.

Morphy Richards Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker – Design

This breadmaker has a gorgeous, curved design. So whereas it’s made from white plastic, a fabric which might look low cost compared to vivid colors or chrome steel, the Morphy Richards seems actually good. The great-quality industrial design can’t, nonetheless, distract from the truth that it’s giant – it’s deep and slim, with a footprint the dimensions of a sheet of A4 paper (portrait) however a 3rd deeper nonetheless.

Controls are straightforward to grasp and provide the standard features, together with a timer: you may delay the beginning time of the packages in order that your loaf is prepared in as much as 13 hours’ time, in increments of 10 minutes. Its 12 packages provide recipes for doughs, desserts and jams, in addition to breads. And its Fastbake program will bake a big white loaf in lower than an hour.

To have a look at the show, you’d be forgiven for pondering it solely provides two loaf sizes. Actually, the recipe e-book provides three completely different sizes: 1lb, 1.5lb and 2lb loaves, which interprets to loaves baked from 288g, 432g and 576g of flour respectively. It additionally provides three crust settings.

Morphy Richards Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker – What’s it like to make use of?

Baking bread with the Morphy Richards is a nice expertise. The recipe e-book solely comprises round 30 recipes, however they’re nicely chosen and nicely communicated, with articles on learn how to bake and end loaves fantastically. The included 1/4 teaspoon measure – alongside the standard-issue cup, teaspoon and tablespoon measures – was a pleasant contact too, making it simpler to guage the small fractions typically required by breadmaker recipes.

We examined it utilizing the small 100% wholemeal recipe – once more, many breadmaker books don’t even provide a 100% wholemeal possibility – and the cooking time was 3.5 hours, not together with any relaxation time. We chosen the medium crust setting.

The Morphy Richards stood out a number of occasions for being noisy. When mixing, it makes a reasonably loud whirr. It additionally beeps at varied levels within the cooking course of so you recognize when to do stuff like add optionally available further components… A pleasant thought in principle, however it may’t be muted, so it’s very annoying in the event you like cooking loaves in a single day.

The ensuing loaf was overcooked on the bottom, however had a very good crumb. It was a bit dense, however solely barely greater than you’d anticipate from a 100% wholemeal breadmaker loaf. Nevertheless the kneading blade bought caught within the loaf and wanted pulling out – it sits very loosely on its spindle, so this was unsurprising and more likely to occur typically.

Ought to I purchase the Morphy Richards Fastbake Cooltouch Breadmaker?

Perhaps. It’s a good-quality breadmaker that gives three loaf sizes and speedy baking for a mid-level worth. However for the perfect outcomes, you’d be higher off with the pricier Panasonic SD-ZB2502BXC. And in the event you’re on a finances, the Kenwood BM260 actually impressed.

Verdict

This massive, noisy breadmaker provides three loaf sizes and a speedy program that seems a big white in below an hour.