KitchenAid snafu - should I be worried about stainless steel shavings?
July 14, 2017 10:07 AM Subscribe
I used the wrong-sized whisk attachment on my KitchenAid and now the inside of the bowl is scraped up (there's a perfect ring around the upper third of the stainless steel bowl, right where the sides of the whisk were scraping against it). Should I be worried about metal shavings in my cake?
Response by poster: Not terribly deep, but I can feel the ring when I run my finger over it. I also found a small curlicue of metal on the counter, so I'm thinking I should just bin the whole cake.
posted by coppermoss at 10:59 AM on July 14, 2017
posted by coppermoss at 10:59 AM on July 14, 2017
I also found a small curlicue of metal on the counter, so I'm thinking I should just bin the whole cake.
I'd take that as a pretty bad sign. RIP cake. :(
posted by tobascodagama at 11:34 AM on July 14, 2017 [5 favorites]
I'd take that as a pretty bad sign. RIP cake. :(
posted by tobascodagama at 11:34 AM on July 14, 2017 [5 favorites]
A really powerful magnet could probably pull the shavings out of the cake... but I think it's probably safer all around if you just make another cake. Sorry.
Cake and I go way back, so it's hard for me to say you should bin the cake, but bin the cake.
posted by Sunburnt at 12:43 PM on July 14, 2017 [2 favorites]
Cake and I go way back, so it's hard for me to say you should bin the cake, but bin the cake.
posted by Sunburnt at 12:43 PM on July 14, 2017 [2 favorites]
I recently bit into a piece of metal that had made its way into a loaf of bread, and even without cutting my mouth or causing any damage it still really made my tooth hurt! I shudder to think of the damage it could have caused. I would throw it away, sorry.
posted by john_snow at 1:36 PM on July 14, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by john_snow at 1:36 PM on July 14, 2017 [2 favorites]
Response by poster: Cake is in the bin. This was my third attempt at this particular recipe. I'm beginning to think it's cursed.
posted by coppermoss at 4:19 PM on July 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by coppermoss at 4:19 PM on July 14, 2017 [1 favorite]
Sunburnt: "A really powerful magnet could probably pull the shavings out of the cake"
The bowl is probably stainless and mostly won't stick to a magnet.
posted by Mitheral at 8:47 PM on July 14, 2017 [2 favorites]
The bowl is probably stainless and mostly won't stick to a magnet.
posted by Mitheral at 8:47 PM on July 14, 2017 [2 favorites]
Mitheral: The bowl is probably stainless and mostly won't stick to a magnet.
I was vaguely aware that stainless steel is like that, and did a little light reading.
You're mostly right, but I'm right by a scintilla, because mechanical deformation (bending or slicing) austenitic (non-magnetic) stainless steel changes some of its matter to ferric (ferromagnetic) stainless steel, and it turns out I used a sufficiently weaselly superlative in "really powerful" that I'm probably right, but if OP has that kind of magnet sitting around, using it won't soon be cheaper than making a new cake.
posted by Sunburnt at 4:52 PM on August 31, 2017
I was vaguely aware that stainless steel is like that, and did a little light reading.
You're mostly right, but I'm right by a scintilla, because mechanical deformation (bending or slicing) austenitic (non-magnetic) stainless steel changes some of its matter to ferric (ferromagnetic) stainless steel, and it turns out I used a sufficiently weaselly superlative in "really powerful" that I'm probably right, but if OP has that kind of magnet sitting around, using it won't soon be cheaper than making a new cake.
posted by Sunburnt at 4:52 PM on August 31, 2017
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posted by Carillon at 10:53 AM on July 14, 2017 [1 favorite]