To not make a mess with a hand mixer start by inserting the hand mixer into the bowl of ingredients and then turn the hand mixer on slow and gradually increase the speed until you reach the needed speed.
You can also take a paper plate and poke a hole in the middle of the paper plate and insert the hand mixer attachment through the hold and then attach it to he hand mixer.
The paper plate will then cover the bowl while you use the hand mixer and prevent a mess and splatter of the ingredients.
The disadvantages of a hand mixer are the limited power, manual operation and they may struggle with thicker batters.
Hand mixers are not often suitable for handling and mixing heavy dough or large quantities of ingredients like stand mixers are.
Hand mixers also require holding and operating the hand mixer which can be tiring and also prevent you from performing other tasks.
Hand mixers because they require manual operation can also lead to uneven mixing if the mixer is not moved around the ingredients properly.
Other disadvantages of hand mixers are the shorter lifespan and that they come with fewer attachments than stand mixers do which reduces the versatility of the hand mixers.
You cannot blend things with a hand mixer as they are designed for mixing and incorporating ingredients, most commonly for baking using whisks or beaters.
Hand mixers are not good for blending, pureeing or or chopping.
Hand mixers lack the needed sharp blades that break down the food into a smooth consistency and instead hand mixers rely primarily on the whipping action of the beaters to incorporate air and combine ingredients.
A handheld immersion blender is best for blending things by hand.
Handheld mixers can be used for a variety of different mixing tasks which include making mashed potatoes, cookie dough, bread dough, cake batter, pancake batter, whipped cream, scrambled eggs, blending icings, blend vinaigrettes or even make meringue.
You can also blend together ingredients for muffins, pies, appetizers and other foods, cupcakes, Swiss buttercream etc.
Any recipe that you would use a stand mixer for you can also make using a hand held hand mixer including cheesecake, whipped cream, frosting, cakes, peanut butter cookies, chocolate filled banana muffins etc.
A mixer in cooking is a tool used to mix together ingredients such as by beating, whisking, kneading or stirring the ingredients.
Mixers are a kitchen appliance that combines together ingredients in order to achieve a desired consistency.
For example in baking mixers are a common tool, where the mixers are used to make cakes, pastries, breads, cookies etc.
Mixers can also be used to grind meat, shred chicken, make sausage and meatloaf etc.
Mixers can also be used to dice, spiralize and slice vegetables.
Mixers can also be used to cream butter and sugar until it's fluffy.
Mixers including hand mixers can also be used to mix and mash mashed potatoes after the potatoes have cooked and makes it faster than doing so by hand.
A stand mixer such as the KitchenAid Stand Mixer can also spiralize vegetables, dice vegetables, slice vegetables and shred chicken.
Stand mixers are very popular and are often used on baking shows and by bakeries to help make dough's, cakes, breads and pastries.
Mixers help to make the repetitive tasks of beating, whisking and stirring of ingredients much easier than doing so by hand.
When a mixer has a dough hook installed the mixer can also be used to knead bread dough.
Mixers can also be handheld and used to beat eggs and other ingredients as well.