I was gonna say Kitchen Aid. I have had one for 4 years now, but I only use it for baking (and love it). I even have the attachments for it for grinding, foodmill, and shredder (what kind of money that has saved me over the past year). I made my first whipped butter about a month ago and just used my handmixer. It did take a bit longer, but still worked great and it was just an old junky one. Maybe you could find a great used one on a local classified or something or yardsale or goodwill? Steph