I got this for my birthday as a gift as I had been talking about it. I own multiple ninja products.  After using I would not recommend this to a person who dies a lot of cake baking. The mix just climbs up the mixer and it shuts off when I am mixing a thick.batter. good for thin batters not for thick. I am very disappointed in this product. The hand blender part works good just don't use it often as the mixer portion.