A Scottish cake maker is hoping to mix it with millionaires with a “revolutionary” take on the wooden spoon – which he insists is NOT a spatula.
Instead, “Spon” inventor Neal Robertson is sending his double-backed spoons to celebrity chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson in a bid for the baking big time.
“Proud as punch” with his creation, Neal said: “It took me 12 years of making cakes to come up with this - I’m just annoyed I didn’t think of it sooner.
“It’s heavier than a spatula, so it’s not a spatula, neither is it a spoon – it’s a Spon.
“Scotland gets enough wooden spoons in sport – I’m just doing something useful with them.”
Fed up scraping cake mix out of wooden spoons, Neal’s Eureka moment came two years ago.
The Spon has two flat sides, and as well as solving the problem of clogged up cake mixture, its inventor says produces a smoother mix resulting in lighter cakes.
Now he’s got it patented and manufactured in China, and has 18,000 to shift.
Photo by BBC News.
cassy on November 19th, 2008 at 1:56 am
I had already seen this kind of wooden spoon in my grandmother’s home. She told me that its really good in stirring and of course in mixing cakes.
Jaclyn Wells on November 19th, 2008 at 11:18 am
This is a nifty idea. it reminds me of going to tacco bell and getting those sporks…a spoon and fork in one…same kind of concept. i do agree with what he talked about with the clogging and needing to get another spatula or butter knife to scrap the mix out of it, this is a cool invention.