Lakeland Compact 1lb Daily Loaf Bread Maker - White

Now that most towns and villages no longer have a local bakers or anywhere that provides a staple loaf of none industrial bread, I opted to buy another bread maker. In the past I have chosen Morphy Richard’s, for the factory was located in my town, but I now notice that supporting local industry is a thing of myth, for all the machines are made in China, anyway onto my review, Very handy size, takes up virtually no room on your worktop, probably suited to the singleton for a large loaf is not possible. Very comprehensive instruction book, with recipes for cakes, doughs and the like. Also simple digital programs that an idiot would have no trouble navigating, with or without aforementioned instruction book. I’ve not baked anything yet, I only got it today, but I am sure given the Lakeland branding, that it will deliver to me a fine loaf. So up to press I am mightily impressed with my LakeLand Breadmaker. Update, my bungalow was filled with the aroma of baking bread and the resultant loaf was sublime, I highly endorse and recommend this Lakeland Bread-maker.

After nearly 20 years of service, my trusty old Panasonic bread maker finally gave up. A few months on shop-bought bread prompted me to try a more modern variant and I settled on this Lakeland device. Very easy to use, and as a pleasant change you get a proper user guide/manual, full of detailed and useful info. The unit is very light, with a large easy-to-read display. The little window in the lid whets your appetite for the treat to come - real bread! It only takes 3 hours to make a basic white loaf, an hour faster than the old Panasonic, and the end result is utterly delicious. There is a beeper to alert you when the bread is ready (nice and loud too, so you can hear it anywhere in the house.) The machine itself is no noisier than my old one, so no problem there. I was quite interested in that the manual no only advises you on recipe ingredients but what order to add them into the mixer pail, something I’d never considered before. I think this is really only important if you use the delay timer, though. I made a basic white loaf this morning, with an estimated total ingredients cost of about 15p, so it’s going to pay for itself very quickly! I made a couple of slices of toast and it was heaven! Treat yourself to fresh healthy bread, good for your tum and you pocket!

This is my first breadmaker and have so far used to make 2 basic white loaves, both of which have been lovely. Loaf size is small but enough for one or two people for a day. Process has been easy with clear instructions. Breadmaker is compact in size and fitted nicely onto the small space left on a cluttered countertop. My only issue is the paddle ended up inside the loaf both times (inside the small hole that can be seen in the picture) despite placing firmly onto the spindle inside the pan before starting. Next challenge is a wholemeal loaf and trying out the delayed start to have fresh warm bread for breakfast. Yum! Recommended so far.

Excellent machine. Perfect for the two of us. I make a couple of granary loaves a week on the whole wheat setting and they are delicious! Have also made a hot cross bun loaf and a couple of batches of cinnamon rolls, French bread for fondue and a half and half spelt loaf and a basic white loaf - all very successful. It is really light and very easy to use. Highly recommended! Years ago I had a large Panasonic machine which was wonderful but it was a beast for hauling around the kitchen - this Lakeland Bread maker suits us well now!

Well made machine and easy to understand

Wholemeal loaf…. The Ingredient weights in the accompanying booklet wrong, then as you can see from attached photo…… a loaf not cooked in the middle(was on a 3 hour programme) put finger into sunken creation to see if it was firm & my finger went to the loaf centre as it was just a doughy inside, returned for a refund, really wanted a compact breadmaker but this was so so poor.

Mid December 2025. I am a Coeliac, 7 years of service making GF bread gets 5 stars. But 3 Stars because My Bread pan shaft has failed, securing circlip has rusted out, so has the mechanical seal keeping the water in, shaft top seal heavily worn, top nylon gasket adrift, so now beyond any use. Shaft is stainless steel, paddle is Aluminium, so very worn and loose due to wear. Yes, Replacement Bread Pans are in stock, but they DO NOT include a new Paddle, this has to be purchased separately. But having looked many times in the past year, Spare paddles are NEVER in stock. I can get a new pan in 48 hours, but the Paddle has to be bought separately. Lakeland advise best chance is a 2 week wait, but that will be Christmas, so New Year at very best before I can make any bread.. What point is selling a new bread pan without a paddle? ... Time for a new machine then and it won't be another Lakeland....

This compact bread maker is perfect, it bakes just enough bread for one or two people so there’s no waste. The instruction book is straightforward, and it has a few recipes inside to get you started. I’ve only had the machine a couple of days and I’ve already made the simple white crusty loaf twice. My home smells delicious. I think my next loaf is going to be a banana bread (my own recipe) baked on the sweet setting… it’s time to experiment! The only slight niggle - which other reviews did mention - is the mixing paddle gets stuck in the loaf. I’ve tried giving it a spritz of oil before the ingredients go in, but it still bakes in there. You can dig it out with a spoon or leave it in there till you reach the middle when slicing. Other than that, for the price it’s a great little machine, I highly recommend it.