The best baking equipment every baker needs
Whether you're a brand new beginner or a seasoned home baker looking to refine your setup, having the right equipment is key to success. This guide will walk you through the essential baking equipment every home baker needs, from must-have basics to helpful upgrades. Discover the best baking tools to invest in, understand their importance, and unlock your full baking potential.
Baker's Essentials
Top 10 Essential Baking Equipment
If there's one bakery item that gets used every day, it's our sifting machine. For home bakers a sifter is an essential item for sifting ingredients that clump together - because no one wants a crumb of dutch cocoa powder or baking powder in their bite of a cupcake! Take note, however, that not all ingredients need sifting. You can skip the flour, but always sift your icing sugar for a smooth buttercream.
2. Stand Mixer
It’s no secret a stand mixer will make your baking days easier and more efficient. But that doesn't mean you have to race out and buy the most expensive mixer on the market. The best mixer is the one you can afford, so be sure to shop around!
3. Cake Tins
As far as cake tins go, there are certain brands and materials that are way better than others. Fat Daddio's is a personal favourite, known for their anodized aluminum pans (which results in even heating and durable pans that will last a lifetime).
If you ask me what my favourite thing to bake is, macarons would win every time. There’s just something so therapeutic about making them! Perhaps it is the concentration required to get them right, which allows you to totally switch off your mind from anything else. Having a pair of macaron mats is essential to making perfect macarons that are uniform every time. Join me for my macaron masterclass if you’d like to bake along with me and get my fail-proof recipe!
If you’ve ever wondered how cake decorators keep their cakes fresh by making them in advance, you need to know about sugar soaking! This soaker bottle is the perfect way to soak your cakes with simple syrup to increase their lifespan.
As a baker, oven mitts are an essential part of your tool kit. For me, oven mitts are kind of like shoes for fashion people - I just can’t buy enough of them! These oven mitts from Amazon come in a bunch of colours at an affordable price, so stock up!
In the bakery I always measure everything in grams. For bakers and pastry chefs this is pretty normal, as it ensures more accuracy in baking. If you plan on developing recipes, it is a great habit to adopt as early as possible and these small kitchen scales are the perfect addition to your home kitchen.
If there’s one thing in my baker’s tool kit I could not live without, it’s an offset spatula. I use these nifty tools to ice and stack all of my cakes, as well as decorating them.
Another cake decorating tool I cannot live without is my cake turntable. Investing in a sturdy turntable is a no brainer if you ask me, especially when you’re making tens of cakes each day!
Finally, these fondant letter stamps have become a staple in our kitchens at the bakery. We use these to stamp the letters for our heart cakes and vintage style cakes, which is how we get those perfect letters on the top of the cakes.
Books For Beginner Bakers
1. "The Cake Bible" by Rose Levy Beranbaum:
This meticulously detailed book is a great starting point for all things cake. The book itself is full of great recipes and explanations and is a favourite among cake bakers and decorators.
2. "The King Arthur Baking Company Baker's Companion":
A comprehensive baking book with a wide variety of recipes, baker's tips, and a focus on using quality ingredients. This is a great starting point for anyone considering a career path in baking or patisserie.
3. "Jenna Rae Cakes & Sweet Treats":
When I started my baking journey one of the bakeries that inspired me most was a small pastel coloured cakery in Winnipeg, Canada, named Jenna Rae Cakes. Their debut book is a great modern baking book for beginners.
4. "Sweet Enough: A dessert cookbook":
When you're looking to upgrade your dessert game from bakery goods to desserts, look no further than Alison Roman's debut sweets cookbook. I'm a huge fan of her work for being fuss free and just downright delicious, and her baked goods are no exception.
As far as famous bakeries go, Milk Bar has always been one of my absolute favourites. With locations across America, you can now create some of the best selling bakes from your home kitchen.
The Author: Brooki
Brooki is the owner of Brooki Bakehouse, a popular online bakery with multiple locations in Australia. We hope you love baking with us!
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