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So I decided that after the success of my other blog posts – my favourite baking appliances<\/a>, and my favourite food colourings<\/a>, that I would do another one! This time, it is my favourite baking equipment! This post is about all of the pieces of equipment I use every week, and often I use most of them every day! <\/p>\n I have, along side so many other bakers, SO MANY PIECES OF EQUIPMENT in my kitchen, and I have discovered what I love more than other stuff throughout the years – so I thought I would list it all for you here! I often get questions on what I use anyway, so I thought this is an easy post for you all to refer to if you ever wonder! <\/p>\n Equipment can vary depending on what part of the baking process you are in, so I have utensils, bowls, when you are baking, cake decorating, after baking and baking cups & liners within this post, but if there is anything missing off that you are wondering about – comment below!! x<\/p>\n Please note that these links are affiliate links so I will earn a commission from any sales through the links. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Spatulas<\/a><\/strong> – Spatulas are probably one of my most used utensils EVER.. and I just can’t possibly have enough of them in my kitchen at any one time. I use at least 20 spatulas<\/a> a day when I am developing recipes and you would be silly to not have many as well! <\/p>\n Cookie scoops<\/a><\/strong> – cookie scoops, ice cream scoops, whatever you want to call them… I love them. I use 5cm cookie scoops ALL of the time for my cookies, also to portion cupcake batter into a baking cup, and when I am just eating ice cream. The set of cookie scoops<\/a> has a slightly larger one which is good for bigger cookies, and so on!<\/p>\n Measuring Spoons<\/a><\/strong> – these are some of the most important things you can have in a kitchen, as I use them for baking, cooking, and so on. I love this shape measuring spoon<\/a> because they fit more easily into pots, and you can easily level them out. <\/p>\n Cake Testers<\/a><\/strong> – one of the most important things I think anyone can use in cake baking, and I have many. Some people insert a knife into their bakes to test them, but in my opinion, you shouldn’t – you need a smaller surface area tester such as these cake testers<\/a>! <\/p>\n Pastry Brush<\/strong><\/a> – I think these are the sort of utensils that can be forgotten about – and yet I use mine all the time. You can get silicone ones as I have in the spatula set<\/a> above, or you can get this style<\/a> – these are definitely my favourite. <\/p>\n Citrus Juicer<\/a><\/strong> – This one may be a bit more niche, but worth it still in my opinion. I find it the easiest to use and control compared to the ones you press down on – and I love it<\/a>! <\/p>\n Grater<\/a><\/strong> – I obviously use a grater quite a lot when baking – and whilst this one<\/a> may be slightly better for grating something such as carrot, this one is the best<\/a> for everything else – grated citrus fruits, grating nutmeg etc… I am obsessed. <\/p>\n Whisks<\/a> <\/strong>– I think a balloon whisk<\/a> is extremely underrated sometimes, and it is often easier to use compared to using an electric mixer. I use my balloon whisk often to whip my cream for my cheesecake decoration and it’s just so quick and easy! <\/p>\n Rolling Pin<\/strong><\/a> – obviously a key part in any kitchen… whether you are decorating a cake, making scones, making cinnamon rolls etc… a rolling pin<\/a> should be in every single kitchen! <\/p>\n BOWLS & JUGS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Pyrex bowls<\/strong><\/a> – This may seem like a silly thing to list, but honestly… these are so good! I always use these bowls in my videos when I am making recipes to mix stuff in, and the varying sizes are so useful! I have used them for years, and will always be obsessed. <\/p>\n Measuring bowls<\/a><\/strong> – Also when making my videos, or even just baking… I like to weigh out my ingredients. I use a mixture of large glass bowls<\/a>, medium glass bowls<\/a> and small glass bowls<\/a> and I love them. It makes life so much easier if you pre-weigh your ingredients into these sort of bowls!<\/p>\n Pyrex jugs<\/strong><\/a> – These are something I use often for measuring, but also for what I make my ganache drips in, for when I am melting chocolate… and so on! They are obviously also SO useful for measuring liquids for recipes. <\/p>\n Ceramic bowls<\/strong><\/a> – I have a mixture of mason cash bowls<\/a> in my equipment, because they are beautiful, and heavy duty. I love them – and they can come in such big sizes, which is great when making things like rocky road as you need a lot of mixing space! <\/p>\n Sugar\/Jam thermometer<\/strong><\/a> – Often something I recommend to use… a sugar thermometer.<\/a> They are super useful when you are making classic fudge recipes, jam, and so on! They usually clip onto your pan as well so you don’t have to hold them! <\/p>\n Thermometer<\/strong><\/a> – a general thermometer is also really really useful – I use these if I want to make things and test the temperature quickly, but also I use this thermometer<\/a> often when cooking because it really is so good! <\/p>\n Oven thermometer<\/strong><\/a> – Something I recommend ALL OF THE TIME. I say about these over and over and over because I want to make sure your cakes are baking as good as they possibly can… and an oven thermometer<\/a> is the way to go! Some ovens can be out by 50\u00bac sometimes, so it’s worth it!<\/p>\n Weighing scales<\/strong><\/a> – I feel like this is an obvious one… but weighing scales<\/a>. I cannot stress the importance enough of using weighing scales to make sure that your ingredients are measured correctly! I use this set of scales at the moment and I love them! <\/p>\n Bulldog clips<\/a><\/strong> – A handy trick when you are prepping a bake – clip the parchment paper to the sides of the tin (such as when making millionaires shortbread) and the paper won’t budge! SO much easier! <\/p>\n Sieves<\/strong><\/a> – Something that everyone should have in their baking cupboard… a sieve.<\/a> No, I don’t sieve too many things, but these are ESSENTIAL when making bakes such as macarons. You need to sieve those ingredients! <\/p>\n Baking cups<\/strong><\/a> – MY FAVOURITE THINGS EVER! If you have followed me for a while, you know I am utterly obsessed with baking cups<\/a>. There are spotty ones, plain ones, stripy ones, and so on… I love baking cups<\/a>. I use them all of the time as I love them!<\/p>\n Muffin cases<\/strong><\/a> – I love tulip muffin cases<\/a> the most because they are just beautiful – but you can use regular muffin cases too. I just love anything muffin size! <\/p>\n Cupcake cases<\/a><\/strong> – if you don’t want to go down the baking cup route, I recommend cupcake cases like these… because they bake well! Some cupcake cases<\/a> really don’t bake well (poor quality!) which is unfortunate, but I do love these ones. <\/p>\n Round parchment circles<\/strong><\/a> – This maaaay seem lazy… but they are worth it. I bake so many 8″ cakes, I just whack these straight in the tins and save myself a tonne of time. <\/p>\n Baking tray parchment<\/strong><\/a> – I am just obsessed with these too, I won’t lie. They are perfect for my large baking trays! <\/p>\n Parchment\/Greaseproof<\/a> <\/strong>– not something I ever really though about before, but the amount of questions I get about this! I always use the same brand as I find it by far the best, and it really is so good! I promise! <\/p>\n Cooling rack<\/strong><\/a> – probably something every baker in the world has in their cupboards right?! You need to cool your bakes correctly guys, it will help so much! <\/p>\n Cake leveller<\/strong><\/a> – These are necessarily essential, but when people ask ‘how are you cakes so level?’ this is why! They are easy to use, and the best way to get a perfectly level cake. <\/p>\n Clingfilm<\/strong><\/a> – again, a weird one to suggest… but I love this clingfilm<\/a>. It’s worth it for when you have to let bread proof, when you are wrapping your cakes for freezing, etc! <\/p>\n Foil<\/strong><\/a> – same as above – so so useful for when you are baking\/cooking, and when you are freezing cakes! I tend to double wrap my cakes in clingfilm, and then wrap in foil<\/a>! <\/p>\n Offset spatula\/Palette knife<\/strong><\/a> – These are SO IMPORTANT. I cannot stress this enough… I use these all of the time. I have at least 5 in my drawer at any one time because I am always using them. They are great to use to spread buttercream, chocolate, ganache etc! Little palette knives<\/a> (for or offset spatulas as some people call them) are great! <\/p>\n Small cake scraper<\/a><\/strong> – I will bang on and on about cake scrapers<\/a> until the end of my cake decorating days, because I need them all of the time. They are so useful for spreading and making a cheesecake top even, or starting a crumb coat for a cake! They are the dream. <\/p>\n Large cake scraper<\/strong><\/a> – when I want to make a full drip cake, a large metal cake scraper<\/a> is all I ever want. The metal part of it is useful, as you can heat the scraper to get a smoother finish on your cakes, but also, the sharp 90\u00ba edge to the scraper helps endlessly when decorating cakes! <\/p>\n Turntable<\/strong><\/a> – One of the most important things for cake decorating… a turntable<\/a>. They are practically vital if you want to have a perfectly smooth edge to your cake, because the moving of the cake along with your scraper is essential. They are just also useful for decorating anything else! <\/p>\n Cake dowels<\/strong><\/a> – Not that I have posted many stacked cakes on my blog… but dowels<\/a> are so important. If you want to make a tiered cake, you MUST STACK WITH DOWELS. If you don’t, your cakes may sink awfully! <\/p>\n Find my Recipes on my Recipes Page<\/a>!<\/p>\n You can find me on: J x<\/p>\n \u00a9 Jane\u2019s Patisserie<\/strong>. All images & content are copyright protected. Do not use my images without prior permission. If you want to republish this post, please re-write the post in your own words and credit me, or link back to this post for the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to my blog post about my favourite pieces of baking equipment that I use when I am decorating all of my bakes! So I decided that after the success of my other blog posts – my favourite baking appliances, and my favourite food colourings, that I would do another one! 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<\/h2>\nUTENSILS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/h2>\nWHEN BAKING<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/h2>\nBAKING CUPS & LINERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/h2>\nCAKE DECORATING<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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