With so many gadgets out there and so many opinions it can be hard to know what to get when you are just starting out in your baking journey. Let me share all of the essential tools that will help you get going.
These are the tools that you definitely need in your kitchen. I will also tell you if you need multiples or why you should invest in a certain tool. Let me take away all of the guess work and make it easy for you.
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I have linked all of my suggestions. You do not need to buy these exact ones but I have found it personally helpful when I can see what someone is showing me rather than just hearing it.
I will also break it down into different categories. This should also make it easier for you.
- Measuring
- Essential tools for mixing
- Shaping tools
- Essential tools for cooking/baking
- The luxury tools that are nice to have but not essential
Measuring
- Measuring Cups
- Kitchen Scales Add more accuracy to your baking
- Measuring spoons try to find one with the 1/8th spoon measurement
- Measuring jug
Essential tools for mixing
- Whisks I suggest buying metal whisks and not the plastic ones.
- Mixing bowls. Yes you need multiples, 3 will be enough.
- Wooden Spoons and Spatulas, I love wood but having at least one silicone is the best option it scrapes out bowls a lot more efficiently
- Electric hand mixer. This wont take up a lot of space but will make life so much easier as well as faster.
- Sieve
Shaping tools
- Cookie scoops one small one large not necessary essential but I love mine and you wont regret the purchase
- Cookie cutters start with simple round cutters in multiple sizes they usually come in a set
- Rolling Pin
Essential tools for cooking/baking
- Cookie sheets I recommend having two. Saves having to bake multiple batches separately
- Round cake tins perfect for cakes, having two means you can make sandwich cakes, 8 inches are a good standard size
- Square cake tin either 8 or 9 inch tins should work for most recipes.
- Muffin tin
- Cooling rack again more than one would be ideal, I love my stacking racks I have had them for years.
- Parchment paper, no it isn’t technically a tool but it is worth having on hand
The luxury tools that are nice to have but not essential
- Stand mixer It goes without saying that it is undoubtedly on most bakers’ wish lists. Personally, I absolutely love mine, and as a result, I couldn’t imagine doing without it now.
- Silicone baking mats they replace the need to use parchment paper all the time.
I hope you have found these suggestions helpful as you start on your own baking journey. Over time you will expand from this list and tailor it more to your own needs. But these staples will always have a place in any bakers
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