Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Bread-and-Pastry-Baking Tools
Bread-and-Pastry-Baking Tools
1. Measuring Cups (Liquid and Dry) and Spoons - ensure precise and
consistent measurement for all recipes and are perfect for baking or
cooking.
4. Flour Sifter- A flour sifter is a kitchen device that looks like a cup with
a handle and a mesh strainer on the bottom. Some sifters have
mechanical blades that help push the flour through the mesh, while
others don't.
9. Offset Spatula/ Spreader - The offset spatulas keeps your fingers out
of the icing and the straight spatulas are essential all round tools for any
baker. Whether it's frosting a cupcake, a pastry, a pie, or the side of a
cake, you can be sure these spatulas will spread the icing with ease.
10. Pastry Tips - Commonly used for decorating cakes, cupcakes, and
other baked goods, pastry bags and tips are versatile tools that can be
used for many different tasks in the kitchen. For example, you can use
pastry bags for piping mashed potatoes, meringue, dough, and much
more.
20. Rolling Pin - This is a long, thin cylinder used to flatten dough into
sheets, rolling it out on a wooden or marble board. It has two handles
on the side, making it easier to use. It can be made of wood or plastic.
13. Fine-Mesh Sieve - Sieves with a fine mesh have a mesh hole that is approximately 1/32
inch in size. This Sieve works well for draining lighter fluids and retaining particles such as fruit
seeds that may be able to run through larger sized mesh Sieves.
14. Chef's Knife - A chef's knife (also called a French knife) has a
broad, tapered shape and a fine sharp edge. Its blade ranges in length
from 6 to 12 inches and measures at least 1-1/2 inches at the widest
point. It is designed so it rocks on a cutting board as it cuts food.
15. Paring Knife - Paring knives (also called peeling knives) are very
versatile, and a mainstay of the professional kitchen as a result. Many
cooks use them to peel or cut fruit and vegetables into small pieces, or
to carry out other similar precision work.
21. Loaf Pan - A bread pan, also called a loaf pan, is a kitchen utensil in
the form of a container in which bread is baked. Its function is to shape
bread while it is rising during baking. The most common shape of the bread pan is the loaf, or
narrow rectangle, a convenient form that enables uniform slicing.
22. Pie Pan - pie pan (plural pie pans) (cooking) A pan for holding and
shaping the dough and filling of a pie, made of a heat-conducting metal,
glass or other ceramic, and (more recently) silicone.
23. Square Baking Pan - Standard square cake pans are also 8 or 9
inches wide and 1 ½ inches in depth. For good quality cake pans,
purchase pans that are made of heavy-gauge aluminum. Other
materials that are used consist of tinned steel, stainless steel, glass,
silicone and stone.
24. Wire Rack - A cooling rack (also known simply as a wire rack) is
used to allow air to circulate freely to cool baked goods, and to
prevent them getting soggy from condensation. A tight grid is typically
the best format for a cooling rack, to prevent thin baked goods from
breaking or falling through.
31. Ramekins - a small dish for baking and serving an individual portion
of food. A quantity of food served in a ramekin, in particular a small
quantity of cheese baked with breadcrumbs, eggs, and seasoning.
32. Fluted Tube Pan - A fluted tube pan is a pan for baking cakes in. It
has fluted sides, and a hollow tube coming up through the middle. It is
like a tube cake pan (aka angel food cake pan) with the exception of the
sides.