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MEASURING SPOON – used for measuring small quantities of ingredients

like vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda, salt and other minor ingredients.

TIMER – monitors the baking time and rising of yeast.

WEIGHING SCALE – used to measure large quantities of ingredients. For

baking purposes, a Dietetic or Spring Form Scale, where small quantities of
ingredients are weighed.
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MIXING BOWL – comes in various sizes with sloping sides to ease mixing. It
can be made of pottery, glass, metal, or plastic, stainless steel mixing bowl are best
used in baking.

ROTARY EGG BEATER – it is used for beating egg or whipping cream

manually.

FLOUR SIFTER – used for sifting and adding air to flour and other dry
ingredients.
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FRENCH KNIVES – are all purpose knives used for a variety of chopping,
slicing, and mincing tasks.

BREAD KNIFE – is usually has a serrated edge. This helps cut bread of cake
without crushing it.

GREATER – it used to grate food into finer form.

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METAL SPATULA – this also called palette knife. A large spatula is used for
frosting cakes, while small spatula is used to loosen cookies from the pan and to
level the flour.

ROLLING PIN – it rolls out, flattens or thins the dough or paste. It may be
made of wood, metal, marble or synthetic materials.

PASTRY BLENDER – It cuts fat into pieces to be able to coat it with flour in
pie making.
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PASTRY TIP/PIPING TUBES – they are plastic or metal tubes attached at

the tip of the pastry bag to achieve the desired design when piping our icing.
Piping tubes can bought at good stores, or shops selling catering equipment and
cake icing centers. They are available in both plastic and metal.

BAKING UTENSILS

OVEN – an equipment used for baking, heating, or drying food.

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