New To Baking
Hey, friends who love baking! Have you ever felt like your shopping habits have changed since you fell in love with baking? The most common purchases are baking books and baking tools.
If you are new to baking and wondering which tool is the most practical to buy, this article is for you.
Before a novice baker wants to try it, he must first know the common ingredients in the recipe, the second is to know how to read the recipe correctly, and then start to prepare suitable tools.
1. Measuring Spoons & Cups
The amount of ingredients in a recipe is often expressed in terms of volume, such as: a few cups , a few grams , a few tablespoons /small spoons , a few ml/cc, or even It's a few ounces.
Although it can be converted into weight, it is a bit too tiring to take out the electronic scale every time you prepare a material... Measuring spoons and measuring cups are one of the essential tools for baking.
Stainless steel measuring spoons are recommended here. Never buy plastic ones. You will know the reason after measuring the liquid oil. Stainless steel is also OK in contact with acidic substances or hot water.
2. Multifunction Food Scale
Baking is an exact science, and seemingly subtle differences, even as little as 1-2 grams, may be the reason for the failure of the finished product. Therefore, it is very important for beginners to have a reliable electronic scale.
3. Fine Mesh Stainless Steel Strainers
The main function of the screen in baking is to remove impurities in the flour or restore the flour that has been damp and agglomerated to improve the fineness of the baked product.
Baking novice note that due to the different thickness of sieve holes, it can be divided into coarse sieve and fine sieve. Generally, a fine sieve is used to sieve finer powders such as flour, cocoa powder, and matcha powder, such as almond flour. Classes will use a coarse sieve.
4.Silicon Rubber Spatula
A silicone spatula is the best tool for mixing batter, without a doubt. The soft, elastic and flat shape can easily scrape the batter on the edge of the basin, and the high temperature resistant material can be used even when the ingredients are heated.
5. Balloon whisk
When it comes to egg beaters, since you'll probably only buy one, it's best to buy the one that works best for you.
6. Oven Thermometer
Why do you need to prepare an oven thermometer when the oven already has a temperature display? The temperature displayed on the oven panel can easily be wrong with the actual temperature in the oven.
With these tools, your baking work will get twice the result with half the effort.