BAKING
All the kit you need to become a great baker
“I
t’s hard to believe that some people actually prefer baking cakes than eating them! Crazy. But
baking is more popular than ever, partly in thanks to the phenomenon that is/was The Great
British Bake Off. It’s impossible in our house to embark on a baking session without one of my
daughter’s shouting ‘Ready… Steady… Baaaake!’ To get you on the road to becoming a star baker you
only really need a few essential bits of kit – mixing bowls, sieve, measuring jug/spoons, scales, rolling
pin, wooden spoon, spatula, whisk, cake tins.”
Joseph Joseph Nordic Ware
Nest 9 Piece Set Fleur De Lis
Bundt Pan
Satisfyingly space saving
and good looking enough
to keep out on the worktop
where you need them,
rather than at the back of a
dark cupboard when your
cake mix is in peril.
£36.00
A lifetime warranty and a
flower of the lily design
that could create cakes fit
for royalty. Or Mary Berry,
which is pretty much the
same thing.
£35.99
Paul Hollywood
Rolling Pin
Mr Hollywood’s baking
range is, like the man
himself, practical and
rugged. The measurements
on this beechwood rolling
pin save messing about
with rulers.
£9.99
Fred Russian Doll Jamie Oliver
Measuring Cups Garlic Slice N
American baking still loves Press
its cup measures, making
these practical for any cook
who looks to the internet
for baking recipes. The
matryoshka styling makes
them easy to store too.
£9.00
As the name rather gives
away, this slices and
crushes and will take the
sort of great big cloves of
garlic that Jamie is always
bashing up on TV.
£13.94
Electrical
“W
hether it’s to make your life easier in the kitchen or just to earn some bragging rights over
your mates with the latest piece of kit, there are literally hundreds of electrical items vying
for worktop space. I’ve got my eye on the Smart Breakfast Master this Christmas. I wonder if I could
get away with setting it up on the bedside table à la teasmade for a fried breakfast in bed?”
Sage by Heston
Blumenthal The
Oracle Coffee
Machine
The world’s first automatic
manual espresso machine.
It does all the grinding,
dosing, tamping and
frothing for you without the
need to sublet your spare
bedroom to a barista.
£1439
Smart Breakfast
Master
Make the most important
meal of the day the
simplest with this all-in-one
cooked breakfast delivering
machine. It can poach,
boil or fry your eggs while
toasting your bread. You
can even slip some bacon
on to fry as well.
£59.99
KitchenAid
Artisan Siphon
Coffee Maker
The siphon method uses a
vacuum to brew its coffee,
which means a smooth,
complex end result and a
swirling vortex to marvel
at as it does its thing. A
perfect combo of science,
theatre, and flavour.
£139
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Sage by Heston
Blumenthal
No-Mess
Waffle Maker
A moat catches and cooks
overflow, making this as ‘no
mess’ as you’d expect from
the precise and tidy Mr
Blumenthal. You can select
seven shades of waffle
brownness too.
£99.95
Delonghi
Distinta Matt
Copper Kettle
This fine, rather distinctive
looking kettle features
a 360-degree cord
free swivel base and a
removable scale filter to
prevent the scandal that
is scummy bits floating in
your cuppa.
£89.95
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