This document describes various tools and equipment used in baking. It discusses measuring cups and spoons for dry and wet ingredients. Other tools mentioned include mixing bowls, strainers, spatulas, whisks, egg beaters, electric mixers, rolling pins, pastry cutters, brushes, blenders, pans like jelly roll pans, muffin pans, and loaf pans. Ovens are also briefly described as used for heating and baking substances.

2. Baking Tools and
Equipment

3. Tools
-are devices that can be used to achieve a task, but not consumed in
the process.
-can be manipulated by hand.
Equipment
-More complicated tool, it provides to carry out a particular process or
function.

4. Measuring Cups
For measuring dry ingredients :
Made of aluminium, stainless steel or
plastic. Come in sets of 1/8-cup to 2-
cup sizes.
For measuring liquid ingredients:
These cups, made of glass or plastic,
come in 1 to 8-cup sizes. Measures
are marked on the side and cup has a
spout for pouring the measured
ingredients.

5. Measuring Spoons come in sets of 1/8
teaspoon to 1 tablespoon. They can be
made of metal or plastic. Are used to
measure small quantities of liquid and
dry ingredients.
Weighing Scale is a piece of kitchen
equipment used to weigh foods such as
flour and sugar in large quantities rather
than using a measuring cup.

6. A mixing bowl is used to hold
ingredients you are mixing, beating or
whipping. It can be made of glass,
aluminum, stainless steel, enamel,
ceramic, copper or plastic. Common
sizes of mixing bowls range from 1-
quart to 4-quart.
Strainer is used to strain or sift dry
ingredients like flour and sugar.

7. A spatula is a flat, narrow kitchen
utensil, made from rubber, plastic or
metal, that comes in several sizes.
Flexible metal spatulas are good for
spreading frostings and icings on cakes.
Rubber scrapper is used to remove bits of
food in side of the bowl.
Wooden spoon is also called mixing
spoon which comes in various sizes
suitable for different types of mixing.

8. An egg separator is a plastic or metal
kitchen tool used to separate the white
from the egg yolk. When using this
utensil the egg white falls through the
opening and the yolk stays whole in the
top.
A wire whisk is made from a series of
looped wires fastened at the top by a
long handle. Whisks are used to whip air
into ingredients, such as egg whites or
whipping cream.

9. An egg beater is a hand-held
kitchen tool with two beaters. It is
used to beat eggs, whipping cream
or egg whites, as well as mix
batters, like pancakes.
An electric mixer is a kitchen
appliance used to beat, mix or
whip batter. It can be small and
portable for small jobs or larger
and more powerful for more
difficult jobs. Many of the more
powerful stand mixers have
special attachments such as dough
hooks or paddle beaters.

10. A rolling pin is a long round cylinder
used to roll out dough or crush
cracker crumbs.
Rolling pins are generally made from
wood, but can be made from marble,
glass, ceramic, porcelain or plastic.
A pastry crimping wheel is a rolling-
bladed tool with a fluted design. It is
used to cut dough and add a
decorative edge treatment to pie
crusts.
A pastry cutter has a straight-edged
rolling wheel and is often used to cut
narrow strips of dough for a lattice
topped pie.

11. Pastry Brush is a baking tool that
looks similar to a small paintbrush,
about 1 to 1 1/2-inches thick.
Common liquids used with a
pastry brush are milk, water and
egg whites. Also use for greasing
pans.
A pastry blender is made of five or
six parallel U-shaped steel wires
attached at both ends to a handle.
It is used to cut cold butter into a
flour mixture to distribute the fat
without melting it such as in
making pie crusts or biscuits.

12. Jelly-Roll Pan is a very shallow,
rectangular pan used to bake thin cakes
or bars. It is generally are made from
aluminium.
Muffin Pan is a special metal baking
pan, sometimes referred to as a muffin
tin, with 6 or 12 cup-shaped depressions.
Most often this pan is made from
aluminum.

13. Loaf Pan is used to bake loaf bread.
Tube center pan deeper than a round
pan and with a hollow center, it is
removable which is used to bake
chiffon type cakes

14. An oven is a thermally insulated
chamber used for the heating, baking
or drying of a substance, and most
commonly used for cooking.