What to Buy When You’re Just Learning to Bake (Without Spending Too Much)

I have a sweet tooth, and since you’re reading this, I assume you do too. Cakes, pies, cookies, and muffins all satisfy this craving. Whether you have just developed an interest in baking and are beginning to learn to become an expert, satisfying sweet tooths like me, it is always a gradual process, and the bakeware used will have to reflect this. 

Nothing too expensive, but everything practical that will serve you adequately. I have compiled this list of budget-friendly bakeware that baking beginners can utilise as they start their journey.

1. Oven

The Casio MTP-B120RL-5AVDF has a versatile design and a unique dial that resembles the warm glow of a lamp. It also doesn’t sacrifice functionality for style, as this timepiece includes a day and date display and is water-resistant up to 50 meters. 

The Nikai Electric Oven-NT40RZ is a versatile and cost-efficient option for baking beginners. It features a spacious 40-liter capacity and multiple cooking modes, including baking, grilling, and roasting (its in-built rotisserie works well for roasts and chicken). It offers adjustable temperature and a timer for precise control. It also utilises convection cooking, which allows for even heat distribution. 

Additional features include an inner light, a 60-minute timer, and accessories such as a bake tray, wire rack, tray handle, rotisserie fork, and handle.

Price: ₦119,336. Where to Buy: Shop Deluxe 

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2. Mixer

Maxi Standing Mixer with Bowl—Price: ₦46,000. Where to Buy: Shop Fouanistore.

With a mixer, tasks such as whipping cream, mixing batter, and kneading dough are made easier. Mixers save your effort for other tasks and prevent tired arms. 

A hand mixer performs these tasks while being held, as the name suggests. But stand mixers offer the same functionality and are hands-free. With this, your hands can add more ingredients to your mix, or you can do other activities while it is being mixed.

Scarlet Super Hand Mixer

Price: ₦9,000. Where to Buy: Shop Jumia.

3. Mixing Bowl

Mixing bowls help you mix ingredients thoroughly, whether you're whisking eggs, creaming butter and sugar for cookies, or folding flour into a cake batter. Having a set of various sizes is best as it allows for different quantities of ingredients and stages of the baking process.

Made from durable, food-grade stainless steel, this mixing bowl is easy to clean, rust-resistant, and safe for high temperatures. Its comfortable, labour-saving design makes it suitable for baking and general kitchen use.

Price: ₦13,999. Where to Buy: Jumia.

4. Palette Knife

A palette knife, despite its name, is not exactly a knife. Instead, this flat, blunt utensil is designed for lifting and transferring delicate baked goods without causing damage. It is useful for tasks such as flipping crumpets and biscuits neatly, as well as smoothing fillings and toppings on cakes and other baked goods.

Price: ₦7,900. Where to Buy: Jumia.

5. Baking Pans

Baking pans shape and contain batter or dough while it bakes in the oven. They come in various shapes and sizes for different baked items, such as cakes, muffins, loaves, and cookies.

Price: ₦15,500. Where to Buy: Shop Sugarbitts.

6. Measuring Cup and Spoon

Price: ₦3,700. Where to Buy: Shop Markets ng

Baking is more of a science than an art. Trusting your gut or guessing is hardly ever advisable. Everything has to be measured, and measuring cups and spoons help with that. 

Price: ₦750. Where to Buy: Shop Onigbinde stores.

7. Cooling Rack

A cooling rack is a wire grid that allows air to circulate underneath and around freshly baked goods after they are removed from the oven. This helps the items cool down evenly and prevents moisture from accumulating on the bottom, which can lead to soggy bottoms, especially for items like cookies, cakes, and muffins.

Price: ₦8,900. Where to Buy: Kitchessence

8. Baking Tray

Baking trays are flat, rectangular metal sheets that hold the baked items in the oven.

Price: ₦16,900. Where to Buy: Kitchessence

9. Turntable

Turntables in baking are a rotating platform used for decorating cakes. You spin the platform and apply your frosting or other decorative substances. It helps you reach all sides of the cake easily, without having to reposition yourself or the cake constantly.

Price: ₦4,200. Where to Buy: Sonka baking materials.

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