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K To 12 Bread and Pastry Learning Module

Baking tools and equipment come in a variety of shapes and sizes to prepare and bake different food items. Common tools include various pans for cakes, muffins, and breads. Other essential tools are cutters, mixers, sifters, graters, and various measuring cups and spoons for preparing ingredients accurately. Ovens are the main appliances used for baking and come in different types like deck ovens, rack ovens, and convection ovens to bake items on sheets or racks in high volumes. Additional equipment includes pastry bags, spatulas, timers and scales to shape, remove and measure ingredients.

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K To 12 Bread and Pastry Learning Module

Baking tools and equipment come in a variety of shapes and sizes to prepare and bake different food items. Common tools include various pans for cakes, muffins, and breads. Other essential tools are cutters, mixers, sifters, graters, and various measuring cups and spoons for preparing ingredients accurately. Ovens are the main appliances used for baking and come in different types like deck ovens, rack ovens, and convection ovens to bake items on sheets or racks in high volumes. Additional equipment includes pastry bags, spatulas, timers and scales to shape, remove and measure ingredients.

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BAKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT AND THEIR USES

1. Baking wares are made of glass or metal containers for batter and dough with
various sizes and shapes.
Cake pans - comes in different sizes and shapes and may be round square rectangular
or heart shaped.
1. Tube center pan deeper than a round pan and with a
hollow center, it is removable which is used to bake chiffon type
cakes

2. Muffin pan - has 12 formed cups for baking muffins and


cup cakes

3. Pop over pan is used for cooking pop over

4. Jelly roll pan is shallow rectangular pan used for baking rolls

5. Bundt pan is a round pan with scalloped sides used for


baking elegant and special cakes

6. Custard cup is made of porcelain or glass used for


baking individual custard

7. Griddle pans are used to bake griddles

8. Loaf Pan is used to bake loaf bread


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2. Cutting tools include a knife and chopping board that are used to cut
glazed fruit, nuts, or other ingredients in baking.

3. Biscuit and doughnut cutter is used to cut and shape biscuit or


doughnut.

4. Electric mixer is used for different baking procedure for beating,


stirring and blending.

5. Flour sifter is used for sifting flour.

6. Grater is used to grate cheese, chocolate, and other fresh fruits.

7. Kitchen shears - are used to slice rolls and delicate cakes.

8. Measuring cups consist of two types namely:


a. A graduated cup with fractions (1, 3/4, 2/3, , 1/3, , 1/8) marked
on each side.
b. A measuring glass made of transparent glass or plastic is more
accurate for measuring.
9. Measuring spoons consist of a set of measuring spoons used to
measure small quantities of ingredients.

10.
Mixing bowl comes in graduated sizes and has sloping sides
used for mixing ingredients.

11. Mortar and Pestle is used to pound or ground ingredients.

12. Paring knife is used to pare or cut fruits and vegetables into different sizes.

13. Pastry bag a funnel shaped container of icing or whipped cream

14. Pastry blender has a handle and with wire which I used to cut fat or
shortening in the preparation of pies, biscuits or doughnuts.

15. Pastry brush is used in greasing pans or surface of pastries and breads.

16. Pastry tip- is a pointed metal or plastic tube connected to the opening of the
pastry and is used to form desired designs.

17. Pastry wheel has a blade knife used to cut dough when making pastries.

18. Rotary egg beater is used in beating eggs or whipping cream.

19. Rolling pin is used to flatten or roll the dough.

20. Rubber scrapper is used to remove bits of food in side of the bowl.

21. Spatula comes in different sizes; small spatula are used to remove muffins
and molded cookies from pans which is 5 to 6 inches; large spatula for icing
or frosting cakes; flexible blade is used for various purposes.

22. Strainer is used to strain or sift dry ingredients.

23. Timer is used to in timing baked products, the rising of yeast and to
check the doneness of cakes.

24. Weighing scale is used to measure ingredients in large quantities.

25. Utility tray is used to hold ingredients together.

26. Wire whisk is used to beat or whip egg whites or cream.

27. Wooden spoon is also called mixing spoon which comes in various
sizes suitable for different types of mixing.

OTHER BAKING

1. Cake decorator (Cylindrical) is used in decorating or designing


cake and other pastry products.

2. Cookie press is used to mold and shape cookies.

OVENS
Ovens are the workhorses of the bakery and pastry shop and are essential for producing the
bakery products. Ovens are enclosed spaces in which food is heated, usually by hot air.
Several kinds of ovens are used in baking.
A. DECK OVENS are so called because the items to be baked either on sheet pans or
in the case of some bread freestanding are placed directly on the bottom, or deck of
oven. This is also called STACK OVEN because several may be stacked on top of
one another. Breads are baked directly on the floor of the oven and not in pans. Deck
oven for baking bread are equipped with steam ejector.

1. RACK OVEN is a large oven into which entire racks full of sheet pans can be
wheeled for baking.

DECK OVEN
RACK OVEN
2. MECHANICAL OVEN The food is in motion while it bakes in this type of oven. The
most common types are a revolving oven, in which his mechanism is like that of a
Ferris wheel. The mechanical action eliminates the problem of hot spots or uneven
baking because the mechanism rotates throughout the oven. Because of its size it is
especially used in high volume operations. It can also be equipped with steam
ejector.

3. CONVECTION OVEN contains fans that circulate the air and distribute the heat
rapidly throughout the interior. Strong forced air can distort the shape of the products
made with batter and soft dough.

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OTHER BAKING EQUIPMENT


Dutch oven is a thick-walled (usually cast iron) cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid. Dutch
ovens have been used as cooking vessels for hundreds of years. They are called casserole
dishes in English speaking countries other than the USA, and cocottes in French, They are
similar to both the Japanese tetsunabe and the Sa, a traditional Balkan cast-iron oven, and
are related to the South African Potjie and the Australian Bedourie oven.

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