Home Bakers, Here’s What You Should Always Have On Hand In Your Baking Pantry
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Whether you’re a seasoned baking pro or a home baker who’d like to turn their love for pies and pastries into a small startup, you’ll need the essential tools of the trade to whip up your favorite recipes. Hence, a well-stocked baking pantry is in order.
But as it turns out, you don’t need all the fancy gear and specialty tools to get you started or to produce amazing bakes. Instead, keep your list of baking supplies short and sweet for the time being, and just add to it as you go along. That is, when you feel you’re fully ready and have the proper space and budget to go all out.
Here, we’ve rounded up a home baker’s non-negotiables plus some nice-to-haves for your everyday baking nook. And you’re in luck, as all these can be easily purchased via the SM Malls Online app! You can opt for same-day delivery for your orders, and you can save more when you use the voucher code BAKING250 to get P250 off on a minimum purchase of P750. If you're planning to stock up, use BAKING350 to get P350 off whenever you spend at least P950! Bonus: New users can use the voucher code BAKING50OFF to get 50% off your purchase with no minimum spend.
The must-haves
A beginner’s baking inventory starts with the basics—these are key ingredients for tackling all-day baking projects. With these building blocks, you’ll have everything you need to stir up cookies, muffins, cakes, pies, and pancakes. Everything after that will just be icing on the cake, so to speak—trust us.
Flour
It’s named all-purpose flour for a reason—it’s your baking jack-of-all-trades. Every baking recipe starts with this fundamental. Shop Wonderbake’s Wooden Spoon All-Purpose Flour 1kg via the SM Malls Online app for only P61.
Powdered Sugar
Ground into ultra-fine particles and combined with starch so it doesn’t get clumpy, confectioners’ sugar (aka powdered sugar) is mainly used for frostings and icings. A dusting of confectioners’ sugar will make your baked goods look pretty, too! It’s more than just decoration, though, as this type of sugar is also used to make fudge, cookies, meringues (or pavlova)—and candy, since some types call for this super fine ingredient. Get All About Baking’s Peotraco Confectioners’ Powdered Sugar 2.27kg, which retails for P216, through the SM Malls Online app.
Whipping Cream
This multipurpose cream can be used as whipped topping for your cakes, pies, and other desserts. Rich and heavier than milk, it’s also great for thickening sauces, soups, and ganache. P.S. You can also use a lightly whipped cream as a lavish garnish for your cup of joe or cocoa. Yum! Wonderbake offers the Ever Whip Non-Dairy Whipping Cream in the SM Malls Online app for only P190.
Muffin Pan
There’s lots of sweet and savory fare you can make with a non-stick mini muffin pan apart from just muffins. think quiches, mini cookies, mini shepherd’s pies, meatloaf, muffin pizza bombs (now that sounds delish!), and egg cups, among others. Let the baking and cooking commence by scoring All About Baking’s Non-Stick 24-in-1 Mini Muffin Pan at P355 via the SM Malls Online app.
The nice-to-haves
This is where your basic baker’s pantry starts to get personal—the add-ins. This is when you start customizing your baking corner to your liking or dietary preferences. To each his own, right?
Almond Flour
For a subtle nutty flavor or if you’re following a gluten-free diet, opt for almond flour as a substitute for regular flour. Note though that almond flour (typically made with blanched, skinless almonds) may require more eggs (also naturally gluten-free!) for it to bind. Did you know that almond flour is the only flour that works for a French macaron recipe? Pick up this alternative via the SM Malls Online app, where All About Baking’s Almond Flour 250g goes for only P180.
Nuts
If you like some crunch, added flavor, and visual dimension (aka texture) to your baked goodies, stock up on Wonderbake’s Premium Macadamia Nuts from the US. It retails for P440 via the SM Malls Online app. Macadamias carry a delicately sweet and buttery taste that can complement fruity pieces in your confections and pair well with white chocolate.
It’s really easy to build your baking pantry when you can find everything you need and more at discounted prices at SM Deals or in the SM Malls Online app. You can get your items delivered on the same day! Want more discounts? Use the voucher code BAKING250 to get P250 off on a minimum purchase of P750, or if you're planning to stock up, use BAKING350 to get P350 off whenever you spend at least P950! New users can use the voucher code BAKING50OFF to get 50% off your purchase with no minimum spend.
Just remember to stick with the basics first to get you going—you’ll eventually learn what’s a must-have and a nice-to-have in your inventory as you gain more baking (and cooking) experience. Oh, and don’t forget to have fun!
