MODULE 1 : Overview on Baking and Baking Essentials

INSTRUCTIONAL MODULE
FOR
BS in HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT

Subject : FSM 102 ADVANCE BAKING

Module Title : Unit 1 OVERVIEW ON BAKING

Author(s) : Cris – Cellini Dela Victoria

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LESSON INFORMATION SHEET #1-2

BAKING TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
LESSON OBJECTIVES:
After reading this lesson information sheet YOU must be able to:
1. Recognize many of the specialized tools and equipment used in baking.
2. Be able to know how to use and operate tools and equipment used in baking.

Beginning cooks may find the tools in baking a bit complex. Indeed, the tools required for a professional
patisserie are quite specialized. A well – rounded chef need not be concerned with possessing every
gadget available, but should recognize and be familiar with its usage. This hand tools and equipment will
make the task easier, most of it can be improvised by a creative chef. When purchasing tools and
equipment for baking look for quality and durability.

List of Baking Tools and Equipment:

1. Stand Mixer – used in beating egg whites in large quantity. Also used in making cookies and
bread dough. Ideal to use in making frostings.

Open Hook – Paddle – used in Balloon Whisk –

used for making creaming method used in beating
Bread dough / making cookies eggwhites

2. Spiral Mixer – used in making bread dough in bulk quantity.

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3. Electric Hand Mixer – used in mixing cake batters/mixture. This can also be used in beating egg
whites but in small quantities only.

4. Oven – a thermally insulated chamber used for the heating, baking, or drying of a substance,
and most commonly used for cooking.

Convection Oven Conventional Oven

There are 2 types of oven the Convection oven and Conventional oven. The difference between
them is that the source of heat in a conventional oven is stationary and rises up from the
bottom. While the heat from a convection oven is blown by fans, so the air circulates evenly
inside the oven.

5. Dough Sheeter - dough sheeter is an appliance used in food preparation which

flattens dough into sheets. ... Dough sheeters have uses in a number of restaurants. They're
used for making tortillas, pizza crusts, pie crusts, and other applications.

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6. Pasta Sheeter – industrial machine used in making fresh pasta.

Mechanical Pasta Sheeter Manual Pasta Sheeter

7. Stainless Spatula / Frosting Spatula - A frosting spatula or palette knife is a kitchen utensil
designed especially for the use of spreading a substance onto a flat surface, such as frosting on
a cake. It is also an ideal tool for applying spreads onto sandwiches in mass quantities.

Offset Spatula Straight Spatula

8. Rubber Scraper - a flat utensil used for scraping or spreading.

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9. Measuring Spoon - A measuring spoon is a spoon used to measure an amount of an ingredient,

either liquid or dry, when cooking. Measuring spoons may be made of plastic, metal, and other
materials. They are available in many sizes, including the teaspoon and tablespoon.

10. Measuring Cup – used to measure Liquid and Dry ingredients in baking that requires bigger
quantity.

Measuring cup for liquid Measuring cup for dry

ingredients ingredients

11. Dough Cutter – a stainless metal or sometimes made of plastic and wood. This is used to cut
dough into desirable size.

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12. Baking Tins – this is used to mold cake batters. Comes in different sizes and shapes.

13. Muffin Molder – used in baking molding muffins and cupcakes.

14. Rolling Pin – use to flatten out dough. Some rolling pins comes with embossed design used in
fondant called decorative rolling pins.

Plain rolling pin Decorative rolling pin

15. Proofing Rack – A dough proofer is a warming chamber used in baking that encourages
fermentation of dough by yeast through warm temperatures and controlled humidity. It is also
called a proofing box, proofing oven or proofing cabinet.

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16. Cake Turntable - A turntable, or revolving cake stand, is a revolving stand with a flat working
surface for decorating cakes and other pastry. It is also used in building cakes.

17. Icing Comb - An Icing Comb is a large format cake decorating comb for creating lines and
patterns on cakes, pastries and other foods. Icing Combs typically come in triangle or rectangle
shapes with one flat edge, while the other edges have designs to create lines and patterns in
frosting.

18. Piping bags / Pastry bag - is an often cone- or triangular-shaped bag made from cloth, paper, or
plastic that is squeezed by hand to pipe semi-solid foods by pressing them through a narrow
opening at one end often fitted with a shaped nozzle, for many purposes including in particular
cake .

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19. Piping Tips - Commonly referred to as a decorating tip or frosting tip, this is the nozzle that
attaches to the end of the pastry bag. Piping tips come in a variety of sizes and shapes for
different decorating purposes.

20. Flower Nails - It's a handy metal tool used to create the gorgeous buttercream flowers that
decorate your favorite cakes.

Cone type flower nail

21. Cooling Rack – A cooling rack (also known simply as a wire rack) is used to allow air to circulate
freely to cool baked goods, and to prevent them getting soggy from condensation. A tight grid is
typically the best format for a cooling rack, to prevent thin baked goods from breaking or falling
through.

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LESSON SELF-CHECK #1-2

Student Name: ____________________________ Date Submitted: _________

Course and Section: _______________________

Instruction: Read the questions thoroughly. Write your answer at the space provided.

__________________1. What is the Stand Mixer attachment used in making bread dough?

__________________2. The warming chamber used in baking.

__________________3. Large format cake decorating comb for creating lines and patterns on cakes.

__________________4. Thermally insulated chamber used in baking.

__________________5. Flat working surface for decorating cakes.

__________________6. Measuring device for bigger quantities.

__________________7. Use to flatten out dough.

__________________8. Appliance used in food preparations which flattens dough into sheets.

__________________9. Used to mold cake batters.

__________________10. Flat utensil used in scraping.

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