The Best Christmas Gifts for Bakers
By Holly Thomson
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September 29th, 2024
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Treat the baker in your life with one of these thoughtful, imaginative, and incredibly useful pieces of baking kit or ingredients. We’ve handpicked the best gifts for bakers, including our favourite sourdough book, a few exciting flavours, and professional patisserie equipment.
Here are 14 gifts for people who love to make bread, cakes and beautiful patisserie creations.
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1. Gifts for the patisserie pro
The De Buyer professional stainless-steel piping nozzle set is a comprehensive assortment of piping nozzles, guaranteed to excite any professional or amateur pastry chef. They can be used to pipe choux pastry, buttercream, icing or meringues. The set contains 35 nozzles.
The De Buyer Kwik Pro piston funnel with stand lets you dispense precise amounts of cake batter, sauce or glaze quickly and easily – and with less mess. It’s fantastic for anyone who wants to take cake-decorating to the next level. Simply press the lever on top of the funnel with your thumb to dispense a controlled stream into moulds, onto cakes or into glasses. The flow stops as soon as you release the lever to minimise drips.
2. Presents for expert presentation
The Mosser Glass cake stand in aubergine is a stunning, deeply coloured backdrop for cakes, cupcakes and pastries. Each stand is one piece of glass – not a plate and stem stuck together – so you can be confident that your cake stand will last for years to come. It’s the perfect thing to show off lovingly made bakes and cakes.
And why not pair a Mosser Glass cake dome with the Mosser Glass cake stand, for a really special gift. The Mosser Glass cake domes have straighter sides than traditional domes. This means you don’t lose any space towards the top of the dome where the sides might curve in – and that means no squashed edges! The glass cake dome has a large, easy to grasp handle.
3. Beautiful bakeware for the kitchen
The De Buyer copper Bordelais canelé mould is the traditional mould to use when making this classic French pastry. You can also use the mould to make unique cakes for tea parties or even individual fruit jellies.
Copper reacts to changes in heat almost instantly and has excellent heat conducting properties, which is especially important when making canelés. The outside of the pastry has to darken and caramelise at a very high temperature first, then the temperature is lowered to set the middle. Copper reacts very quickly to this change, so the outside of the canelé doesn’t continue to cook when the temperature is lowered.
These individual moulds are lined with tin for extra durability, making them suitable for heavy professional use as well as home use.
This stunning pear wood springerle & speculaas biscuit roller is the traditional tool for making traditional German and Dutch biscuits. The roller features 12 different designs of birds, flowers, berries, squirrels and prestigious buildings - perfect for homemade Christmas gifts.
One for any baker who is serious about meringues – De Buyer copper beating bowls are what professional patissiers use to get their egg whites perfectly glossy. Scientific studies have shown that the way copper atoms interact with the proteins in egg whites mean that egg whites whipped in copper vessels firm up faster and even stay whiter – and meringues are almost guaranteed to stay firm and glossy.
3. Unusual flavours for the adventurous baker
This beautiful Sicilian pistachio paste is an ultra-smooth paste made from 100% Sicilian pistachios – no added sugar, and no bits! It has an intense green hue and is an instant luxurious addition to any custard, ice-cream or ganache. Also called pistachio nut butter, this paste is one of the best – we sampled tens of different pistachio pastes before choosing this one!
Hand-pressed yuzu juice makes a lovely Christmas food gift for bakers, bringing a unique citrus flavour to their creations. Bakers can use it to add a fresh, floral-citrus twist to cakes, biscuits, or icing, giving their treats a special touch. They can mix it into cake batter for a zesty flavour, or drizzle it over a lemon tart for a refreshing lift. It’s also perfect for adding a bright kick to sorbets and mousses. Just give the bottle a shake, and it’s ready to use!
4. The best gift for bread bakers
Take home baking to the next level with the KneadAce Signature Sourdough Starter Kit. The wide-mouthed jar is designed to provide optimal fermentation, so you can enjoy great results every time you bake. Made from durable glass, the 34oz jar is also ideal for professional kitchens, providing enough starter for multiple loaves.
This thoughtfully designed sourdough kit has everything you need to look after your sourdough starter. There is a stick-on thermometer to monitor its temperature and clearly printed ‘amount’ and ‘last fed on’ lines. The adjustable feeding day tracker is marked with time of day and days of the week so you can easily keep track of feeding times and levels. The jar’s wide mouth allows for fuss-free feeding, stirring and cleaning.
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