Best baking gifts
Sugar and spice print
This retro poster of your favorite biscuits and sweet treats would make a chic centerpiece in any baker’s kitchen.
Cake turntable
This sleek silver turntable is great for bakers who want to up their precise decorations. There is a non-slip silicon base to enhance stability and it is noiseless, so you can decorate in peace. Accommodating cakes of up to 30cm, it also works as a simple cake stand.
The Secret Garden recipe book
In hardback with a stunning green botanical design, this book is ideal for a baker who wants to keep all their recipes in one place. It comes with clear guides to add your ingredients and write your steps, plus there are little details to note down difficulty and portion. Another unique feature is the boxes for your tips and tricks. Plus, they can write down when and where inspiration strikes on the dedicated page for favorite restaurants and patisseries.
Available from:
Paper (£26)
Morphy Richards 3-in-1 digital scales with jug
Doubling as a jug and mixing bowl, this smart red scale provides plenty of volume to add a variety of ingredients. Measuring liquids too, you can easily reset the scale to save time in the kitchen, plus it is great for accuracy as it measures as little as 1g.
Larousse Patisserie and Baking
Covering all aspects of baking from simple classic cakes to dinner party desserts, this Larousse Patisserie and Baking book includes more than 200 recipes for a wealth of inspiration. It is filled with extraordinary detail and some step-by-step workshops for perfecting classics like chocolate and different types of pastry.
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KitchenAid stand mixer
KitchenAid’s iconic stand mixers are a kitchen workhorse for any keen baker – with paddles for whipping up cake batter, whisking meringues, kneading bread doughs… the opportunities are endless and it’s a luxury gift the lucky recipient is sure to thank you for.
Fiasconaro pistachio cream
This is a great stocking filler for a baker. It’s a unique product to spread onto waffles, sandwich between macarons or spoon straight from the jar.
Available from:
Sous Chef (£12.99)
Lined banneton
Got the sourdough-making bug? This handmade, heavy-duty banneton is designed for a lifetime of use. Check out our step-by-step guide to make the perfect sourdough.
Available pious:
The Sourdough School (£16.80)
The Pie Room cookbook
Pie maestro Calum Franklin on the art of perfect pastry and pies, from wellingtons to sea bass en croûte. Give the gift of perfect pies!
Springerle and speculaas biscuit roller
Up your baking game and make intricate designs in traditional German springerle and speculaas spiced biscuits with the help of this pretty rolling pin.
Available from:
Sous Chef (£27.50)
African print over mitts
Gift these colorful oven mitts so your favorite baker can pull cakes and pies out of the oven in style – perfect for Instagram photos to show off bakes!
Available pious:
Bespoke Binny (£23.79)
Fluted pie mould
Simple yet stylish, this oven-to-table ceramic pie dish is ideal for serving comforting pies in.
Available from:
Nom Living (£34)
PME paste colors for icing
The secret to bold, vibrant colors in any kind of icing (sugarpaste, buttercream, fondant, royal icing, you name it), without any nasty aftertaste, is color pastes. More concentrated in color (so you use less) and less liquid than traditional food coloring (so the consistency of your icing won’t be affected), these pastes come in eight shades and can also be easily blended to make bespoke shades.
Available pious:
Amazon (£9.88)
Cast-iron bread pan
Sourdough School’s pan is designed to create the ideal baking environment for sourdough loaves.
Available pious:
The Sourdough School (£299)
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