All Yule Knead This Christmas
New festive gifting and ingredients ideas
Whether it’s mince pies for Santa or Christmas pudding cake pops for the kids, the festive season is a perfect time for baking and with 79% of adults in the UK baking at home*, there is no better gift than something to lend a hand in the kitchen this Christmas.
Artisan baking specialist BakeryBits.co.uk has got some great Christmas gift ideas for budding and professional bakers alike to indulge their passion; from clever baking equipment to an extensive range of hard-to-find products including:
- Clever baking domes that mimic a wood-fired oven (from £47.99)
- Delia Smith’s Bakeware Gift Sets (from £90.97)
- Stylish baking stones to banish soggy bread bottoms (from £29)
- Festive stocking must-haves for keen bakers (from £2.28)
A baking enthusiast favourite, La Cloche Baking Dome mimics a wood-fired oven in your conventional oven, giving moist bread with a mouth-watering, evenly golden, crackly crust every time. At £47.99, it’s a great gift for any novice or serious baker.
When it comes to baking, Delia Smith certainly knows her equipment. As featured in Delia’s latest edition of her infamous cookbook, Cakes, Delia’s Bakeware Gift Set – Collection of Tins (£90.97) and Delia’s Full Bakeware Gift Set (£163.57) will give any aspiring or serious baker the tools to bake perfect cakes every time.
At £36, this is the ultimate baking stone for bread and pizzas. The solid granite black stone (which made a few appearances on the most recent series of Great British Bake Off) holds a considerable amount of heat compared to thinner pizza stones, helping avoid soggy bread bottoms!
A brilliant Christmas gift, the star shaped Pandoro Tin (£11.40) is perfect for baking Italian sweet yeast bread. Want to recreate a beautiful festive holiday scene from your own kitchen? After baking simply dust your Pandoro with icing sugar to resemble the snowy peaks of the Italian Alps at Christmas.
Dough scrapers are essential for working dough and a must in any keen baker’s kitchen drawer. At £2.28, it’s a great stocking filler.
Perfect gems to brighten up a Christmas stocking, these are simply the best Italian candied fruit peels to add a subtle sweetness to biscuits, sweet breads and even ice cream. Available in four flavours: Candied Citron, Candied Orange, Candied Primavera and Candied Rainbow Mix, these 130g jars are priced at £2.30 each.
Professional Leather Oven Gloves
Designed to withstand temperatures of up to 280c (536F) for 30 seconds, these substantial oven gloves come in one size and have an overall length of 37cm (14.5”). At £12.55, the protective leather gloves will help make baking burns a thing of the past.
Stir up something special this Christmas
Stir up something special this Christmas with all the essential ingredients needed for baking everything from spiced breads to traditional panettone from online specialists, BakeryBits.co.uk.
Add a twist to a traditional panettone with BakeryBits’ secret ingredient – Aroma Panettone essence (£6.99**). These essential oils help give traditional panettone an authentic, flavoursome finish, filling the kitchen with a beautifully festive fragrance. By adding this authentic essence, bakers can ensure their cake has a perfectly dark crust while remaining moist and fluffy on the inside.
If you’re not baking the Italian way this Christmas, BakeryBits’ delicious range of Essential Oils also includes: orange blossom, hazelnut, English chocolate and bitter almond (priced from £6.99**).
To bake your festive cakes, BakeryBits offers a variety of self-supporting paper cases. Special tubular Panettone cases ranging from 60mm diameter are designed to free-stand alone in the oven while the sweetened celebratory cake bakes. Priced from £0.62** for a pack of 10, the cases, which originate from Milan, come in a rustic finish and can also be useful when baking other individual small cakes, including muffins.
Make baking Italian sweet yeast bread easier with BakeryBits’ 8-pointed Pandoro Cake Tin. Priced from £11.40**, this star shaped tin comes in three sizes ranging from 195mm diameter suitable for approximately 500g of dough, to 253mm diameter suitable for approximately 1kg of dough. After baking, dust your Pandoro with icing sugar to resemble the snowy peaks of the Italian Alps during Christmas.
Bake a fragrant festive treat with BakeryBits Candied Peels. These are simply the best Italian candied fruit peels to add a subtle sweetness to biscuits, sweet breads and even ice cream. Available in four flavours: Candied Citron, Candied Orange, Candied Primavera and Candied Rainbow Mix, these 130g jars are priced at £2.30** each.
Orders can be made online up to Friday 20th December for delivery before Christmas. Delivery is available anywhere worldwide.
* Mintel, November 2012
**Plus delivery charges and VAT
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www.bakerybits.co.uk is the online shop for the artisan baker. Start or indulge a passion for artisan baking at BakeryBits.co.uk, the online shop for baking essentials; from equipment to ingredients, beginners’ kits to specialist products – plus gift vouchers, recipes and advice. BakeryBits offers the novice or professional artisan baker the largest online selection of artisan bakery equipment and ingredients available. The BakeryBits team is continually searching to bring artisan bakers the finest selection of baking products from around the world.
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