Baking cupboard essentials

Lordhightiggythe3rd

New year new start gonna be oldstyle and bake and make a lot more things so i want to build up a decent baking cupboard like mum has literally anything i ever wanted to ake he could find the ingredients.
So please could you inspire and help me what do you class as essentials and good long life things to ensure i can bake most any thing?
TIA

Bluegreen143

My essentials are: plain, self-raising and bread (white and brown) flour, yeast, baking powder, bicarb of soda, caster, icing and soft brown sugar, plain chocolate, butter, eggs, salt, oats, honey/golden syrup, vanilla extract, sure there's more!

But it would probably be more useful to pick a couple of recipes that interest you and get those ingredients, as you might not like to bake what I like iyswim.

lil.smartie

As above really plus cocoa powder, food colours, chopped nuts and things like cup cake cases, grease proof paper, tin foil, baking beans in mine

Kate

Bluegreen143

Oh lil.smartie I do actually use cocoa powder, cupcake cases and tin foil all the time, well remembered! (memory like a sieve lol).

GreenFairy

Really good basics listed so far! I'd add cream of tartar (makes the best scones ever), real maple syrup, peanut butter and cinnamon (I love my spices!). I generally keep some small packs of raisins, nuts and seeds around as well for flapjacks and seedy cakes/breads.

Linda32

I use plain flour, SR flour, mixed fruit, cherries, oats, golden syrup, caster sugar, butter, eggs.

I would personally start by picking a type of cake that you like and buying those ingredients. For instance I sometimes make an all-in-one fruit cake which keeps well, and is great for pack-ups.

Whatever you make IMHO needs to be usefull as well, like the cake for pack-ups. Rather than taking the time and trouble to make something and they buying what you need.

bossymoo

Bluegreen143 wrote: »

Oh lil.smartie I do actually use cocoa powder, cupcake cases and tin foil all the time, well remembered! (memory like a sieve lol).

Maybe a sieve, lol
?

For the flour...

sonastin

good quality rolling pin if you like pastry-type goodies

mine is cheap and lousy and I really want to make some mince pies but I can't face the thought of trying to roll out the pastry!

Alton_Towers

As already listed plus mixed spice, ginger, light/dark brown sugar and I also keep condensed milk in stock for fudge, caramel, icecream.

Rummer

I choose a couple of new recipes every month and buy the ingredients for them. As well as the things mentioned by others I also have different essences usually lemon and almond, coconut, poppy seeds and a few other things specific to our fav treats.

[Deleted User]

all of the above and add bits to them as you go along and become more adept.I also find lining the tins with greasproof paper which is very cheap in a pound shop(clue's in the title :))I never bother with the fancy 'baking paper which is only greaseproof paper with a fancy name and a higher price.I highly reccommend Stork block marg for cooking with Its great in cakes and cheaper than butter although I do use the cheapest unsalted butter I can find (usually around 98p for 250gms)If you can find a Stork baking book in a boot sale or charity shop or even if your lucky enough a Be-Ro one they are excellent for recipes.Don't forget a set of scales for weighing I have a set I have had for nearly fifty years and they are still going strong
Also if you have one a proper sized Tablespoon invaluble when you find recipes that call for them(usually in older cook books)
Good luck and we are all on here if you need a recipe or two