Tools and Equipment for Making Desserts

What is a Dessert?

• Desserts are a variety of confectioneries, such as sweets, cakes, preserves, and the like, served at the final phase of a meal.

Tools and Equipment in Preparing Desserts

• Kitchen Shears: used for cutting ingredients.
• Potato Masher: designed to press potatoes and cooked vegetables.
• Ball Cutter: a sharp-edged scoop used for cutting out balls of fruits and vegetables.
• Butter Curler: used for making butter curls.
• Colander: used for draining liquids and for garnishing fruits and ingredients.
• Egg Beater: a handheld rotary beater used to beat eggs, an alternative to a wire whisk or electric mixer.
• Rolling Pin: used for rolling out dough.
• Pastry Blender: used to cut butter or shortening into dry ingredients for pastry dough.
• Pastry Brush: used to spread glazes and in greasing pans.
• Grater: typically used in grating cheese or lemon rind.
• Custard Cup: a small glass cup used to bake single desserts or custards.
• Shaker or Flour Dredger: has a perforated top for sifting or dredging flour or icing sugar onto food.
• Baking Tray: used for baking bread and pastries.
• Molder: used to make decorative shapes and forms to food.
• Blender: an electrical appliance with a whirling blade for chopping, mixing, and liquifying foods.
• Juicer: used for removing juice from citrus fruits.
• Electric Mixer: used for mixing and whipping ingredients.
• Chiller: used for keeping cold desserts chilled for service.
• Freezer: used for keeping ice cream based frozen desserts chilled.
• Oven: used for baking desserts.