Let's head to the kitchen and bake! Today we look at how beginners should prepare to start baking. Ready? Here's how to get set up, so grab a pen and note down these delicious recipes.
This one is for dessert-loving beginners who want to start baking but aren't sure what to make, or who want to start with simple bakes that have few steps and need little equipment. We've picked recipes especially for beginners, both with and without an oven.
How Beginners Should Prepare
1. Have Your Recipe Written Down
With baking, choosing the recipe matters a lot, and you should use exactly the quantities it specifies. If an ingredient is off or you make a mistake at any step, your bake may not turn out as you intended.
2. Prepare a Space to Practise
Baking takes up kitchen space for your ingredients, mixing bowls and even the oven, so clear and clean the area and get ready to start.
3. Get Basic Baking Equipment
Even as a beginner, you should have basic equipment ready, such as measuring spoons, a whisk, a sifter and mixing bowls.
Easy Oven-Baked Recipe for Beginners
We've picked a beginner bake for anyone with a small home oven. You don't need a big oven or lots of professional functions, and some recipes can even be adapted for other appliances such as an air fryer. Here's our recommendation.
Moist Brownies
No beginner should miss this one. Brownies taste great, and their texture can be adjusted to suit your taste. Today there are many recipes and flavours to try, such as crispy-top brownies, green tea brownies, brownie cookies and Nutella brownies. Whether you bake them for yourself or practise often to start a side business, brownies are something everyone loves.
Ingredients
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 200 g dark chocolate
- 250 g sugar
- 100 g all-purpose flour
- 4 eggs
- 30 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
Method
- Melt the butter and chocolate together in the microwave on low power until just melted and smooth.
- Mix the chocolate butter with the sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, folding until smooth.
- Gradually add the flour a little at a time, followed by the eggs, and whisk by hand to combine.
- Once everything is smooth, pour the brownie batter into a tin or aluminium tray.
- Bake at 170°C for about 25 minutes, or until cooked.
- Remove from the oven and serve.
No-Bake Recipe for Beginners
No oven? Don't worry. Here's a popular treat that needs no oven at all and is perfect for beginners, cutting out a lot of hassle and equipment. If you want to start baking the relaxed way, give this a try.
Banoffee Pie
This no-bake treat is guaranteed to be easy for beginners. Anyone who loves perfectly ripe bananas will especially adore it, thanks to the smooth banana, whipped cream and caramel combined with the crunchy base. It's so good you won't be able to stop. Whether for yourself or as a gift for someone you love, it isn't difficult at all.
Caramel ingredients
- 65 g sugar
- 75 g fresh cream
- 50 g unsalted butter
- ⅛ tsp fine salt
Base and topping ingredients
- 100–120 g crackers
- 65 g unsalted butter
- 150 g whipping cream
- 1–2 ripe bananas (kluay hom)
- Cocoa powder, to taste
Method
- Start with the caramel. Heat the sugar over medium heat without stirring until it melts to a lovely light brown. Turn off the heat, add the cream and butter, stir quickly to combine and set aside.
- Melt the butter in the microwave, then mix in the crushed crackers. Press firmly into a tin and chill in the main compartment of the fridge until set.
- Meanwhile, whisk the cream by hand until it holds peaks.
- Assemble: take the cracker base out of the fridge, spoon over the caramel, add the sliced bananas, spoon or pipe on the whipped cream and dust with cocoa powder. Ready to serve!
So what do you think? Not hard at all, is it? We hope all you beginner bakers enjoy making these treats. Stay tuned for more great articles from us.
