Without further ado, here are our basic rules for baking to ensure a successful baking experience!  

1st of the Basic Rules of Baking: You should have an idea of the taste of what you will be baking.

One of the basic rules in baking is to do your research first before trying out any recipe. And by research, we mean trying out different baked goods to have an idea of what you’re going to make should taste like. After all, if you have never eaten, say, an apple pie, you’ll have no idea how it should taste.

2nd of the Basic Rules of Baking: Make sure you have complete ingredients before baking.

Another of the baking basics is to ensure you have all the ingredients needed for a recipe. So if the recipe is for ​​how to bake simple bread, read through the ingredients list from top to bottom.  Just like you can’t construct a building without a solid foundation, you can’t bake correctly without the proper ingredients. Ensure that everything you need is available and on hand. 

3rd of the Basic Rules of Baking: Follow the recipe.

As someone who is just starting out, it would be better for you to completely follow the recipes. If the recipe calls for brown sugar and egg whites, use those. If the recipe calls for dry ingredients, do not use wet ingredients. When recipes call for the use of warm water? Use warm water! Baking is an exact science; change any small thing, and the output changes completely. Also, make sure to take measurements correctly. We cannot emphasize this enough. Use measuring cups or measuring spoons to make sure you are measuring correctly. But if you want to be really accurate, use a digital weighing scale.  

4th of the Basic Rules of Baking: Make sure you have the right tools.

Let’s say one of the recipes calls for a mixture of ten eggs. You will need a big bowl to ensure those ten eggs fit. However, if you only have a smaller bowl, you will have a hard time achieving the requirement in the recipe. For each formula you want to try or follow, make sure you have the proper equipment. Some like a stand mixer can be replaced by spatulas, but others can’t, like having the proper pan size. Some tools you may need are a baking pan, cake pans, a cooling rack, and a cooking thermometer. It will depend on the recipe you want to achieve.

5th of the Basic Rules of Baking: Make sure you have allocated time for baking. 

This is a crucial baking rule. Keep in mind that baking takes time; it’s not as simple as toasting bread. Even recipes that tell you how to bake simple cakes won’t be instant. For example, recipes require a certain oven temperature, and that doesn’t happen instantly. The cooking time of any recipe generally also ranges from minutes to an hour. Plan ahead so that you won’t have disrupted schedules when you start cooking.

6th of the Basic Rules of Baking: Make sure you are familiar with your oven.

It’s a given: you can’t bake without an oven (although there are alternatives). But you also can’t bake if you don’t know how to use it, especially if it’s a brand new oven. You might end up with a lot of failed baked attempts. Familiarize yourself with your stove before embarking on a major baking project. Yes, we mean from how the oven door opens, to how to read the oven thermometer. And make sure to preheat your oven!

7th of the Basic Rules of Baking: Involve your loved ones in the baking process.

Bond with your family in the kitchen! Baking can be when the entire family can just be together with no distractions and just connect with each other. Whether they are preschoolers or teenagers, your kids can also learn important skills like how to measure correctly. And hey, there’s nothing more practical than learning basic baking, don’t you think so?

8th of the Basic Rules of Baking: Always remember basic proper hygiene.

There’s nothing grosser than the thought of eating a dish made by a chef who doesn’t clean up. Imagine knowing that the cake batter used to make the cake you’re eating came from an unclean pan or dish. That makes you shudder in disgust thinking about it, doesn’t it? Make sure to keep yourself and your equipment food safe at all times!

Basic Baking Rule 9: Keep more than one batch of ingredients and things needed when baking.

Noticed that how we changed the start of our headings? We’re prepared! The same should go for you when it comes to baking. If this is your first time baking, make sure you have more than one set of ingredients. You forgot to place cold eggs in your last batch? Did your parchment paper get burned while in the oven? Didn’t use baking powder or baking soda? If something goes wrong, at least you have a lot of backups. While you’re still learning the rules of baking bread, cookies, and so on, be prepared to have some failures. This leads to the next of the basic rules, which is…

Basic Baking Rule 10: Don’t get frustrated.

We all know the feeling: we want to get all the things we try right the first time. But if you mess up, don’t storm off in a huff and decide to never try again. Remember: to be great at something, you need constant practice. So practice. Practice some more. Keep going until you make awesome tasting cinnamon rolls. Or until you achieve perfect, golden-brown pastries. Just keep going until you do it correctly.

Basic Baking Rule 11: Don’t pressure yourself to make a living out of baking right away.

People try to earn from their hobbies all the time. There is totally nothing wrong with that. But remember, there are many factors in having a successful baking business. One of them is making sure you have drool-worthy bakes first. Focus on achieving perfected baking recipes first. Or taking these baking rules for beginners to heart. Think about other things later.

Basic Baking Rule 12: Avoid distractions while baking.

Another of the basic rules of baking is to keep your attention on what you are working on. Are you checking out your Facebook or Instagram while baking? Don’t! When you are distracted while baking, a lot of things can happen. These include forgetting the recipe, overmixing some things, or even burning your bakes. Be safe, don’t be sorry. Keep focused on what you’re doing.

Basic Baking Rule 13: Enjoy the process and have fun!

Learning new things – such as baking – helps you feel good about yourself. And of course, having sweet and delicious bakes to eat is definitely a good feeling! Enjoy the process of baking, despite the many challenges you might encounter. It’s all just a part of the path to becoming a master baker!

Ready to start? We hope these baking rules become like leavening agents for you: helping you rise! Follow these basic rules of baking and you’ll be on your way to becoming a baking machine in no time! 

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People thought that baking is just flour, eggs and sugar all mixed together and that’s it. They don’t know how much effort we put in to make a cake. Most often than not, we really can’t find all of the ingredients/tools that we need under 1 roof so we still have to go to different branches, shops, and online shops just to please our clients.

Students have been asking me privately where to buy this and where to buy that, so I decided to put up this list as a reference to answer where to buy baking supplies near me. I personally scout to these places when I’m looking for supplies. If you know a place where we can find other items or if you’re looking for something, just let us know in the comments section and we’ll add it to our list. It would be better too if you will comment shops that you personally go to even if you’re in the provinces or overseas so we could help other people find what they’re looking for.

Click on the supplier’s respective links to check the other items that they have in store.

Where to buy…

Acrylic toppers – Danica Choi (Facebook), TopStar Cake Toppers, Acrylic Promo Modules

Acrylic cake stands / Acrylic Chandelier stand (customized) – Acrylic Promo Modules

Baking tools and equipment (low prices) – Sto Cristo St. , Divisoria, Carlos Palanca St. Quiapo, Orosco St. Quiapo

Boxes – RM Boxes, Chocolate Lovers, All About Baking,  Wonderbake

Cake Cloth and books of Queen of Hearts Couture Cakes – Gourdo’s

Cake Stencils (customized) – Name Your Cookies 

Candies for your candy bar – Joshua Gummies

Candy jars for your candy / dessert buffet – Japan Home, Daiso, Dapitan Arcade (Manila)

Chandelier stand (steel) – CraftyCrafts Ph

Cello sheet (pre-cut) – All About Baking, Carla’s Bakery Supply

Cookie / fondant  cutters (customized) – Name Your Cookies

Fondant mat (quality) – MK Kitchen

Food color (oil-based) – All About Baking, Wonderbake (Brands: Cross, Chefmaster Candy Color, Collata Choco Art food color)

Flower cutters (Hibiscus / Magnolia / Sweet Pea / Peony) – Bake et Al, Sam’s Confectionery Corner

Hip and chic decorating party supplies – Celebrations Party Central

Jars / Bottles (brand new) – Tiktilaok Philippines

Kitchen tools and equipment – MK Kitchen

Oven, good quality – Achiever’s Food and Bakery Ingredients Corporation and DCM Oven Inc.

Pasteurized egg whites – Quick Egg Philippines

Styrofoam (customized) – Fil-Styro Craft Inc.

Styrofoam cutter  – Antonio Agtoto (Invented his own styro cutter)

Wood slices – Dapitan Arcade

Physical Shops

All About Baking

What you will find:

Baking ingredients, boxes, cello sheet, packaging options, baking pans and trays, foil balloons, birthday candles, local and important fondant tools like PME and Silikomart silicone moulds. Redman ready made fondant, Callebaut couverture chocolates.

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Address:

                   Congressional Branch:  (MAIN)

                   41 Congressional Avenue Brgy. Bahay Toro Quezon City                   Contact#: TEL: 920-3087

                   Quezon Ave. Branch

                   2 Kitanlad St. cor Quezon Avenue Brgy. Dona Josefa Quezon City                    Contact#: TEL: 731-2404

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                   257 Aguirre Ave. Brgy. BF Homes Paranaque City

                   Contact#: TEL: 738-7046

                 BGC Uptown Mall Branch

                 Lower Ground Floor, Uptown Mall Bonifacio Global City                 Contact#:  946-3843

                  SM North (The Block)

Website: https://www.allaboutbaking.ph

Bake Et Al Philippines (Makati / Cainta)

Some items that you will find:

Sugarflair food colors and dusts, imported and hard to find fondant tools, hard to find flower cutters like sweet pea and magnolia fondant cutter, hard to find baking and cake decorating books like Carlos Lischetti’s Animation in Sugar. They ship their products too!

Address:

         2nd Fl Filmore corner calatagan St. Makati City (outside Cash and Carry mall)  

         Contact #: 0917 675 3977 (Globe), 0907 967 3900 (Smart), 994 2159 (Landline)

         2nd floor the Avenue, Felix Avenue Cainta, Rizal  (After Brickroad, going to junction side)

        Contact#s: 0915 891 1680 (Globe), 0946 918 5070 (Smart), (02) 721 99 09, (02) 232 3447 (Landline)

Facebook: Bake Et Al Philippines

Baker’s Hub, Bulacan

Some items that you will find:

Baking ingredients, cake decorating tools, baking pans, packaging supply.

Address:

         Malolos Branch

         2nd floor Graceland Mall Mac Arthur Highway, Malolos, Bulacan

        Contact#: (044) 931 1678

         Meycauayan Branch

         2nd floor, Licaros Bldg.Mac Arthur Highway, Calvario Meycauayan, Bulacan

         (044) 244 0821

         Contact #: (044) 931 1678

Facebook: Baker’s Hub

Baking Buddies, Parañaque

Some items that you will find:

Carries CK brand of food color, fondant tools, flower cutters and silicone veiners, silicone moulds. They also ship nationwide!

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Address:

        2B Saturn St. Bricktown Subd. Brgy. Moonwalk Parañaque City

Store Hours:

        Monday to Saturday – 10:30 am to 7pm, Sunday – Closed

        Contact#: (02) 550 – 1362 / 0906 394 6427 / 0925 555 5184

email: [email protected]

Facebook: Buddies Baking

Baking and Home Depot

Some items that you will find:

They are a direct importer from China. Supplier of baking / fondant tools and ingredients so expect low prices from this store. Carefully inspect the item first before purchasing.

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Address:

         59 E. Rodriguez Ave., TSL Building, Brgy Doña Josefa Quezon City

         Contact#:  0933 861 2206

Facebook: Baking and Home Depot

Celebrations Party Central

Some items that you will find:

Trendy balloons, cake stands, wooden pastry stand, acrylic shot glass, acrylic margarita glasses, wooden bench cupcake stand, souvenir pails.

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Branches:

• Glorietta I
• Rockwell
• SM Mega Fashion Hall
• Festival Mall
• SM North The Block
• Showroom Store, Mandaluyong

Facebook: Celebrations Party Central

Dapitan Arcade, Manila

Some items that you will find:

Wooden slices for rustic themed events. Plates for your dessert bar and catering. Decorative items as  for your themed styling needs such as nautical, rustic and vintage theme. Christmas decors for the holiday season are  OUT as early as September. Don’t forget to check out the other stalls around the area and nearby streets you’ll find great deals there too specially if you’re the first one to buy from their store (buena mano).

Address: 37 Dapitan cor Kanlaon St. Laurges, Quezon City

Fil-Styro Craft Inc.

What you will find:

Everything styro! Cake dummies, pillow shaped cakes, buds for your flowers, and even for a set of your kid’s solar system science project! They have sizes but they can also customize according to your needs. Just give them the dimensions with drawing if it’s an irregular shape.

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Address: #10 Leonora St., Ramax Subd., Mapayapa Village , Quezon City

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Contact #s: (0949) 392 4966, (02) 9325377

MK Kitchen

What you will find:

All the kitchen utensils for your catering, carinderia and baking needs! Fabricated kitchen equipment, Cafe and Bakery Hotel and Restaurant, cooking appliances. They have equipment like deep fryers, chillers,  espresso machines etc.

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Main Branch Address: #4, E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave., C5, Bagong Ilog, Pasig City

Contact #s:  (02) 661 1931 / (02) 661 1932, Mobile #:  0917 554 5072 / 0925 880 4346

Email:  [email protected]

Facebook: MK Kitchen Pasig

Website: ​MK Kitchen

Other branches:

              Cartimar Branch: CMD-D3-4 / D9-10, Cartimar Shopping Center, Taft Avenue, Pasay City

             Tel # / Fax #:  (02) 833 5276

             Mobile #:  0917 502 5681             Email:  [email protected]

            MA012, Ground Floor, Farmers Market Arcade, Center Avenue

           Tel #:  (02) 709 2941

           Mobile #:  0917 304 1230           Email:  [email protected]

           KM 17, Lot 2A-2B, Alabang Zapote Road, Talon Dos, Las Piñas City

           (Infont of Perpetual Help Hospital’s Parking Lot)

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          Level II Space 152-153 Robinsons Place, Quirino Hi-way, Nova Market, Pasing Putik 2, Quezon City

New Sin Kian Heng, Quiapo

Baking equipment at low prices

Address: #196 Carlos Palanca St. Quiapo, Manila [Right beside Quinta Market in Quiapo, Manila

Love2Bake Co. , Parañaque

Supplier of baking ingredients, tools and equipment at low prices. According to one of our students, their boxes have the same price as RM’s. I remember ordering from them years ago when there were no nearby baking supply in our area.

Aside from their physical shop in Parañaque, they also take orders online and ship their products directly. They do bus cargo which is very convenient for those in the provinces.

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Address: Units 6&7 Palanca St.,Fruition Bldg., BF Homes Parañaque

Facebook: Love2Bake Co.

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Paolitos Baking Supply, Cavite

What you will find:

Baking ingredients, cake decorating tools, baking pans, packaging supply.

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Address: Aguinaldo Highway, Bacoor Cavite

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Contact #s:  0925 555 6252

Facebook: Paolito’s Baking Supply

Tiktilaok Philippines

What you will find:

Brand new bottling needs for your cake in a jar, spanish sardines and preserved products. Foil / plastic pouches for repacking food, impulse sealer, heat gun, plastic jars, induction sealer, portable vacuum sealer etc.

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Address: #118 bulusan street Quezon City, Philippines

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Contact #s: 0925 338 3338

RM Boxes

What you will find:

Packaging needs! Boxes, ribbons, cupcake towers, cake pop stand, party utensils, cupcake liners. They also make customized boxes and ribbons with minimum order.

Address: 3132 First St., Sta. Mesa, Manila, Philippines

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Contact #s: Phone: +63(2)7138547 to 48, Mobile: +63(947)9976326, Fax: +63(2)7159181

Sam’s Confectionery Corner, Las Piñas

What you will find:

Hard to find flower cutters and veiners like gumamela, moth orchid, peonies. They carry Sugarflair products and conducts hands-on workshops. Ships their products nationwide.

Address: Marcos Alvarez Avenue Corner Delnor Subdivision Talon 5 Las Piñas

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Contact #: 0921 803 7920

Facebook: Sam’s Confectionery Corner

Online Shops / Sellers

Danica Choi – Customized Acrylic cake toppers

Top Star Cake Toppers – Customized acrylic and board toppers for your cute name cake toppers.

Name Your Cookies – Customized cookie cutters , customized fondant cutter, modeling tools, stencils, cake toppers.

Crafty Crafts Ph – customized steel works like steel chandelier stand and Tiffany Chairs

Joshua Gummies – Candy bar package, gummy candies, lollipops, marshmallows, imported and local chocolates, Trolli candies and they do customized home made swirl lollies too!

Antonio Agtoto – Filipino styro cutter inventor! Excellent in custom styro lettering works. His shop is located in Quezon City Circle in front of the playground. Contact#: 09432101117

Did you know that The Bailiwick Academy has an online shop too?​​​​​

Visit our site: shop.thebailiwickacademy.com 

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