Tools and Equipment in Preparing Desserts

• A type of food that is something sweet.

  Dessert
• It is used to extract the core from the apple.

  Apple corer
• It is used in the oven for baking single-serving desserts.

  Custard cups
• It is used for icing, to pipe whipped cream, fill doughnuts, form pastries, and even pipe mashed potatoes.

  Decorating bag
• It is used to manually mix and beat eggs.

  Eggbeater
• For measuring dry ingredients.

  Measuring cup
• For measuring liquid.

  Glass measuring cup
• For measuring ingredients in small quantity.

  Measuring spoon
• It is used for mixing ingredients.

  Mixing bowl
• It is used to open a food tin.

  Cans, bottles, cartons opener
• This is where fruits and vegetables can be cut.

  Cutting board
• It is used when temperatures must be kept below boiling.

  Double boiler
• It is used to fill jars.

  Funnels
• It is used to grate.

  Graters
• It is often referred to as cook's or chef's knife.

  Kitchen Knives
• It is used to prepare salad greens, vegetables and fruits.

  Fruit and salad knife
• It is used to level off ingredients.


  Spatula
• It is used to section citrus fruits.

  Citrus knife
• It is used to core, peel, and section fruits and vegetables.

  Paring knife
• They are practical for opening food packages, cutting tape or string to package foods or simply to remove labels or tags from items.

  Kitchen shears
• It is used to blend or scrape the food from the bowl.

  Scraper
• It is used to spoon liquids over foods and to lift foods.

  Spoons
• It is used to measure heat intensity.

  Temperature Scales
• It is used to scrape vegetables, such as carrots and potatoes, and to peel fruits.

  Vegetable peeler
• It is used for whipping eggs or batter.

  Whisks
• It is used for creaming, stirring, and mixing.

  Wooden spoons
• It is used for baking food in the oven.

  Baking pan
• They may refer to a small electrical appliance.

  Equipment
• It is used to liquefy all kinds of food.

  Blenders
• It is used for mixing, beating, kneading, and whipping ingredients.

  Electric mixer
• It is used for refrigerating food and another for freezing.

  Refrigerators/Freezers
• It is used for cooking food.

  Range