Easy Vegan and Gluten free Cakes, Fillings and Frostings

Setting up your baking kitchen

The first most important thing to get started with is setting up your new baking kitchen.

I have compiled below my absolutely necessary list of tools and ingredients required for you to be setup successfully in your new baking kitchen.

1. Ingredients:

• Soy milk:

Any brand which you prefer, I like to use Soyfit Natural, no added sugar. You can even opt for Vanilla Soy Mylk. I do not generally recommend using home made soy mylk as the consistencies of each batch are different each time but if you wish to, you can try that.

• Deodorized coconut oil:

I get my deodorized coconut oil from Yashvi Foods, Mumbai. The minimum packaging is 1 litre. If you like the taste of coconut oil, you can use coconut oil. Do keep in mind the taste will reflect.

Contact: Yashvi Foods: +918104893266

• Sunflower lecithin:

I use Sunflower Lecithin of AmiLife.

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You can even use Soy Lecithin of Urban Platter.

• Almond flour:

Blanched Almond flour is readily available in specialty cake stores. Or you may even purchase it off Amazon.

• Maida/All purpose Flour:

I like to use Samrat brand. Make sure you are buying packaged flour. Normally, All Purpose flour in India is bleached which gives good results. But you can also opt for unbleached flour.

• Icing sugar:

I like to use Mawana brand of icing sugar. You will get in a specialty cake store, grocery store or online.

• Couverture chocolate:

I use Callebaut 811NV. I order it from a company called Delta Nutritives. The minimum order for Callebaut is 2.5 kg.

Amul Dark Chocolate and Lindt are also good options. So are the Indian chocolate brands like Chitram's chocolates, Mason and Co, Naviluna etc.

Contact: Delta Nutritives( Pune branch): +919987189833

• Cocoa powder:

I use JB Morgan which I source from the local specialty cake store.

Hershey's, Cadbury and Calllebaut are also good.

• Baking soda:

I use the one available in my local cake supplies store. Do make sure it is fresh.

• Cornstarch:

Any brand is good. I purchase 1 kg of cornflour from the local cake supplies shop.

• Potato starch:

I get this off Amazon from a brand called Freshos.

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• Brown sugar:

I like to use Mawana. This is readily available in specialty cake stores.

• Baking powder:

I use Wiekfield Double Acting Baking powder. You can use any, do make sure it is fresh.

• Vanilla bean or extract:

I source my Vanilla beans from Karnataka. The supplier contact information has been given below. Minimum quantity with him is 100 grams.

You can even use extract of Sprig Bourbon Vanilla.

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Contact: Kedar Vanilla: +919902348997

• Ready made Soy Whipping cream:

Rich's soy whip topping( Red and blue color) is a vegan brand of whipping cream. You should get in in the local cake supply shop.

You could also get it via Amazon.

2. Equipment:

• Weighing scale:

The very simple reason to weigh in scales is because cups and spoons measurements vary a lot and it is a task to measure correctly using this method. Also cups and tsp measurement are by volume which differ for every ingredient. I always recommend scale measurement as it is universal. I purchased mine from the link below.

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• Micro weighing scale

I like to use a micro weighing scale for all my small measurements like baking soda, baking powder, vanilla extract etc. You can use any jeweler's micro weighing scale.

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• Oven OTG:

I have used the Morphy Richards 60L brand and it has served me well over many years.

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• Stainless steel Whisks, Silicone Spatulas.

It is important to invest in good quality steel whisks and silicone spatulas. They last a very long time. You can find good quality ones in any baking supply store, home decor store. Or get it online.

• Beater:

I use Philips electric beater. It has served me well over 6 years.

• Stand blender/Handheld blender

I use a Philips blender. It is a good brand or you can use any other.

• Piping bags

I purchase my piping bags from the local cake store.

• Cake pan and Cake Ring sizes:

I have used 6 inch cake ring. You will find them at any cake decorating store.

Extra resources for supplies:

Arife online

Joy Global

All the recipes are here in the pdf.