10 essential tools for new bakers (and 5 you can skip)
What to buy first when you start baking at home — with rough prices from Sri Lankan shops.
- Author
- BakeZone Kitchen
- Date
- 3 September 2026
Buy these first
- Digital kitchen scale (Rs. 2,500–4,000) — baking by weight is the single biggest upgrade.
- Oven thermometer (around Rs. 1,500).
- Two 20 cm round tins and one 20 cm square tin.
- Silicone spatulas and a balloon whisk.
- Hand mixer (Rs. 8,000–15,000).
- Measuring spoons.
- Wire cooling rack.
- Baking paper.
- Offset spatula and cake scraper.
- Piping bags and a 1M star nozzle.
Skip these for now
Cake-pop makers, novelty-shaped tins, single-use gadgets, cheap turntables that wobble, and airbrush kits — until you have the basics mastered.