Christmas gift idea

[BastardtheCat]

Specifically, for a 12 year old boy who loves baking.

budget about £20-£30 - what could you get? Hand mixer?! Some baking tins?! I want to get him something practical but nothing like an apron or novelty shite.

any ideas?

PME baking tins (6 inch is a good starter size)
PME release spray

I am a baker; and I’d be lost without these. No need to grease and line your tins. They pop out every time.

Who’s the recipient? If it is your child, is a second hand stand mixer an option? Hand mixers are not great. If it isn’t your child, maybe his parents might invest in something like that in the future.

It depends what he has already. If he hasn’t got the basics yet, the following things are helpful:

Palette knife
Starter kit of baking nozzles
Disposable piping bags
Metal cake scraper
Gel food colours (Colour Splash are a good budget option which give a great colour)
Spinning table to decorate the cakes - an IKEA lazy Susan is the best! Budget friendly and works really well.

Thanks for this. Some fab suggestions here.

A baking subscription. There’s lots out there

Ps you could sign up to one for 3 months or so

If you need any help with links to products, I’m happy to help. You have time to do a Temu order before Christmas (if you use it) and you’d get loads at a great price there.

Does he like sushi? I realise its not baking and a parent/guardian would need to go also, but this lesson was fun and and I still make sushi now: yosushi.com/sushi-school

Interesting shaped cake tins such as bundt cake shape, madeleines or springform pans
Liners for the above pans
Temperature probe
Scales
Timer

I’ve just bought a memory gift book for my mum from Storybox.life. They receive a weekly email and after they answer all the questions they receive a beautifully bound full colour hardback book of their life with pictures. Something really special for the family to share.