My Bake Escape’s
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My Favorite Kitchen Appliances (Affiliate Links)

The following are the larger appliances I use in my videos. These are products that I have owned for a few years and absolutely love and recommend. Thank you for your support!

Cuisinart 14 Cup Food Processor

This is the Food Processor I use to make pie crust, scones, and lot of other great recipes. I have owned mine for over 5 years and it works just as well as it did on day one. I like this specific model because its very easy to use (2 buttons), and it doesn’t have a ton of complicated accessories.

Zojirushi Bread Maker

I have had this bread maker since 2020 and I love how amazing it is! I have made homemade bread several times but I use this mostly to start my doughs for pizza, cinnamon rolls, or rustic french bread. It is super easy to use and does not make a lot of noise.

Nespresso Vertuo Coffee Pot

I love this espresso machine, I have had it for over 5 years and use it almost daily. It makes delicious espresso and coffee and the pods are affordable. I use this machine along with my frother to make iced latte’s, mochas, caramel macchiatos, all my delicious coffee drinks.

Nespresso Hot and Cold Milk Frother

I have had this for over 5 years and use it daily to froth hot milk for latte’s but more recently to make vanilla salted cold foam to add to my iced coffees.

Kitchen Aid Cordless Hand Mixer (Matte Black)

This is one of the newer appliances I purchased. I really like this hand mixer for a few reasons. It’s light weight, easy to use, and cordless. I keep this on my counter plugged in at all times so that its ready to go whenever I feel like baking. The charge holds well, I haven’t lost power once. I do believe they come in a variety of colors, I purchased mine in Matte Black to go with my other appliances.

Cuisinart Countertop Burner (Single)

I bought this a few months after starting my YouTube channel, this burner works great. Its light weight and heats up pretty quickly.

My Favorite Pans/Pots/Utensils (Affiliate Links)

Calphalon 2.5 Quart Pot w/Lid

This pot is the perfect size to make caramel, sauces, and lots of other delicious things. The lid has a strainer side so you can remove liquid without dumping your items out too. Its heavy lined and easy to clean. It even has markings in the inside to help you measure water. I have had this for a few years now and its great!

Cuisinart Saute Pan

This is one of my favorite pans, mutli use, great quality, and my favorite thing is that I can use it on the stove top and in the oven.

Tramontina Frying Pan

I love these frying pans, they are light weight, non-stick, and super easy to clean. I use them to brown butter for my recipes.

Cuisinart 1.5 Quart Pot

I recently purchased this, but so far I like it. It’s small so its good for small batch items. It’s easy to clean and has a shiny finish. Great for making small batches of caramel and other sauces.

NordicWare Baking Sheets

These are the baking sheets I use for everything! They are light weight, well made, and easy to clean and store. Highly recommend!

Ateco Cake Turntable

If you like to decorate cakes, this is the best turntable! I have two, thats how much I love this product.

Lemon Juicer (handheld)

I love this tool, it makes juicing lemons so much easier. It’s easy to clean and use.

Teak Large Cutting Board

I use this cutting board for so many things, mostly to roll out pie dough. Its large and heavy duty. Great quality.

Oxo Kitchen Food Scale

I have had this food scale for years. If you follow any of my recipes, you’ll notice that I use cups and grams. I prefer grams so that measurements are exact and this food scale works perfectly. The display pulls out too, so if you place a large bowl you can still see the display.

Digital Food Scale

I bought this food scale recently and love it. Its larger than the other one and holds up to 30 pounds. Highly recommend.

Thermometer Digital and Waterproof

This is the thermometer I use to check the temperature when I need to bloom yeast for cinnamon rolls and other recipes. It’s light, simple to use, and easy to clean. The waterproof feature is great because I have dropped this in water several times but it still works.

Whisk Double Balloon

This is my favorite whisk. It’s the perfect size, light weight, and does a great job of whisking ingredients.

Candy Thermometer

This is a classic dependable candy thermometer. I use this to check the temp of oil for my apple fritters and also to keep track of the temperature of my holiday English Toffee. You can clip this to the side of the pot and its easy to clean.

Mini Spatula

These are one of my favorite tools I own. They are perfect for so many things, I have 6 of these in a variety of colors. Durable and easy to clean. Perfect to scrape out the last of the peanut butter in the jar 🙂

Large Flexible Spatula

I have two of these and use them for scraping batter out of my mixing bowl.

Offset Spatula Small

This small offset spatula is great for spreading buttercream and other types of frostings. Its lightweight and easy to clean.

Offset Spatula Large

Another great offset spatula, larger and great for decorating tall cakes and spreading batter in a jelly pan.

#24 Ice Cream Scoop

This is the ice cream scoop I use to portion out cookies and cupcake batter. Easy to use and to clean.

Bench Scraper

I use this to scrape up stuck on dough, and to smooth the sides of cakes. Its a great tool that I always use when decorating cakes. Has a good grip and does a great job of smoothing buttercream.

Pastry Blender

This tool is great for cutting butter into flour. I use it to make scones and pie dough.

Pyrex Liquid Measuring Cups

I love these cups, I have had them for years! They are great quality and dishwasher safe. I highly recommend you invest in a good quality set of liquid measuring cups for baking.

Dry Measuring Cups and Spoons

These are my favorite measuring cups and spoons for baking. Great quality!

Chef Knife

The best lightweight chef knife. Affordable and great quality. It’s lightweight and has a good grip.

Salt Cellar

I love to use large grain salt and this is the perfect vessel for it. The top swivels open and close. Its beautiful!

Microplane Zester

I use this all the time to zest lemons or grate nutmeg. Its a great design, comfortable grip, and easy to clean.

Egg Holder

I initially ordered this for an aesthetic look on camera for my videos, but I really love this product and use it to store eggs in my refrigerator. Its great quality and super cute.

YouTube Channel Equipment (Affiliate Links)

These are the items I use to create the content I share on YouTube and other social media platforms.

Sony Digital Camera

This is the camera I use to record my recipes. I like that it has a view screen that folds out so I can see what I am recording almost at any angle. It’s light and easy to use. Its 4K so it creates quality images and videos.

Camera Tripod

This is the tripod I use to record all of my video content and photos. Its so great to use, heavy duty, great quality and adjustable. Perfect for those over head shots!

Extracts and Misc. Items (Affiliate Links)

These are the items I use in my videos and baking.

Vanille Bean Paste

This is the brand I use, its the best. I use this paste to make buttercreams, cakes, scones, and so much more.

Food Gel Colors

These are the gel food colors I use to dye my cakes, cupcakes, and frostings. They are great quality and do not leave a taste.

Colour Mill Food Coloring

I love this food coloring. This company produces a quality product that offers beautiful tones of color. They mix beautifully with oil so they are perfect for buttercream. They offer a variety of colors that you cannot find anywhere else.

Disposable Piping Bags

These are the bags I use to pipe buttercream and sugar cookie icing. They are great!

Edible Pens

I love this set of edible pens. They come with a good variety of colors and work great on sugar cookies.

Scriber Tools

These are great when decorating sugar cookies. They work perfectly to spread out the icing and pop bubbles.

#1 Round Piping Tip

These are great for piping thin lines or details on sugar cookies.

Meringue Powder

This is what I use to make royal icing for sugar cookie decorating. It has a good flavor and makes the icing smooth and shiny.

Large Round Piping Tip

My favorite large piping tip. I use this to decorate cakes, fill cookies, and pipe buttercream on cupcakes.

Flour Sifter

This is my favorite tool to use to sift my dry ingredients together. This will give you a finer flour consistency and remove those lumps that occur sometimes in flour and baking soda.

White Markers

These are the markers I use to write on the outside of my storage containers. It works great, and comes off with a little water.

Brown Sugar Saver

These are the markers I use to write on the outside of my storage containers. It works great, and comes off with a little water.

Nespresso Double Espresso Shot Pods

This is my favorite flavor of Nespresso’s espresso shots, this is a double shot and tastes delicious.