TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND UTENSILS

NEEDED IN PREPARING
DESSERTS/SWEETS
Measuring cup and spoon. Individual measuring
cup for dry ingredients, glass measuring cup for
liquid and measuring spoon for ingredients used in
small quantity.
Mixing bowl is used for mixing ingredients. It
comes in different sizes: small, medium, and
large.
Can opener is used to open food containers.
Cutting board is a wooden or plastic board
where fruits and vegetables are cut.
Double boiler is used when temperatures must be kept
below boiling, such as for egg sauces, puddings, and to
keep foods warm without overcooking.
Funnels are used to fill jars. They are made of
various sizes of stainless steel, aluminum, or
plastic
Graters are used to grate, shred, slice and separate
foods such as carrots, cabbage and cheese
Kitchen Knives are often referred to as the cook's
or chef’s knife. They are use for peeling and slicing
fruits and vegetables
Fruit and salad knife is used to
prepare salad greens, vegetables,
and fruits

Spatula is used to level off

ingredients when measuring and
to spread frostings

Citrus knife is used to section

citrus fruits. The blade has a
two-sided, serrated edge.

Paring knife is used to core,

peel, and section fruits and
vegetables. The blades are
short, concave with hollow
ground.
Kitchen Shears are practical for opening food
packages, cutting tape or string to package foods or
simply to remove labels or tags from items.
Scraper is a rubber or silicone tools to blend or scrape the
food from the bowl; metal, silicone or plastic egg turners or
flippers
6. Spoons are solid, slotted, or
perforated. They are made of stainless
steel or plastic. The solid ones are used
to spoon liquids over foods and to lift
foods, including the liquid out of the pot
7. Temperature Scales are used to measure
heat intensity. Different thermometers are
used for different purposes in food
preparation – for meat, candy or deep-fat
frying.
8. Vegetable peeler is used to scrape vegetables,
such as carrots and potatoes and to peel fruits. The
best ones are made of stainless steel with sharp
double blade that swivels.
9. Whisks for Blending and Mixing are used for
whipping eggs or batter, and for blending gravies,
sauces, and soups. The beaters are made of looped
steel piano wires which are twisted together to
form the handle.
10.Wooden spoons continue to be kitchen
essentials because of their usefulness for used for
creaming, stirring, and mixing. They are made of
hard wood.
11.Baking pan. One cannot bake without
bakeware. Baking pans like loaf pans, cake pans,
pie plates, and baking sheets and so on are
necessary for baking.
Equipment
More complicated tools are called equipment
1. Refrigerators/Freezers are necessary in
preventing bacterial infections from foods.
2. Range is a kitchen appliance used for cooking
food.
3. Mixers are used for mixing, creaming, beating
and whipping ingredients. The ultimate mixer for
anyone who bakes is, of course, a stand mixer.
4. Blenders are used to chop, blend, mix, whip,
puree, grate, and liquefy all kinds of food. A
blender is a very useful appliance.
A. Name the Tool
Identification Type. Write the correct
name of the tool/equipment given its
uses and function.
 Uses and Functions
1.Used for measuring small quantity of ingredients
like salt, baking powder, baking soda
2.Used to grate, shred, slice and separate foods
such as carrots, cabbage and cheese.
3.Used for whipping eggs or butter, and for
blending gravies, sauces, and soups.
4.Used to fill jars, made of various sizes of
stainless steel, aluminum, or of plastic
5.Are practical to use for opening food packages,
cutting tape or string to package foods or simply
to remove labels or tags from items
 Uses and Functions
6. Are used to chop, blend, mix, whip, puree,
grate, and liquefy all kinds of food
7. Used for mixing, creaming, beating and
whipping ingredients
8. Chef's tools, use for all types of kitchen tasks,
from peeling an onion and slicing carrots, to
carving a roast or turkey
9. Used for creaming, stirring, and mixing. And
made from hard wood
10. A kitchen appliance used for cooking food.
For 10 points.
1. Give YOUR reasons for
eating desserts and sweets