With all the various lockdowns over the past year turning all of us into Mary Berry wannabes to varying degrees of success (we have the enthusiasm at the very least), essential baking ingredients have been as rare as gold dust at times, with shoppers diving headfirst for the last bag of flour on the supermarket shelf. And what’s more annoying than having your heart set on a weekend baking project, only for those dreams to be scuppered because you can’t find one vital ingredient? We hear ya.
Thankfully, you can still get your bake on. While you could look for alternative ingredient swaps, here’s another idea: home baking kits. Turn your attention online and there are plenty of kits out there that come complete with everything you need to execute a magnificent bake, ready to be ordered and delivered straight to your door.
From brownies and blondies to biscuits and bread, there’s a kit to create just about everything and anything. And because they come complete with pre-portioned ingredients and easy to follow step-by-step instructions, even the most kitchen averse among us would find it hard to mess these up.
Note that most kits will require you to add at least one or two of your wet ingredients, such as eggs, water or butter, but having all the dry ingredients delivered to you takes so much of the hard work out of baking. There are kits for all levels of baker, from novice to advanced, so no one will be bored nor out of their depth. And all tastes are catered for too – chocolatey, fruity, alcoholic and even tea-infused, it’s all there.
With these home baking kits, the hardest part is waiting for the timer to ding so you can dig in. Sharing optional.
25 delicious home baking kits
Bake-at-home cinnamon buns, £16, GAIL’s
Limited edition Bacardà cupcakes & cocktails kit, £30, Primrose Bakery
Chocolate, Hazelnut & Cookie Crumb DIY Babka Kit, £20, Shuk
Rainbow Bagel Baking Kit, £19, Not On The High Street
Burger Cupcake Kit, £19.99, Craft & Crumb
Salted Caramel Brownies Recipe Kit, £12, Farmdrop
Rainbow cake baking kit, £44.95, Crumbs & Doilies
The Bottle Baking Co.  Seriously Smart Cookie Mix, £10, Pantry House
Oreo And Raspberry Brownie Bake Kit, £15, Not On The High Street
Craft & Crumb Rainbow Cupcake Baking Kit, £19.50, Oliver Bonas
Three Month Baking Club Subscription, £30, BakedIn
Bake Your Own Gin Cookie Mix, £6.50, Katie Bakes
Get Baking Kit, £8.50, Roberts Bakery Direct
Strawberry Daiquiri Cupcake Kit, £10, Bakedin
Red Velvet New York Cookie Kit, £17.50, Cupcake Jemma
Rainbow Cake Pop Kit, £17.99, Not On The High Street
Jammy Dodger Blondie Bake Kit, £15, Not On The High Street
Tropical Banana Cake Mix, £4.75, Yumbles
Cookies & Cream Kit, £35.99, Lola’s Cupcakes
‘Gorgeously Gooey’ Chocolate Brownie Baking Mix Jar, £16.95, Not On The High Street
Gingerbread Baking Kit With Cutter, Icing + Decorations, £12, Not On The High Street
Rose And Pistachio Macaron Kit, £16, Not On The High Street
Six Month Pancake Of The Month Subscription Food Gift, £60, Not On The High Street
Three Month Bread Subscription Box, £50, Not On The High Street
