Introducing The Newest Subscription Box With Bake Box

I am always so jealous of the sheer variety of subscription boxes that are available in the US. You can literally subscribe to anything over there whilst we are pretty much stuck with a plethora of beauty boxes (I’ve tried a few and cancelled them all, they get very samey in my opinion) and the odd food subscription box to keep us amused. There is a new box in town, say hello to Bake Box!

The newest subscription box to hit our postbox is designed for budding bakers to collect an array of baking equipment and build on their current skills with exciting recipe cards and access to Bake Club Live, a site with videos to master those techniques extra recipes to put those new baking items to good use. At £14.99 per box plus £2.99 P&P it isn’t the cheapest subscription box out there but with over £40 worth of equipment in each box, it is a great way to collect those items you have lusted after in the shop with information on how to use them. It is also bi-monthly so a lot cheaper than a monthly subscription.

Each box has a theme and my first box theme is ‘Springtime in Paris’.

The recipe cards are easy to follow and are punched ready for a binder which will keep them all safe and clean. I’d like to think a binder will be provided by the Bake Box subscription at some point as it would make life a lot easier, and cleaner!

I am in love with this madeleine mould and it is very Parisian as I know this would be the first delicacy I would buy were I to visit the city. I can’t wait to try it out for myself as I have never attempted to make madeleines before. The heart mat is designed for macarons so you can pipe the mixture into the cavaties to create pretty hearts rather than the standard round variety. I’ll be using this to make them as well as using it as a guide for other piped desserts.

I am a huge fan of the cake decorators food pen. I went through a phase of making biscuits regularly and had never heard of these beauties. I’d pore over a teeny piping bag and get wiggly lines all over the place and then I discovered you could just draw on your biscuits! It’s genius and this one will definitely come in handy as black is the most popular colour I use.

These cutter and embosser sets are going to inspire me to use that pen more, look at the intricate detailing on the Eiffel Tower embosser? Cut our your biscuit dough with the cutter then use the embosser to indent the icing so you have an easy stencil to follow for a foolproof design.

These large and small flower presses make moulding that sugar paste easier and these calisson cutters have introduced me to something I had never heard of. Calissons are almond flavour sweets originating from Alx-en-Provence. Their petal like shape mean they make a pretty centrepiece at any party as they can be stacked like a flower on display. I can’t wait to try making them, I’m a huge almond fan. There’s also a plastic pastry brush in the same lilac shaded silicon. This I will use the most often as I regularly make pies and find a bristle one sheds far too much for my liking.

What do you think of the contents of the March Bake Box? Next time I’ll try the recipes out too so you have a firsthand impression on whether they are suitable for the novice baker like me. You should join me…

You can subscribe to Bake Box here.

Item sent for review purposes.