Fancy Flours: If you need to decorate a dessert, this is the place for you. Choose from more than 700 different cookie cutters, 50 oils and extracts, and 500 sugar-based decorations, as well as chocolate transfers and culinary stencils.
406-587-0118 / fancyflours.com
Jane’s Cakes & Chocolates: This Montrose, California, shop is a good source for cake pans, decorating tips, candymaking equipment, and edible gold dust.
818-957-2511 (no Web site; only in-store or mail-order purchases)
Wilton: The place to go for cake decorating supplies, Wilton offers an assortment of pastry bags and decorating tips, as well as cake pans of every kind.
800-794-5866 / wilton.com
gadgets
Microplane: Once you use one of Microplane’s graters, you won’t be able to use anything else. These sturdy, super-sharp tools make quick work of citrus zest, whole nutmeg, and even carrots (for Carrot Cake with Buttermilk Glaze and Cinnamon-Cream Cheese Frosting on page 67, for example).
866-968-6665, ext. 1 / us.microplane.com
Oxo: The gadget experts. Products include sturdy silicone spatulas, great mixing bowls, and our favorite cherry pitter (it works on olives, too).
800-545-4411 / oxo.com
Zeroll: Ice-cream enthusiasts will want to check out the array of scoops from Zeroll. The sturdy aluminum alloy scoops have a heat-conductive fluid sealed in the handle, which makes dishing up frozen desserts a breeze.
800-872-5000, ext. 17 / zeroll.com
ingredients
BAKING STAPLES AND MORE
ChefShop.com: Browse this site’s baking ingredients category to find candied fruits, dried fruits, extracts, nuts, and chocolates.
800-596-0885 / chefshop.com
Dean & Deluca: This New York-based specialty store is known for its first-rate ingredients. The store carries a nice assortment of honeys and is a good place to buy culinary lavender—among many other delectable things.
800-221-7714 / deandeluca.com
igourmet.com: Shop for baking staples like extracts, baking chocolate, and vanilla beans.
877-446-8763 / igourmet.com
CHOCOLATE
Chocosphere: One-stop shopping for all things chocolate (baking chocolate, chocolate sprinkles, cocoa powder). This store carries products from nearly 50 chocolate makers from around the globe, including Bon Appétit test kitchen favorites Valrhona and Callebaut.
877-992-4626 / chocosphere.com
Lindt: A Swiss chocolate that’s great for baking. Lindt makes an especially good white chocolate. Buy products from Lindt’s online store or type in your zip code to find a nearby store that carries Lindt chocolate.
877-695-4638 / lindtusa.com
Scharffen Berger: Some supermarkets carry this high-quality chocolate brand, but for cooks who can’t find Scharffen Berger in their market, the company’s Web site offers online ordering for all of its products, including basics like baking chocolate and cocoa powder.
866-972-6879 / scharffenberger.com
FLOUR
King Arthur Flour: This Vermont-based company is obsessed with baking. It’s known for high-quality flours, but King Arthur is also a great source for cookie cutters, baking pans, and baking advice.
800-827-6836 / kingarthurflour.com
FRUITS AND NUTS
American Almond Products Company, Inc: An excellent source for almond paste. If you use a lot of marzipan or whole or sliced nuts, the company also sells those, but only in large quantities (5 pounds or more for nuts, 8 pounds or more for marzipan).
800-825-6663 / americanalmond.com
Bella Viva Orchards: This Central Valley, California-based company sells a variety of dried fruits, from prunes to Pluots. They even have diced dried fruit that’s all ready to mix into your favorite recipe.
800-552-8218 / bellaviva.com
Friske Orchards: This orchard in northern Michigan is a good source for hard-to-come-by frozen sour cherries (called “tart cherries” on the site).
888-968-3554 / apples-cherries.com
Melissa’s: Shop at Melissa’s for dried fruits and nuts, as well as a huge selection of hard-to-find fresh fruits.
800-588-0151 / melissas.com
HONEY
Savannah Bee Company: This Georgia-based company sells honeycomb and eight kinds of fantastic artisanal honeys, from the common orange blossom variety to the ethereal tupelo honey. (And for cooks who can’t get enough of the wildflower and tupelo varieties, the company offers those in 5-pound bottles.)
912-234-0688 / savannahbee.com
SPICES
Adriana’s Caravan: Adriana’s carries a staggering array of spices and extracts, as well as exotic ingredients that can be tough to find, like pomegranate molasses.
800-316-0820 / adrianascaravan.com
Penzeys Spices: Penzeys carries hundreds of different spices, both whole and ground, so you’re sure to find what you’re looking for.
800-741-7787 / penzeys.com
The Spice House: A specific baking spices category helps narrow down the spice options quickly. The store also carries other kinds of flavorful ingredients, such as orange-flower water.
847-328-3711 / thespicehouse.com
one-stop shopping
Amazon.com: Potato starch, stand mixer, cake decorating supplies, a bicycle to ride to the market—whatever you need, it’s on Amazon.
amazon.com
Davidlebovitz.com: David Lebovitz, a frequent Bon Appétit contributor, honed his pastry skills at the legendary Chez Panisse. Today, he lives and writes—and bakes—in Paris. His Web site includes lots of helpful tips, as well as a link to his own amazon.com store, where you’ll find a collection of products (ice-cream machines, ingredients, gadgets) that Lebovitz really likes.
davidlebovitz.com
Fante’s Kitchen Wares Shop: A comprehensive resource for everything from aprons to zesters.
800-443-2683 / fantes.com
Kitchen Krafts: This shop focuses on hard-to-find tools and ingredients. Cherry pitter? Check. Cake turntable? Of course.
800-776-0575 / kitchenkrafts.com
Surfas: A Culver City, California-based restaurant supply store that’s open to the public, Surfas is a great source for ingredients (like high-quality chocolate chips) and equipment (such as heart-shaped baking pans).
877-641-2661 / culinarydistrict.com
Sur La Table: Sur La Table’s online Professional Baking Shop has product collections organized by dessert type, so you can choose gear specifically for cakes (or cookies or pastry). The store is also a good resource for decorating supplies, including sparkling sugars and edible gold and silver leaf.
800-243-0852 / surlatable.com
Williams-Sonoma: A good resource for everything from pans, fluted pastry cutters, and gadgets to baking staples like vanilla extract.
877-812-6235 / williams-sonoma.com
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