The best places to shop for all your baking needs in Singapore

Passionate home-based baker Gina Tan not only sells freshly baked artisanal bread loaves, cookies and waffles. At Baking with Gina, she also stocks high-quality Japanese flour: take the Nippon Murasaki Botan Bread Flour, a protein-rich and beginner-friendly flour for those who are just starting out on their sourdough journey. Pick up premium Masuda and Nishio flours too, across all-purpose, bread, pastry and wheat. Prices start at just $3.50 for 1kg worth. Baking tools like bench scrapers, rolling pins and spatulas are available too. 

Bake With Yen has been a one-stop-shop for quality baking products, ingredients, tools and confectionery items sing 1987 in Singapore. The wide range of products stocks specific baking products you might need like green pea powder or Japanese bread flour. Prices are also competitive and the store offers free islandwide delivery for orders above $150 to save you the hassle of going down to the store in these times.  

If getting flour from the nearest supermarket is a struggle due to the limited supplies, just stay home and order a few bags from Lim Siang Huat. They have flour for making bread, noodles, and even roti prata. The store also stocks groceries if you need more rice and noodles in the house to last till Phase 2 Heightened Alert ends.

This old school shop started as a provision store but it's since become a favourite jaunt for aspiring bakers and pastry chefs. While it stocks all the staple like flour, cake tins and icing sugar, it also has a great selection of premium products like Tahitian vanilla pods and Callebaut and Valrhona chocolate. Look out for seasonal items too: Sun Lik Trading imports products like lotus paste from Hong Kong during mooncake season and the store's in-house brand makes its own candied fruit for Christmas. You can also grab your baking needs online during this period.

If you're buying (and baking) it bulk, it would be sensible to make a trip to United Bakery Supplies. Save a buck or two when you stock up on baking essentials like butter, flour and sugar from mainstream brands like SCS, Lurpak, Prima Flour, Philadelphia and SIS. It's a decent place to shop if you're not looking for anything too fancy. Drop by the warehouse to check out what's in stock or purchase online and get your goods delivered to your doorstep. 

If you're baking aficionado (or if you've ever had to hunt down uncommon ingredients for that recipe you're dying to try), Phoon Huat is an ever-reliable source for value-for-money baking supplies. The wide, brightly lit corridors at the spacious Bedok branch are jam-packed with anything you could ever want like pastel-hued gum paste edible flowers, baking trays, wooden kueh moulds, pastes (like pineapple and double chocolate lotus) and gluten-free cake mix. Even if you're not a fan of sweet treats, there are rows after rows of recipe books, herbs, spices, pasta, savoury produce and even Gryphon Tea. It's baking made easy, just as Phoon Huat's slogan says. While all physical stores are open now, there is a limit of ten people allowed in the store at all times – just save some time and get your goods delivered from its online store.

Ailin Bakery House exudes old-school charm, coupled with excellent customer service that adds a human touch to the baking goods store. The place is tiny, yet it’s bursting with all the supplies and ingredients you need for the next bake. Some patrons have said that its SCS butter ($4.10 for one block) is the cheapest, plus its Sarawak pineapple filling ($7.20 for 1kg) is very much sought-after for making pineapple tarts. You can drop by the store during this period, or shop online for convenience.

If your pantry is so well-stocked that whipping up a mille-feuille during the apocalypse won't pose a problem, then shift your focus to kitchen electronics that ensure every bake yields success. Tott holds a vast amount of baking equipment, along other kitchen tools and tableware, from renowned brands such as Nordic Ware and Jamie Oliver. Products include Nordic Ware's Bundt Pan ($23.90) and Jamie Oliver's Five-Piece Cookie Cutter Set ($27.90). Shop online for all your baking goods and necessities during this 'circuit breaker' period.

Bake King is a perennial fixture in the baking aisle of almost every supermarket, but did you know that the brand has its very own brick and mortar store? Furthermore, the range available in the outlet extends beyond bottles of food colouring, baking additivities and packets of dried fruits and nuts. You’ll find everything you need for your patisserie endeavours, including cake moulds and stands, as well as uncommon ingredients such as dried rose petals and charcoal powder. You can also shop online during this period and get your baking needs delivered to your doorstep.