Description
Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
- • Decorate baked goods, such as cakes or pastries.
- • Check products for quality, and identify damaged or expired goods.
- • Observe color of products being baked, and adjust oven temperatures, humidity, or conveyor speeds accordingly.
- • Set oven temperatures, and place items into hot ovens for baking.
- • Combine measured ingredients in bowls of mixing, blending, or cooking machinery.
- • Measure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers.
- • Roll, knead, cut, or shape dough to form sweet rolls, pie crusts, tarts, cookies, or other products.
- • Place dough in pans, molds, or on sheets, and bake in production ovens or on grills.
- • Check the quality of raw materials to ensure that standards and specifications are met.
- • Adapt the quantity of ingredients to match the amount of items to be baked.
- • Apply glazes, icings, or other toppings to baked goods, using spatulas or brushes.
- • Check equipment to ensure that it meets health and safety regulations, and perform maintenance or cleaning, as necessary.
- • Set time and speed controls for mixing machines, blending machines, or steam kettles so that ingredients will be mixed or cooked according to instructions.
- • Prepare or maintain inventory or production records.
- • Direct or coordinate bakery deliveries.
- • Order or receive supplies or equipment.
- • Operate slicing or wrapping machines.
- • Develop new recipes for baked goods.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
