Buy Bakery Product from Bakeware New Zealand
Bakeware New Zealand lists bannetons in four sizes. Before you pick one, check it against the thing you actually bake in.
Bakeware New Zealand is a specialist in Flat Bush: four listings, all bannetons — the cane baskets a shaped dough proves in before it goes near the oven — one round and three ovals, with the dimensions in each product name.
Most advice on choosing one starts and ends with how much dough you make, which our guide to bannetons covers along with using and looking after them. This page is about the constraint that guide does not touch and that sends more baskets back: whether it fits your pot.
The Four Sizes
The store's whole current range, smallest to largest. Prices and availability update live, and the dimensions are in each product name — those are the numbers to measure against.
Product descriptions above are the store's own words, reproduced as written, and are not endorsed or verified by DoorToShop.
Will It Fit What You Bake In?
There are two separate questions when you buy a proofing basket, and most people only answer the first. How much dough decides the size. What you bake in decides whether that size is any use to you — and a 35cm oval loaf in a 26cm round pot is just a round loaf with a crease in it.
Measure the inside of your pot, not the outside.
A Dutch oven is sold by its external diameter or its litre capacity, and neither is the number you need. Put a ruler across the inside of the rim, then check the internal diameter at the base too — many cast-iron pots taper, and the base is what the loaf lands on.
Allow for spring.
The loaf comes out of the basket at basket size and then grows in the oven. Leave a couple of centimetres of clearance all round on the base measurement rather than matching it exactly, or the loaf will meet the wall as it rises and take the pot's shape instead of its own.
Check the height as well as the width.
The lid has to go on over a rising loaf. Measure from the base of the pot to the underside of the lid, and remember the dough will be taller in the oven than it looked in the basket.
For an oval, check you actually have an oval vessel.
Long oval baskets do not fit a round pot — a 35cm oval loaf in a 26cm round Dutch oven becomes a round loaf. If you only have a round pot, either buy round or plan to bake ovals on a stone or tray with steam instead.
If you are baking on a stone or tray, measure the shelf.
Without a pot the constraint moves to the oven itself: the loaf needs room around it for air to move, and you need to be able to get it in there on a peel or board without catching the sides.
The other half of the decision is dough weight. Which size suits the amount you actually bake, how to use a banneton, why dough sticks and how to keep the basket in good order are all covered in our guide to bannetons.
What the Basket Does Not Include
A banneton shapes and supports a loaf while it proves. It does not go in the oven, and on its own it will not bake you any bread. If you are starting from nothing, this is the rest of it:
- Something to bake in. A Dutch oven or covered baker traps the steam a loaf needs early on; a stone or heavy tray plus your own steam does the same job with more fiddling.
- A way to score the loaf. A lame or a very sharp blade — a blunt knife drags the surface rather than cutting it.
- Digital scales. Bread is worked in weights and percentages rather than cups, and a basket is sized to a dough weight.
- A liner or a bare basket and flour. Some bakers use a cloth liner, some flour the basket directly. Check the listing for what is included, and ask the store if it does not say.
- Somewhere cool to prove. A basket in the fridge overnight is a common approach, so check yours has room for one before you buy the 35cm.
Store Details
- Store
- Bakeware New Zealand on DoorToShop
- Address
- 41B Donegal Park Drive, Flat Bush, Auckland
- Contact
- Through the store page on DoorToShop.
- Delivery
- Dispatched the next business day, courier delivery typically 1–3 business days across the Auckland region.
- Also in
- Bakery on DoorToShop
How to Order
Measure your pot first.
Internal diameter at the base, and the clearance up to the lid. That is what decides which basket works, before anything else.
Open the store.
Browse Bakeware New Zealand's listings on DoorToShop, or start from the Bakery category.
Read the dimensions in the name.
Each basket has its measurements in the product title. Compare those against your pot rather than guessing from the photograph.
Add to cart.
DoorToShop is a multi-merchant marketplace, so you can add items from other local stores to the same order.
Check out and receive it.
Pay securely by card or net banking, with no minimum order value. The store dispatches the next business day and courier delivery typically takes 1–3 business days.
Delivery is $5 as a base fee, with free delivery on orders above $69, and there is no minimum order value. Enter your postcode at checkout to confirm delivery coverage for your address, or read how DoorToShop works.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does Bakeware New Zealand sell?
Bannetons — the cane proofing baskets a shaped dough rises in before baking. The store currently lists four: one round and three ovals, between about $32 and $42, with the dimensions in each product name.
Will a banneton fit in my Dutch oven?
Measure the inside of the pot, not the outside. Take the internal diameter at the base, since many cast-iron pots taper, and leave a couple of centimetres of clearance all round for the loaf to spring into. Also check the height from the base to the underside of the lid — the lid has to close over a rising loaf.
What size Dutch oven suits a 20cm round basket?
A pot with an internal base diameter of roughly 24cm or more gives a 20cm round loaf room to spring without touching the sides. Measure yours rather than going by the litre rating, which does not tell you the shape.
Can I bake an oval loaf if I only have a round pot?
Not as an oval. A long loaf in a round pot ends up round. Either choose a round basket, or bake the oval on a stone or heavy tray with steam in the oven instead of in a pot — that is the usual approach for bâtards at home.
Do the baskets come with a liner or cloth?
Check the individual listing, and ask the store if it does not say. Some bakers use a cloth liner and some flour the bare basket, so it is worth knowing which you are getting.
What else do I need besides the basket?
Something to bake in — a Dutch oven, covered baker, stone or heavy tray — a lame or very sharp blade for scoring, and digital scales. The basket shapes and supports the loaf while it proves; it does not go in the oven.
Which size should I buy, and how do I use it?
Size is worked out from the weight of dough you make, and there is a bit of technique to using one. Our guide to bannetons covers both, along with stopping the dough sticking and how to look after the basket.
Can I fit the basket in my fridge?
Worth checking before you order, particularly for the largest oval. An overnight cold prove in the basket is a common method, and a 35cm basket needs a clear shelf.
How fast is delivery?
Orders are dispatched by the store the next business day and typically arrive within 1 to 3 business days by courier. Enter your postcode at checkout to confirm delivery coverage for your address.
How much does delivery cost?
The base delivery fee is $5 NZD, with free delivery on orders above $69 — the exact amount is confirmed at checkout. There is no minimum order value.
What if it arrives damaged?
Photograph it before unpacking further and contact the store. Returns are handled by the store that sold the item, and nothing in a store's policy limits your rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.