What Would I Do?

Bakers make bread, rolls, muffins, pies, pastries, cakes and cookies in retail and wholesale bakeries and dining establishments. Depending on the size and type of bakery, you may do a wide variety of tasks including:

• make dough for pies, bread and rolls and sweet goods
• prepare batters for muffins, cookies, cakes, icings and frostings according to recipes or special customer orders
• run baking machinery such as high-volume mixing machines, ovens and other equipment to produce large quantities of baked goods
• bake mixed doughs and batters
• frost and decorate cakes or other baked goods

Some bakers make all kinds of baked goods, while others concentrate on just one type, such as bread or pastry.

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