At Folke Estate, we believe sourdough baking doesn’t need to be complicated. You don’t need a professional bakery setup or a wall of specialist equipment to create beautiful, bakery-style loaves at home.
What you do need is a small collection of well-chosen tools that support the process—making baking more intuitive, more consistent, and far more enjoyable.
Whether you’re just beginning your sourdough journey or refining your craft, these are the tools that truly matter.
Alongside the basics—like a kitchen scale, mixing bowls, jars for your starter, and a sturdy mixing spoon—there are a handful of tools that make sourdough baking simpler, cleaner, and more reliable.
These are the ones we return to again and again in our own kitchen.
Everything begins here.
A sourdough starter is a living culture of wild yeast and beneficial bacteria that naturally ferments and raises your bread, giving it depth of flavour, texture, and character that can’t be replicated with commercial yeast.
For those starting out, an established starter removes a layer of uncertainty. The Florence Sourdough Starter provides a steady, reliable foundation—helping you focus on the process of baking rather than the guesswork of creating a starter from scratch.
With simple, consistent care, your starter becomes part of your kitchen rhythm. It will feed your loaves, your pizza dough, your focaccia—and everything in between.
Simple, humble, indispensable.
A bench scraper is one of the most useful tools in sourdough baking. It helps you work with dough in a way that feels controlled and clean, even when things get sticky.
Use it to:
Lift and handle dough with ease
Shape and tighten your loaves
Divide dough into portions
Keep your bench clean and organised
It’s one of those tools you don’t think much about—until you realise you can’t bake without it.
Shaping matters—and so does support.
A proofing basket, or banneton, gives your dough structure during its final rise. It encourages height, helps maintain shape, and contributes to that beautifully even, bakery-style crumb.
At Folke Estate, our sourdough kits include either an oval or round banneton, depending on your preference—each one designed to support confident, consistent baking at home.
Effortless mixing, by design.
The Danish dough whisk is one of the most underrated tools in sourdough baking. Its looped design moves easily through flour and water, bringing everything together quickly without overworking the dough.
It’s especially suited to sourdough—where hydration is high and doughs can be sticky. The result is a smoother, more even mix before fermentation even begins.
Control the bake before it begins.
Scoring is more than decoration—it’s function.
A bread lame allows you to make precise cuts in your dough just before baking. These cuts guide the way your loaf expands in the oven, influencing both structure and appearance.
Done well, scoring creates that signature ear, supports even oven spring, and adds a beautiful, intentional finish to your loaf.
We’ve brought these essentials together in one considered kit—so you can begin baking with confidence from day one.
The Folke Estate Sourdough Kit includes:
Florence Sourdough Starter, with rehydration instructions
Danish dough whisk
Bench scraper
Bread lame
Oval or round proofing basket
Everything you need to bake artisan-style sourdough at home—without the overwhelm.
Once you’re comfortable with the rhythm of sourdough, there’s a whole world of baking to explore.
This is not just a collection of recipes—it’s a guide to baking with intention.
The Folke Estate Recipe E-Book brings together 12 thoughtfully developed sourdough recipes, designed to help you get more from your starter and your discard. From soft scrolls and chewy bagels to homemade pizza dough, each recipe is crafted to be approachable, reliable, and deeply satisfying to make.
Not essential—but transformative.
A Dutch oven solves one of the biggest challenges in home baking: steam.
When dough hits a hot oven, it needs moisture to expand properly. A preheated Dutch oven traps steam released by the dough itself, creating the ideal environment for:
Full oven spring
A crisp, blistered crust
A light, open crumb
Beautiful scoring expansion
It’s a simple piece of equipment that brings you closer to bakery-level results at home.
The final touch matters.
A good bread knife respects the loaf you’ve made. The Folke Estate bread knife is designed with a sharp serrated edge that glides cleanly through crusty sourdough without crushing the crumb or tearing the structure.
Because after all the time, care, and patience—it should slice just as beautifully as it bakes.
Sourdough has a way of slowing things down—in the best possible sense. It asks for attention, patience, and a little trust in the process. The right tools don’t make the bread for you, but they do make the journey smoother, more intuitive, and far more rewarding.
At Folke Estate, we see baking as something simple and grounding—an everyday ritual rather than a technical pursuit. With a well-loved starter, a few considered tools, and time on your side, great bread becomes something you can return to again and again.
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