The lockdown may have rained on our parade this year, but let's give this extraordinary year some credit. For one, it inspired the unlikeliest of us to don our chef hats and get cracking in the kitchen. Social media timelines have been flooded with a deluge of beautifully baked goodies from cakes, soufflés, meringues and tarts these past eight months. With Christmas a few weeks away, and with baking mania continuing to lure amateurs cooks, we invited three city-based home bakers to share an essential toolkit on the must-have equipment to kickstart your journey.