Cake, Cupcake and Cookie Depositors
A depositor puts the same weight of batter, filling or dough into every cavity, tray after tray, with no piping bag and no waste. We supply the range from Formex, built near Barcelona: bench depositors, automatic machines, cookie formers and injectors. As Formex’s exclusive Scottish distributor, we match the machine and nozzles to your batters, trays and daily numbers.
The Formex range
Cake depositors
These fill tins, trays and moulds with cake batter or filling at a set dose. They suit bakeries making sponge, loaf cakes, brownies and muffins in quantity.
Formex DA and DAS
Automatic: the conveyor moves the trays while every nozzle deposits the same dose. Up to about 8,700 muffins an hour.
Best for: Smooth batters in volume
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Formex MA and MAS
Automatic, built to pass chocolate chips, fruit and nuts up to about 15 mm.
Best for: Muffins, brownies and cakes with inclusions
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Formex DPV and DPVS
A bench-top piston filler, from 7 cc to over a litre per dose, with nozzles for sauces, fillings and injection.
Best for: Mixed products and small runs
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Formex MAST cake dosing machine
An automatic depositor Formex builds specifically for cakes.
Best for: Cake production lines
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These deposit batter into paper cases or cupcake trays, a row at a time. They suit bakeries piping cupcakes and muffins by hand today.
Formex DS
Semi-automatic: a foot pedal deposits each row while you push the tray. 4 or 5 nozzles and a 40 litre hopper.
Best for: Bakeries moving off the piping bag
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Formex CA paper cup dispenser (CA 40, 45, 60-65, 80)
Places paper cases or moulds onto the tray, ready for filling.
Best for: Muffin and cupcake production that cases by hand
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Formex muffin and cupcake lines
Lines built from Formex machines, such as tray loader, case dispenser, depositor and topping applicator.
Best for: High-volume muffin and cupcake production
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These deposit and shape stiff doughs straight onto trays, by wire cutting or shaped nozzles. They suit bakeries making biscuits and cookies that are hand-cut or piped today.
Formex GTF
Deposits and shapes dense doughs with wire cutting or rotating nozzles, including onto sheet pans.
Best for: Shortbread, biscuits, cream puffs and macarons
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Formex TF
A wire-cut machine for hard-dough cookies up to 80 mm.
Best for: Butter biscuits and wire-cut cookies
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Formex TF mini
A compact, semi-automatic wire-cut former for pieces up to 120 mm.
Best for: Smaller bakeries starting with cookies
Ask about this modelDoughnut injectors
An injector fills baked or proved products with jam, cream or chocolate through a needle. It suits bakeries filling doughnuts, croissants and muffins by hand. Formex also lists doughnut filling as a job for its DAS depositor.
Formex IA
Automatic injector for thick, sweet fillings such as chocolate and jam, up to 5,290 pieces an hour.
Best for: Filled pastries in volume
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Formex IS
A semi-automatic injector for small and medium runs.
Best for: Filling muffins and croissants
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Formex tabletop injector
A bench injector and depositor, 5 to 40 g a shot, supplied with a dosing nozzle and injector needles.
Best for: Jam or chocolate filling in a small bakery
Ask about this modelWhich depositor do I need?
| If you | Look at |
|---|---|
| Pipe cupcakes or muffins by hand | The semi-automatic DS |
| Fill hundreds of trays a day | An automatic DA, or MA for inclusions |
| Make biscuits and cookies | GTF, TF or TF mini |
| Fill doughnuts, croissants or muffins | An IA, IS or tabletop injector |
Bring us your batter or a recipe and we’ll match the depositor and nozzles to it. Growing fast? See expanding production.
Depositor FAQs
How much does a cake depositor cost?
It depends on semi-automatic or automatic, tray width, nozzles, hoppers and add-ons such as a tray loader or topping applicator. We don’t publish prices. Send us your products and tray sizes and we’ll quote.
What’s the difference between a depositor and an injector?
A depositor puts batter or filling into an empty tray, case or mould. An injector pushes filling inside a product that’s already formed, such as a doughnut, croissant or muffin.
Can a depositor handle chocolate chips?
Yes. The Formex MA and MAS pass chips, fruit and nuts up to about 15 mm, and the bench-top DPV handles larger pieces.
Will it take our trays?
The automatic Formex depositors take trays from 40 to 80 cm wide, including standard 60 × 40 bakery trays, plus paper cases and moulds.
Ask about depositors
Tell us what you make and how much, and we’ll recommend the right machine. We’ll reply within 48 hours.