This is actually an interesting problem, because per the book, Aziraphale and Crowley (and angels and demons in general) subconsciously shape reality to their expectations. It's an element of their innate magic, and one they themselves do not seem to be aware of. Crowley forgot the speakers for his sound system, but he expects it to play music, so it plays music. He operates his kitchen appliances without plugging them in, and I always read that as he doesn't actually know you have to plug in your fridge to make it work, because he never had to learn. He was told "this is the cold box", so it is cold inside, obviously! How is it cold? Who knows?! Certainly not Crowley.
For the shopping, this leaves several interesting scenarios. My initial thought was that Aziraphale's kitchen should always be perfectly stocked with whatever ingredients he needs, because he went out shopping for this recipe and obviously assumes he bought everything he needs, so it'll be like he did in fact buy everything, even if he didn't (and the missing things miraculously find themselves in his pantry instead, because he assumes they'll be there, in a situation parallel to Crowley's missing speakers).
If they are not there when he opens his cupboards, that means Aziraphale expects to have missed things from his list, which means Aziraphale thinks his own memory is bad. In a weird mirror of the speaker system situation, if Aziraphale assumes he is forgetful and will not buy everything, his unconscious magic will make it so he missed things. Even if he buys everything from his list, the expectation of "I forgot something" will mean he ends up with missing ingredients anyway, regardless of how much he buys. He'll just unconsciously miracle them out of his own pantry again. They'll be there after he bought them, and as soon as he thinks "oh, I probably forgot to buy baking soda", as long as he really believes he is an angel who forgets to buy baking soda, all baking soda that was there will just disappear (because his idea of reality twists actual reality into shape). He cannot know whether this happens, either, because that would require being aware of this principle.
If Aziraphale assumes he is bad at shopping and the ingredients are all present and accounted for anyway, that means someone else believes Aziraphale is good at shopping, and they believe it more strongly than Aziraphale believes he sucks. That means Crowley could believe Aziraphale is great at buying everything off his list, and as long as Crowley believes that strongly enough to outweigh Aziraphale's contradictory belief, Aziraphale will find all his ingredients in his pantry anyway. (This configuration also works the other way around, Crowley could also unknowingly sabotage Aziraphale.)
Now, another fun thing that could happen in this last case is that if Crowley consistently believes strongly in Aziraphale's shopping skills, Aziraphale will always find he has all ingredients he needs (because Crowley believes that and thus Crowley miracles anything missing onto the shelves). If this goes on for a while, Aziraphale will have lots and lots of evidence that he always buys everything he needs/that his pantry is always well stocked. Naturally, this repeating experience should translate to Aziraphale growing to believe that he is indeed great at shopping for ingredients, which then translates to Aziraphale's own belief in his skills also filling his pantry.
Angels shopping is a logic problem. ;) But, ultimately, if Crowley believes in Aziraphale, and we have lots of canon reason to think he does, then Crowley will indeed save Aziraphale's recipes, one way or the other, even if he doesn't know he's doing it. He wouldn't even need to actively miracle Aziraphale's missing baking soda into existence. I mean, he can and he would, but if Crowley believes in Aziraphale strongly enough, that'll be enough on its own.
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