Hey there, I wonder if you can solve a probably very daft issue I’m having. The “Bake” tab seems to have disappeared from my Blender Properties pane. I’ve deleted and re-installed (I’m using 2.65a) with no luck. What I do notice is that my older version 2.64a DOES have the Bake tab there.
I think you are in Cycles render mode (top header, to the right of the screen) .
Cycles does not support yet Baking and so do not have the tab, so go back to Blender Render mode and the Bake tab should be there.