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    Image of Liz Mincin blogger and recipe developer behind Waiting for Blancmange.

    Hi! I’m Liz – an American baker and cake decorator living in Britain.

    Welcome to my blog! I’m an American with Southern and Italian roots, who has somewhat randomly found herself living in Gravesend, Kent – famous as the final resting place of Pocahontas.

    I love to bake and have been creating desserts for more than 20 years. After years of taking photos of my family favourites and pâtisserie experiments, I decided it is finally time to try sharing some of these.

    Hope you enjoy!


    A bit more about me:

    I’m originally from an extremely rural town in Maryland, near the Pennsylvania border. Although we’re technically a ‘southern’ state courtesy of the traditional North/South boundary at the Pennsylvania line, my real southern roots are courtesy of my mother – born and bred in North Carolina.

    On my dad’s side, we’re Italians – my grandfather arrived by boat through Ellis Island in the 1920s, eventually settling in Altoona, PA – home of the world famous horseshoe curve (more on this later).

    When I was growing up, we cooked and baked foods from both of my parents’ family repertoires and cultural heritages, with some Old Bay thrown in to represent their adopted home of Maryland.

    At 18, I moved to the United Kingdom for university – first in Scotland and then in England. Now, fourteen years later, I’m married and living in Kent with my English husband and our fluffy diva of a cat.

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    Image of Liz Mincin blogger and recipe developer behind Waiting for Blancmange.

    Hi, I'm Liz! I'm an American expat in the UK, with over 20 years experience baking and creating desserts. Taught tricks and tips by my mother and grandmothers, I'm sharing recipes and baking tips from my Italian American and Southern roots, along with a few British staples picked up from my time living across various regions in the UK.

    More about me →

    Plan a Weekend Brunch!

    • Close up image of using an offset spatula to frost chai latte icing over top of a pan of fresh baked chai cinnamon rolls.
      Chai Cinnamon Rolls
    • Super soft vanilla bean cinnamon rolls.
      Vanilla Bean Cinnamon Rolls
    • Close up of a soft and fluffy Biscoff cinnamon roll.
      Biscoff Cinnamon Rolls
    • Slice of almond streusel coffee cake.
      Easy Almond Streusel Coffee Cake with Amaretto

    Recipes for a Summer Barbecue

    • Layered blueberry strawberry shortcake trifle showing custard, whipped cream, fruit and cakes.
      Blueberry Strawberry Shortcake - A Family-Sized, Layered Take on the Classic
    • Seven layered chocolate cake, reminiscent of the smith island cake. Thin vanilla cake layers stacked with chocolate fudge frosting.
      Seven Layer Chocolate Cake
    • Three edible cookie dough cones on a bright yellow backdrop. Each topped with melted chocolate and sprinkles, with some chocolate chips and sprinkles alongside.
      Edible Cookie Dough Cones
    • Loaf tin full of no churn ice cream mixed with bits of coffee walnut cake, four scoops made and two with waffle cones sticking out.
      No-Churn Cake Filled Ice Cream

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