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    Baking Basics

    These are some tried and tested basics for the home baker.

    Here you'll find articles covering tips and tricks as well as ingredient substitutions (focused on US and UK ingredients) and discussion about measurements in baking.

    Whether you're a long time baker or just starting out, check out some of my recipes, such as whipped cream and pie crust to give you some easy basics to work with in your desserts!

    • Bramble Blackberry Simple Syrup
    • Homemade Chocolate Whipped Cream
    • Easy Chocolate Pastry Cream
    • Oat Crumble Topping
    • Golden Oreo Crust Recipe
    • Chocolate Shortcrust Pastry - Easy Chocolate Pie Crust Recipe
    • Two Ingredient Oreo Crust - Quick and Easy Oreo Base
    • US to UK Baking Conversion - Tried and Tested Substitutions
    • Battenberg Cake Tin - An Easy How to Guide
    • Lotus Biscoff Biscuit Base - The Best Cookie Crumb Crust Ever
    • Baking Weights versus Cups - Weighing in on the Contentious Divide
    • Looking for a Buttermilk Substitute? A Quick Guide
    • Quick and Easy All Butter Crust
    • Tips and Tricks for Easy Stabilized Whipped Cream
    • Vanilla Pastry Cream

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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 →

    Spring Faves

    • Close up shot of chocolate chip oatmeal pistachio cookie broken in half revealing gooey soft inside of a freshly baked cookie.
      Oatmeal Chocolate Pistachio Cookies
    • A slice of lemon and blackberry layer cake with blackberry filling and blackberry buttercream.
      Lemon Blackberry Cake
    • Close up of mini cheesecake with chocolate ganache sitting in its open cupcake wrapper after a bite has been taken.
      Mini Cheesecakes with Chocolate Ganache
    • Overhead shot of a piece of no bake pistachio cheesecake with a pistachio white chocolate ganache topping and pieces of pistachio and rose petals for decoration.
      No Bake Pistachio Cheesecake

    Easter Treats

    • Soft and chewy giant Peeps cookie with a gooey marshmallow centre, white chocolate chips and sprinkles.
      Peeps Cookies
    • Close up of hot cross bun cinnamon rolls.
      Hot Cross Bun Cinnamon Rolls
    • Large slices of mini egg brownies with two pieces on their side to show the fudgy brownie base with mini eggs.
      Mini Egg Brownies
    • Cadbury Creme Egg cookies.
      Creme Egg Cookies

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