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Hobby baker

@kijana105.bsky.social
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Likes baking, sunshine, growing stuff, science, books and baking stuff. And baking. All photos posted are taken by me of things I make at home...

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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are you invested in #GBBO? I didn't have time to do fancy decorations, but I have just made a Guinness cake... (Stout and chocolate, with dutched cocoa Italian meringue buttercream and a cream cheese frosting on top)... #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #cake #foodie #Whatscooking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Mushroom lasagne and salad for my friends... #hobbybaker #homemade #Whatscooking #foodie #dinner
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My fave made-up word is "glutney", a chutney made from a glut of available veggies and fruit... So this year's glutney is (mostly) tomato and pear... With various chillies, carrots, beetroot and squash from the allotment... #hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #chutney #foodie #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️🫙🌶️🥒🍅🥕🍐🍈
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Kombucha decanting... This is a white grape and ginger kombucha... #hobbybaker #homemade #ferment #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🍾
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Homemade kimchi (loving the beetroot addition for colour and a slight sweetness), almonds, roasted chickpeas, pumpkin and sesame seeds. #hobbybaker #homemade #ferment #foodie #Whatscooking #dinner 🍜🍽️
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Canning poached pears. I don't drink so used non alcoholic Chardonnay, cardamom pods and cloves... They'll be lovely by Christmas... #hobbybaker #homemade #preservation #homegrown #foodie 🎂🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Forgot to take photo yesterday, but made a lovely sticky toffee pudding... used dates and rye flour, so it's basically one of your 5-a-day... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking #dessert 🍜🍽️🎂
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sunday roast: chicken, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, celeriac, beetroot, parsnips, onions, peas and broccoli and proper gravy... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Baked cheesecake: peanut butter and chocolate Fell apart coming out of the tin 😔 still tastes awesome☺️ #hobbybaker #homemade #bakesky #dessert #cake #foodie #Whatscooking🍜🍽️🎂
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Plum and blackberry tarte... Paté sucre, plums, blackberries and frangipane. Served with cream or ice-cream... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #bakesky #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Early September and I'm drying apples. The smell in the kitchen is glorious. These are so beautiful inside and out... Amazing local tree... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Quiche. Sort of. Bacon and onion... smoked tofu, mozzarella, ground flax seed, eggs and cream... On a wholemeal/herb short pastry crust. #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking #quiche 🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Savory Chelsea buns: cheese and salami or ham... #hobbybaker #homemade #Whatscooking #breadsky #bread #foodie #foodiesky
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Today's sourdough is pretty #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking #breadsky #ferment #sourdough 🍜🍽️
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Eton mess for 27 hungry family members.. Strawberries, raspberries, mulberry and plum...
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The plum trees are productive... Plum jam today #hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #foodie #Whatscooking🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Leavers' party chocolate cupcakes in a black and gold theme.. Dutched-cocoa cupcakes, black vanilla icing and gold sprinkles. #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #cake ... Black icing is harder than you might imagine... Vanilla ermine buttercream for the win!
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
What summer evenings are made for... Cream, strawberries and raspberries, amaretti biscuits.. And a cold beer. #hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #foodie #foodsky #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🍓🍺
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Fresh bread, people. Come get it whilst it's warm..! Sourdough: Canadian stoneground, ACV, linseed, sunflower seed, chia seed... #hobbybaker #homemade #breadsky #foodie #Whatscooking #ferment
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I've trained pretty hard this week and feel I deserve a proper lunch today. Salad of rocket and cucumber, goats cheese, nuts and seeds... Yum. #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Potato crust quiche, with green beans and truffle-infused saucisson sec... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #foodiesky #Whatscooking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Trifle: using up cake offcuts, mulberries, raspberries and strawberries from the garden, fresh cream whipped with vanilla and some pecan and Brazil nuts #hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #cakesky #foodie #Whatscooking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The gooseberry harvest is getting going... I have a LOT of gorgeous gooseberries... Hit me up with your best ideas #cooksky! #hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #Whatscooking #foodie
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Local festival has a cake competition. The theme is "local produce" and I also happen to be a member of a community allotment... Here is my contribution... 🤞 A cake that shouts "unfulfilled Bake Off ambitions' #hobbybaker #homemade #homegrown #gbbo #allotments #cakesky
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The mulberry tree is giving the loveliest fruit this year... #hobbybaker #home-grown
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
My strawberries are beginning to ripen... #hobbybaker #homegrown #summer
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Plum and frangipane tart #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #foodie #foodiesky #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️🍰
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Used the rhubarb pulp from the rabarbasaft to make rhubarb and ginger slice... Beautiful with some homemade cranberry ice-cream... 🍰🍽️🍜 #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #foodiesky #foodie #Whatscooking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Today I've made a huge stash of rabarbasaft (Danish 🇩🇰 rhubarb cordial) and it's wicked tasty... and beautiful... It's my fave summer drink... #hobbybaker #homemade #summer #rhubarb
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Spaghetti meatballs... Youngest has been away on camp and it's his fave. #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #foodiesky #Whatscooking🍜🍽️
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Today's sourdough looks and smells, frankly, marvellous... Half Canadian stoneground strong white, half stoneground wholemeal from the water mill at Dunster Castle ... with sesame seeds and milled golden linseed #hobbybaker #homemade #breadsky #ferment #sourdough 🍞🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The sun is shining and the elderflower is frothy and smells divine... So cordial... #hobbybaker #homemade #summer #cordial
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Sunday morning sourdough loaf... Canadian stoneground strong white with homemade ACV and sunflower seeds... #hobbybaker #homemade #breadsky #foodie #cooksky #ferment #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️🍞🌻
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Youngest wanted to make pasta from scratch... So fresh egg homemade tagliatelle with chicken meatballs, dill, cream and gran padarno.... Salad created by the daughter.. #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #cooksky #Whatscooking #fresh #Pasta
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Chilli con carne, kachambari, guacamole, some crazy tasty lime and sour cream flavoured tortilla chips and cheese. Comfort food for the end of a long week and stupid & depressing politics... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #cooksky #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🫣🗳️
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I made kardemummabullar! Swedish 🇸🇪 cardamom buns... They were delicious... #hobbybaker #homemade #bakesky #foodie #foodiesky #Whatscooking 🍜🍽️🥐
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
MIL's birthday cake... Coconut cakes layered with mango curd and lime Italian meringue buttercream #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #baking #foodiesky #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜🎂🧁
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Today's sourdough loaf, stoneground Canadian 🇨🇦 strong white, some malt, sunflower 🌻 seeds... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodiesky #breadsky #cooksky #fermented
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Peppers stuffed with lentils and smoked tofu... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodsky #cooksky #Whatscooking #vegetarian
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Roast chicken, peppers stuffed with lentils and smoked tofu, new potatoes, radishes with dill and a greekish salad...
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Glorious sunshine today and a beautiful walk in the bluebell woods. So salad for dinner... Pickled aubergine, peppers, goats cheese, mushroom, rocket, cucumber etc .. #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking #salad #sunshine
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Saag aloo and tofu curry. Yum. Served with nuts and seeds... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #vegetarian #Whatscooking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Family favourite: spicy pasta salad... Fusili, kidney beans, black beans, sweetcorn, red onions, tomatoes, coriander leaf, a LOT of garlic, olive oil, tandoori spice blend... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #Whatscooking 🍽️🍜
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Cake for the daughter's party last night... 🍓Strawberry and vanilla 🎂 Vanilla sponge, stabilised Chantilly, fresh strawberries and white chocolate shards... #hobbybaker #homemade #cakesky #foodie
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Hot fresh loaf for lunch... #hobbybaker #homemade #breadsky #bread #Whatscooking #foodie 🍞🍜🍽️
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Quiche: bacon and onion. With cauliflower cheese, kale, peas and sweetcorn... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #baking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Oh man, was that delicious. And the teenage daughter was most pleased... #hobbybaker #homemade #cake #foodie #cakesky #baking
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Newly minted teenager in the house! Ready for family party tonight... Four layer gateau of coffee and walnut cake and Italian meringue buttercream. #hobbybaker #homemade #cake #cakesky #coffee
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Ah well so, it really _is_ the elixir... Even the child horrified by all fermented foods absolutely loves it...
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Hobby baker @kijana105.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Dinner tonight was all the guy-friendly stuff... Garlic, ginger, scallions, broccoli, quinoa, lentils, kimchi, cashew nuts, shot sauce, miso, seeds and peppered mackerel... #hobbybaker #homemade #foodie #foodsky #ferment
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