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Your friendly neighborhood sourdough baker in Washington DC. Mostly on Instagram. DM not monitored. All order info is available on capitoljillbaking.com

10/11/2026

Cute 9” carrot wedding cake from this week, with chai caramel made with freshly grounded cardamom and plenty of passionfruit

Local 🌺 always Little Acre Flowers

10/10/2026

Pushing up a full bake day 24 hours is not for the week, especially with wedding and birthday cakes to finish and a storm on the horizon. BUT WE DID IT! Grateful for my friends for stepping in to help (chef Amy 𝖆𝖒𝖞 , Allison, Rowel), for our bakers (PISCES RISING // SOYMILKBAR Maggie Spillane who spent a few hours in the bakery before work), and for all of you who made this bake day one to remember.

PASTRY TRAY
- Garlic knot
- Rum Vanilla Apple Fritters
- Orange Lavender Scone (vegan)
- London Fog cake slice (lemon, earl grey, raspberry, honey)
- Apple Crumble Pie Kolache
- Swedish Cardamom Bun
- Jumbo Earl Grey Lemon Cinnamon Roll

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10/08/2026

IMPORTANT UPDATE REGARDING OUR SUNDAY 10/11 PASTRY BAKE

I didnt make this decision lightly. A little rain is not an issue, but right now there is thunderstorm and flooding chance in the forecast, and I put the safety of my customers and team above all. Plus now you will have pastries and cakes to eat on Sunday at home!

10/07/2026

Bread showing off today!!

Chili crisp scallion sesame fougasse 🔥
Country Sourdough
Stout Sourdough
Cranberry Walnut
Baguette

Easy day

10/05/2026

What a week! Thank you all for buying breads/cakes/pastries - we really got to work and pushed for the maximum number of products, along with so many wedding cakes (I just cant wait for photos) this week. Fall is my favorite baking season (until the dry air messes with our sourdough proofing process) and I hope it’s also your favorite pastry-eating season 💕

PASTRY TRAY THIS WEEK

- Swedish Cardamom Bun (with more freshly ground cardamom since someone mentioned on reddit that I didnt put enough cardamom in my buns lol)

- Garlic Knot: our sourdough challah dough, layered with lots of garlic butter with a touch of vegetable bouillon and spices, brushed with more garlic butter post-bake

- Cardamom, Fig, Labne cake slice: the last of our backyard fig jam, whippeb labne cream, on brown sugar cardamom olive oil cake (Corto Olive) with a Honey orange blossom buttercream

- Soft Peanut Butter Chocolate Cookie: a surprise hit! Soft brown butter dough with chopped Reese’s and a touch of sea salt

- Apple Crumble Pie Kolache: apple c***r custard, cooked apple pie filling with plenty of brown sugar and spices, and a walnut crumble topping inspired by my favorite pie (a la Tartine Bakery Elisabeth Prueitt) on our sourdough brioche

- Coffee Cinnamon Bun: I didnt even know it was Kanelbullar day on Sunday! Our sourdough enriched dough with instant espresso, cinnamon brown sugar butter, with an espresso syrup post-bake. PISCES RISING // SOYMILKBAR and I had a lot of fun twisting and shaping all the buns while watching Gilmore Girls (though I couldnt get over the fact that Lorelai was younger than me in Season 1 🙈)

- Fig, Goat Cheese, Rosemary Scone: she’s finnicky but so delicious when we get it right 💕

And we met a fashionable gentleman named Porcini at pick up! Weeekend made. See you later this week for bread and pastries (and we still have some cake slices for preorder!)

10/02/2026

Something old (cake from last month)
Something new (does new post count?)
(little) Something blue

Wedding season is in full swing

🌼 Little Acre Flowers
Venue: L I T T L E P E A R L

10/01/2026

November book for all celebration cakes is now open! Please use the dedicated form on my website (link in bio) for all inquiries.

For Weddings and Larger Parties (50+ servings), we are booking until the end of the year. Please use the Weddings & Large Parties form on the website.

📸 Liz Fogarty
Venue: Union Market District

09/30/2026

Took the team (actually Ciara Havener drove us, I was busy orchestrating the shenanigans in the car) to Philly to eat some pastries for the day. Come along!

FAVORITE PASTRY: Machine Shop’s Tomato Harissa Puff

BEST HANGING SPOT: Dream World Bakes

BEST BATHROOM FOR SELFIES: Dream World Bakes 🪩

Ciara Havener Reese Hammond Becca Kim and Priya (who took all the film photos)

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Washington D.C., DC
20003

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http://CapitolJillBaking.com/

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