Might be like Martha- Let the baking begin!

Nicky & I are weekend bakers. Any suggestion of a get-together or a special occasion and you'll find us with our respective red Kitchen Aids in a baking frenzy.

Just before Christmas we spent 4 days in the sweltering Aussie heat baking from Martha Stewart's holiday cookie collection (who would've thought that converting from imperial to metric could be so dicey!). We were pretty chuffed with the results, even if the chocolate & vanilla bulls eyes looked more like cat's eyes!

Maybe we are still on a sugar high, but this experience has inspired us to push our baking to "another level".... We are aiming high! To the Queen of occasion baking... Martha Stewart.

"Start the new year with a positively yummy resolution- to celebrate each month by making a cake." Martha Stewart Jan 2006. Sounds enticing doesn't it! We think it is a much easier resolution than going to the gym! In the current issue of Martha Stewart's Living we discovered the "Year of Cakes" and each month you will be able to see our attempts to reach Martha perfection! Hence, the title "might be like Martha"... because the results may show that we might not!

As soon as we figure out the whole blog & photo thing we would love to see anyone else's attempts at the "Year of Cakes" and we will post them up.

We look forward to showing you our January attempt with the ridiculously difficult looking Martha's Meyer Lemon Anniversary cake.