Join in Martha's "Year of Cakes"...it's time to bake!

Calling all Martha-to-be’s (both female & male)!! After much to-ing & fro-ing, we’ve finally worked out how you can participate in Martha Stewart’s “Year of Cakes”. In order to participate, you will need to set up a free Flickr account (if you don’t already have one) – don’t be scared, if we non-tech heads could do it, so can you! You may find these FAQ’s helpful.

Once your account is set up, upload photo(s) of your Martha cake into your account. You will need to tag your photos to be included in the monthly Year of Cakes galleries. For February’s cake…the decadent Triple-Chocolate Mousse Cakes…you will need to use the exact tag “year of cakes feb 2006”. Make sure you include the inverted commas. This will enable everyone to view all of February’s contributions in the one gallery. You’re welcome to upload more than one photo, but your finished cake and/or slice is preferred!

We have also set up a Year of Cakes group on Flickr…feel free to join, as this will contain a cumulative pool of all the photos. There is also an opportunity for discussion boards, but we haven’t got round to that yet!

If you can't see your photos....don't panic! As we learnt here, just upload more public photos into your account, as your account will initially be pending until the Flickr guys check that you're not posting up any unauthorised images!

So, as to rules….there are no rules! Ok, there is one rule….HAVE FUN! Remember, you only have to strive for Martha perfection, not actually be perfect….so there’s no need to make 5 attempts just to get it picture-perfect! Especially as everyone’s ovens and measuring tools are different. It’s the participation that counts, so if your cake has sunk, or it’s lopsided, or you forgot the sugar (hey, how would we ever know?), then so be it! Heck, our January attempt wasn’t perfect, but we had a lot of fun, so we hope you do too! You might even surprise yourself!

Happy baking Martha-to-be’s! Look forward to seeing all your contributions! N

PS) For all those used to metric measurements (like us!), 1 stick of butter = 115g. This might be helpful for the following months’ cakes.