Baking and Books discussion

I'd like some people to weigh in on what they'd like to see in the challenges. Since we have an opportunity to be International here I think it's a great way to learn some things we wouldn't learn in our normal baking routines.

I have two thoughts...one is to just put up a category for the month, say cake and then everyone picks a cake to make and posts their recipe and pictures.

The other is to pick a specific recipe everyone bakes.

What would people prefer?

I love the idea of everyone trying out a recipe together. But you might have to make sure there's a gluten-free alt or something like that.

I like more the category/month, but make it more specific. Like "chocolate layer cake" or "jalapeno bread". That way the recipes aren't quite so disparate, but still allow people to make gluten-free, vegan, etc.

Okay the poll results show that more people would like to bake something from a category, but not the same thing.

What I'd like to do, is rotate who picks the category. This month to start it off I will do the picking, then after that I'll send an email out to one of you asking for your categories. After we hash it out I'll post it here.

Thanks to all who voted in the poll!