Since we only have like 3 active users right now, we’ll continue following along with Reddit. If we have more regular posters by the end of next year, we can look at coming up with our own list.
Week 1 12/31/2023 New Year, New Recipe
Week 2 1/7/2024 Quick Bread
Week 3 1/14/2024 South Africa
Week 4 1/21/2024 Seasonal Ingredients 1 : Use an ingredient that’s in season where you live
Week 5 1/28/2024 Bite Sized : Bake a mini-treat
Week 6 2/4/2024 Japan
Week 7 2/11/2024 My Decade : Bake something that was trendy the decade you were born
Week 8 2/18/2024 Custard or Pudding
Week 9 2/25/2024 Fermented Ingredients
Week 10 3/3/2024 Tower Bake : Bake something vertical
Week 11 3/10/2024 AI Generated : Cook a recipe generated by your favorite AI app
Week 12 3/17/2024 Sponge Cake : Make a Genoise or Victoria or Angel Food or another type of sponge cake
Week 13 3/24/2024 Animals : Make something animal shaped, or inspired by animals or treats for your pet.
Week 14 3/31/2024 Edible Book Challenge : Bake something inspired by literary titles, characters or authors
Week 15 4/7/2024 Turkey : Bake a treat from Turkey
Week 16 4/14/2024 Ancient Grains : Incorporate one or more ancient grains in your bake
Week 17 4/21/2024 Caramel or Sugar work : Make something incorporating homemade caramel or spun sugar or another decorative sugar creation
Week 18 4/28/2024 Tropical Flavors : Incorporate tropical flavor(s) into your bake
Week 19 5/5/2024 Mexico
Week 20 5/12/2024 Show Stopper : Bake something show stoppingly gorgeous. Look to past GBBF show stopper challenges for inspo.
Week 21 5/19/2024 Inspired by Nature
Week 22 5/26/2024 Flatbread
Week 23 6/2/2024 Celebration of Life : Bake something beloved by someone you love (who may or may not have passed)
Week 24 6/9/2024 Seasonal Ingredient 2 : Use an ingredient that’s in season where you live
Week 25 6/16/2024 Monochrome : Bake something black & white or shades of a single color.
Week 26 6/23/2024 Inspired by STEM : Show off your engineering skills, or a baking science tip you’ve learned. Or switch it up and bake something inspired by science.
Week 27 6/30/2024 Chocolate Work : Channel your inner chocolatier and conjure up a homemade chocolate confection. Or make a dessert incorporating chocolate
Week 28 7/7/2024 Meringue
Week 29 7/14/2024 Superfoods : Incorporate a superfood ingredient into your bake (anything from wheatgrass to acai berries)
Week 30 7/21/2024 Olympic Themed : Take inspiration from the Olympics for your bake. Bake something olympic themed, or pick a treat from the country you’re rooting for.
Week 31 7/28/2024 Rolled : Bake something that is rolled
Week 32 8/4/2024 Frosting & Icing : Learn a new technique Try out a frosting or icing technique you haven’t mastered yet
Week 33 8/11/2024 Brazil
Week 34 8/18/2024 Coffee / Tea Flavor : Bake something incorporating coffee or tea, or something that pairs with them.
Week 35 8/25/2024 Laminated
Week 36 9/1/2024 Plating : Show off your plating skills
Week 37 9/8/2024 Regional : Favorite Bake a specialty of your region
Week 38 9/15/2024 Choux Pastry
Week 39 9/22/2024 Unfamiliar Ingredient : Use an ingredient you haven’t tried before or haven’t had success using
Week 40 9/29/2024 3D Shape : Bake something in a 3D shape : spherical or square or another
Week 41 10/6/2024 Buns
Week 42 10/13/2024 Enriched Dough
Week 43 10/20/2024 Gelling Agent : Use gelatin or a vegetarian equivalent
Week 44 10/27/2024 Samhain : Celebrate the Celtic festival of Samhain by making something traditional to the regions it’s celebrated.
Week 45 11/3/2024 Crepes & Pancakes
Week 46 11/10/2024 Pantry : Bake something using only the ingredients already available in the house
Week 47 11/17/2024 Pies & Tarts
Week 48 11/24/2024 Same Latitude : Bake a specialty from a region on the same latitude as you
Week 49 12/1/2024 Savory : Bake something savory
Week 50 12/8/2024 Cookie Swap : Post your favorite cookie recipe and try out someone else’s
Week 51 12/15/2024 Yeast Leavened
Week 52 12/22/2024 Nemesis : : Bake something that defeated you this year
I have a feeling Nemesis is intended to be a retry at any of the other 51 weeks, but I cannot wait for stuff like people who could not beat a video game boss icing a cake with their image, or people who got sick cutting cookies in the shape of a virus.
EDIT: just realized I commented on this 7 months late. Oops.
