John Mayer: Launches holiday baking competition

John Mayer: Launches holiday baking competition

Singer John Mayer is getting in the holiday spirit again, having launched his second annual Interfaith Holiday Baking Competition.

The singing superstar, last year, filled his blog with photos of some of the most outrageous and just plain yummy-looking holiday-themed cakes of 2008 and he's brought the tradition back for 2009. And the rocker revealed earlier this month that the tradition was inspired by his brother.

"About this time last year I started getting e-mails from my brother with pictures of cakes he'd been baking. I laughed at first but when he appealed to me without sarcasm that it was undeniably fun and uplifting, I had to try it," John wrote on his blog. "Sure enough, baking a cake or two while listening to Christmas (okay, Holiday) music was like a giant dose of premium cheer. I had the happiest holidays in years.

"I decided to start a contest on my blog wherein I challenged readers to submit their own baked goods, and the cheer just kept spreading. What I had originally thought was a clever little contest actually turned into a mainline of good feelings for everyone involved," he added.

Earlier this month, the second Interfaith Holiday Baking Competition kicked off, and on Wednesday night, John post the first round of cake contenders. Some of the cakes John posted pictures of, featured the "Grinch Who Stole Christmas," a Twitter bird, The Beatles logo surrounded by holiday lights and a Christmas theme featuring a mantle-hung stocking for Kanye, who John recently told Access Hollywood deserved a break following his Taylor Swift MTV Video Music Awards stage interruption.

Over the holidays, the rocker plans to post more cake pics, and the winner will get four tickets (including meet and greet) to any show on the rocker's upcoming American trek and a Martin OMJM Signature Series acoustic guitar. Second place walks away with a Fender JM Stratocaster.