i'm 13 going on 14 and have been cooking since i was 9. cakes and brownies sunday morning eggs bene. i made a platter of dark chocolate rasberry cookies for a baking contest when i was 11 and won the whole event adults and all. for a block party 1 year my family had to bring a dessert. i made a "lemon chocolate soup" out of yogurt melted chocolate and lemons mixed with a few other ingredients and brought it along. the lemons curdled the whole thing and anyone who ate it got sick.