i'm 25 years old and have had a passion for baking ever since i was 9 and baked my first mini whipped cream and fruit filled mini tarts. i am a dessert person all the way and a white chocolate lover. my biggest problem is that i like to bake so much that people around me can't eat fast enough to keep up. i have a baking blog at http://BUTTERCREAMBARBIE.blogspot.com sweet yeast breads, cookies, cakes, desserts, pasta, ice cream, cream cheese anything. my mother couldn't cook to save her life, but i guess i got my culinary aptitude from my father and his mother - both excellent cooks! cheesecake. somehow it always turns out great for me. my mother has a habit of leaving things in the oven as a storage place. once when preheating the oven i didn't know that she left a plastic tupperware container in there and it ended up melting all over the oven. it smelled terrible, probably was toxic and i had to buy a new rack!