Hi! I'm new to Daring Kitchen, getting ready to start my first project this weekend. I also have an 8 year old daughter who is on a daring mission of her own -- to bake a cake. She has had a lot of trouble in school getting organized for major projects so we are doing two summer "practice projects" so she can build skills doing something that is more fun than schoolwork. For the month of July she chose to bake a cake. Her big issues are choosing a project that is ambitious but still within her abilities (she tends to either do the bare minimum or overreach) and then pacing herself to get the project completed in time.
What I am looking for are some good web sites, cookbook recommendations or anything that would help her get started baking. I'd kind of like her to be overwhelmed with choices -- so she can learn to make a decision where the only consequence is how much eye rolling her mother does. I am going to have her assist with my first Daring Bakers project this week so she will have an example of me stepping a little bit out of my comfort zone. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.