My boyfriend's 14 year old daughter has aspirations of becoming a pastry chef when she older, and for her Christmas present this year, I was thinking of getting her a Cake book, and I was wondering what you guys would recomend me getting for her.

Thanks in advance

A nice how to dvd would be better as it shows exactly how to do things...just an idea

if you are getting a cake book, i was given one for my birthday earlier this year and it is an overall book with some cakes, basic cake recipes, tips on gumpaste figures, tips on working with chocolate etc stuff like that.

I got mine over here in Aus but i am sure you would be able to get something similar over there, just a good starter

I just got the Planet Cake book recently. It's super cute, and it has a lot of great designs and recipes. Barnes and NOble had the cheapest price from what I could find.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Planet-Cake/Paris-Cutler/e/9781435117051/?itm=1&USRI=planet+cake

I would recommend the book Hello Cupcake for a 14 year old. It has so many great fun cupcakes to make.