My kids are pretty good in the kitchen. In fact, it's a shame for them to have a mom who is totally disinterested in food. Makes it even more apparent after we visit Grandma once a month, who is the best cook in the whole world.
My oldest son had a cake party some time before he was 10 years old. They each made their own cakes ~ which looked exactly like hamburgers. yellow cakes for the buns, chocolate for the burger, rice chrispies for the "sesame seeds," yellow, red & white frosting in the middle for ketchup, mustard & mayo ~ sliced gumdrops for lettuce. They enjoyed it quite a bit ~ ate their own cakes for dinner and then for breakfast.

But I'm pretty sure none of them told any of their other friends they were cooking.