She also claims to be bad at cleaning.
Our staff went crazy for it, and we think you will too.
Whats your favorite part about the delicious cake you developed for our 25th birthday?
Photo:Chantell and Brett Quernemoen
Molly Yeh:First of all, the lemon poppy seed flavor combination.
Its very nostalgic to me.
Second, I love that the cakes decor isnt too fussy; it feels loose and organic.
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And, finally, its pink, but theres no food dye!
That feels very REAL SIMPLE.
I think that a majority of cakes in the world are not moist enough or dense enough.
I don’t mean to offend other cakes, but my preferred texture is borderlinecookie bar, borderlineblondie.
I could see how people wouldn’t like that.
That’s OK.
What’s one mistake people often make when baking a cake?
Can you share a simple tip that will make frosting a cake easier?
MY:Flip the top layer upside down before stacking it on the other layers.
That will give you a smoother, flatter, less crumby surface for frosting and decorating.
Tell me aboutSweet Farm!
MY:I’ve always considered myself a baker first.
I got a lot of satisfaction in creating the desserts chapters for my first two cookbooks.
But I always knew that my career could never be complete without making a book entirely about sweets.
Do you have any birthday traditions in your house with your two daughters?
So I guess the tradition is, I think about their cakes way too much.
Do you have any birthday traditions personally?
MY:My birthday tradition used to be to eat abreakfast sandwich.
Sometimes it was from McDonald’s, sometimes it was from scratch.
Now its to eat a goat cheese salad, which is so random.
I don’t like big parties.
Im definitely a less-is-more, go out to lunch with three of my best friends key in of person.
One year I did have a BYO salad party that was big and awesome and epic.
We got salads from every jot down of meal and every jot down of food group.
Do you consider yourself a better cleaner or tidier?
MY:I’m a better tidier for sure.
I don’t know how to clean.
I’m bad at cleaning.
I just use all-purpose spray for everything.
What is the mostand the leastorganized part of your kitchen?
MY:The most organized part is my spice drawer because I just reorganized it.
you could see all of the labels now.
Its the Bento box building drawer.
Do you make Bento box lunches for your kids?
MY:I make lunch for my older daughter every single day, and I love it so much.
But the drawer needs to be real simplified.
What advice would you give your 25-year-old self?
MY:Quit it on the eyeliner.
Bangs don’t work for you.
And definitely say yes to Nick, my husband, when he proposes.
Can you share what REAL SIMPLE has meant to you over the years?
MY:Its like a spa for my brain.
Its not about trends.
It’s not about trying to be cool.
It’s not about the rat race.
It has made my life more organized and more calm.
In that sense, I really feel like the brand makes the world a better place.
It’s almost like meditating to me, like the anti-social media.
In a world that’s so saturated with people clamoring for attention, this is not that.
And for that, I am grateful.
