Kristina Forest

And also the relationship between Jeremiah and Pop, who's his grandfather, was sort of inspired by how close I was with my grandmother.

She was like a second mom to me.

And she made the most amazing pound cake ever.

And it's a secret.

I know the recipe.

My mom knows the recipe, but that's it.

And we don't tell anyone because we're like, if we're ever in dire streets, we can make that pound cake and sell it.

It's literally what we keep in our back pocket.

Like if we ever need to figure out a way to make money.

we will start selling that pound cake.

And it's the cake that my friends, whenever someone's having a baby or they're moving or some kind of like exciting life thing is happening, my friends text me like, does this mean I can get a pound cake?

At holidays, they're like, are you making the pound cake this year?

And it's just like, everyone loves this pound cake.

And because it was my grandmother's recipe and I was thinking a lot about how

I remember being so young and standing next to her at the kitchen counter while she whipped the batter.

And she would only let me eat a little tiny spoonful because she said I couldn't eat the raw eggs.

And I was always so disappointed by that because the batter of this pound cake is honestly my favorite part of making a pound cake is when I can eat the batter.

And I just have these memories of like helping her to whip the cake.

And she was a little woman.

And I remember watching her with her little tiny arm whip all this thick batter and being so fascinated by how she did it so perfectly.