Because we don't just obsess about cakes around here

Adding to the litany of implausible non-excuses, another reason for reduced cake blogging has been Lisa's learning to knit, which has led to a reduction in cake output as the household's knitted hat production has ramped up.

I'll put a reader poll to the side on cakes vs hats, but throwing out some thoughts:

Hats:
1) less calorically dense than cakes
2) babies like them
3) one doesn't feel compelled to brush one's teeth after wearing a hat

Cakes:
1) often topped with candles, whose guttering flames remind all creatures of mans dominion over the beasts of the field
2) babies like them
3) one doesn't feel compelled to check the nearest reflective surface for hat-head after eating a cake

I'm not one to be too forthcoming with my editorial biases, but I'll note that pretty much all of the hats are too small for my head, but to date none of the cakes have proved to be too large for my stomach.