Hi

Hi, my name is Sophie and I've been completely absent.

I'm busy, OK?

Want to know one of the things I've been busy with lately? THIS CAKE:

Yep. This past weekend the boyfriend and I (yes, I have a boyfriend. That's a story for another day) worked on it for SIX HOURS. Oh, sure, we thought it'd be easy, but after the last stroke of icing at 5 p.m., I thought we'd have to have a soft cry for all that time spent.

Needless to say, the boyfriend's nephew loved it!