Do Gloomy Skies Make Us Want to Eat Cake?

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I believe that practicing moderation will allow us to eat cake longer than those who are indulgent. Trader Joe’s sells a package of four mini chocolate Bundt cakes with chocolate frosting and tiny chocolate kisses on top. I keep a package in my freezer, in case of emergency. If I take out half a Bundt cake (I slice them before freezing), and put it on a glass plate and nuke it for 35 seconds on 40% power in the microwave, then it tastes like it was freshly baked. My normal routine is to eat one once a week. I often slice up fresh strawberries and eat them together with the cake. But this week we have been suffering (hyperbole at work) from May Gray. This is a thick layer of coastal clouds that stretches from the Pacific Ocean all the way into the inland valleys of Southern California. It used to appear only in June, but about five years ago the weather people had to coin the May Gray term, because June Gloom had expanded to destroy another month. What is annoying is that it does not burn off in the mornings like it used to years ago. What’s even worse is that this daylong gray sky routine is making me want to defrost Bundt cake daily, instead of weekly. Is there something about gray skies that makes us crave chocolate? If so, that might explain why people who live in places where the sun don’t shine take on a Pillsbury Doughboy silhouette. Do you start having food cravings that you never used to have when the sun disappears?