In the US, it isn’t very uncommon for one to celebrate the anniversary of birth with a delicious and beautiful cake. Remember, the Greeks were the first to celebrate with a cake. It was commonly used in the celebrations of the birthdays for gods and goddesses.

For those who were wondering who came up with placing candles on the cake, well, it was the Greeks as well. The tradition of candles on top of a cake dates back to the Greek god Artemis.

In medieval times, the British baked meaningful things into this cake. About finders ,their discoveries must reflect their future life.

You will find that things like the coins, rings, and even thimbles baked into the cake.
The birthday cake made its way to Western culture in the mid 19th century and has been an important part of birthday celebrations since.

There are certain superstitions that are believed to be relating to the way the cake is cut. If the knife scratches the bottom, or when just taking the knife away from the cake by itself there are bits of cake clinging to the knife, and the birthday person has to give a kiss to the closest person of the opposite gender.

While making a wish, many of us will pucker our lips and blow the flames atop the \candles on our cakes.  However, what we want to do is blow out every single candle. People believe that you will get your wish if you blow the candles out all together and you don’t tell anyone what you wished for.

Using different kinds of colored flowers and balloons usually a birthday cake is arranged. For children, it is a popular idea for them to have cartoon characters or other popular things on their cakes.

Because some birthday cakes can cost up to a couple hundred dollars, people will often make their own, or bake one from a package instead. 

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