All about Birthday Cakes.
In the US, it isn’t very uncommon for one to celebrate the anniversary of birth with a delicious and beautiful cake. Remember that it was the ancient Greeks that started the practice of celebrating with 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 first ever cake was topped with lit candles before the Greek God Artemis and that is the reason of lighting candles.
In medieval times, the British baked meaningful things into this cake. Each of the item was a prediction for the future of the finder.
You will be surprised with coins, rings and thimbles hidden in the cakes.
The Western culture got introduced to the birthday cake in the mid 19th century and since then the birthday cake has played important role in the birthday celebrations.
The cutting method is ridden with certain superstitious belies. If the knife touches the bottom, or when you pull the knife on the cake itself there are pieces of cake stuck to the knife, the person must embrace the anniversary nearest person of the opposite sex.
Many people will blow out the candles on their cake while making a wish, however, the trick is to blow them all out. When someone blows out the candles on a birthday cake, it is believed that if they make a wish, keep it a secret, and all the candles go out in one blow, the wish will come true.
Usually a birthday cake is decorated and covered with lots of flowers and balloons of bright colors. It is a popular choice of the kids to have their cartoon characters or their favorite ones on the cake.
You will find that there are many people who make their own cake or cook a semi-homemade cake from a package, or birthday cake can cost up to several hundred dollars.
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