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, the Greeks were the first to celebrate with a cake. It was usually used when the birthdays of the gods and goddesses were celebrated.
If you were pondering on who decided to put candles on the top of the cakes- it was the Greeks who came up with that idea too. The tradition of candles on top of a cake dates back to the Greek god Artemis.
In the middle ages, the English would conceal symbolic items inside the cake. Each item was a prediction for the finder’s future.
There are many different things that can be baked into cakes: coins, rings, and thimbles.
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.
There are some who believe superstitions related to the way it 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.
The trick to blowing out your candles on a birthday cake and making a wish is to blow them all out. It is belief that wish come true if the candles are blown out in one blow and at the same time wisher keeps the secret wish.
Typically, a birthday cake is decorated with lots of flowers and balloons, but it is covered in 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 a lot of people who will make their own cake or bake a semi-home cake from a package, or the birthday cake can cost up to a few hundred dollars.