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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.

If you are thinking about who actually developed the idea of putting candles on the cake, the answer is the Greeks. 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 item was a prediction for the finder’s future.

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

There are some who believe superstitions related to the way it is cut. If the knife touches the bottom, or when pulling the knife from the cake itself there are pieces of cake stuck to the knife, than the birthday person must kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.

Alot of people generally blow out the candles on their cake and hope for somethinhg special, but, the idea is to really blow them all out at once. 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.

Usually a birthday cake is decorated and covered with lots of flowers and balloons of bright colors. For children, it is a popular idea for them to have cartoon characters or other popular things on their cakes.

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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