It has been a tradition to have birthday cakes for the birthday celebrant and there’s no denying that most of the time the birthday cake becomes the most special part of the celebration not just because everybody loves it but because no birthday occasion would look complete without it. But why birthday cakes? Why not cherry buns or something else that is eye catching and colourful? There are actually many noteworthy truths about these birthday cakes
Let’s first take a salivating tour of the different kinds of birthday cakes. Birthday cakes come with a variety of sizes, shapes, designs, flavours according to the specifications of the celebrant. As long as there is place for candles, usually beside the cake toppers, guests will most happily enjoy a delightful birthday cake.
Some research studies demonstrate that birthday cakes were made in the ancient times when the Greeks would present Artemis, the Goddess of Moon, round-shaped cakes that represented the face of the moon.
Candles on a Birthday Cake
In later years, particularly during the Middle Ages in Germany, the baking of birthday cakes became more the trend, especially for a year old baby. The tradition continued on. Although birthday cakes are for everyone across ages, parents would bake birthday cakes usually for the younger children.
Among Americans and Europeans, the birthday cake candles denote a person’s age, thus, there are stick candles for children and the number candles for the older ones. Candles are children’s favourites because they anxiously count the years added up to their age, and with that, have a sense of moving more into maturity and freedom. Pushing towards teenage years, birthday candles no longer have the literal meaning of birthday years, but serve more as embellishment and a way to make a young person’s hopes come true. The candle light signifies wisdom and direction in the present and future years ahead.
On the other hand, historians point us to the possible idea that candles blown off a birthday cake makes possible for the smoke to be blown in the wind and to travel to the skies and reach the gods, taking all our silent wishes and prayers along with it .
Now that you have a clearer wisdom of the ritual that is blowing your birthday cake candle, you can have a better enjoyment of it, seeing its meaning in your life.
