Birthday Cake Ideas

The history of birthday cakes can be traced back to the ancient Greeks where people made honey cakes or round bread and took them to the Temple of Artemis-Goddess of the Moon. However, some scholars believe that the birthday cake tradition began in medieval Germany. Sweet bread dough is given the shape of the baby Jesus in the cloth cloth and is used to commemorate his birthday. This special birthday cake then reappears in Germany as Kinderfest or a young man's birthday celebration. The Germans also burned another special cake called Geburtstagorten. This cake is baked in layers which is sweeter and grainier than the cake usually made at that time.

In ancient times, most birthday cakes are round. Association of religious belief scholars and technical encouragements for the same. Greece offers a round cake for the Moon Goddess - Artemis as the symbol of the moon. They even put candles on the cake to make the cake like moonlight.
Some scholars argue that cakes in the ancient world are related to the annual cycle. This cake shape shape is preferred as representing the nature of the life cycle. Most special, sun and moon.
The technical reason given for cake spheres is that most cakes we know more from bread. In old-fashioned breads and cakes made by hand. Usually spherical and baked in hearthstones or shallow or low pans. Therefore, this is naturally relaxed into a round shape. With the advancements, various baking shapes are developed and today we see the cake in imaginative and size form.

The candlelight tradition on the birthday cake was connected with the early Greeks, who used the candle-lit spot on the cake to make them shine like the moon. In the past, Greece brought a cake to the temple of Artemis-Goddess of the Moon. Some experts say that the candles are placed on the cake because people believe that the smoke from the candle that carries their wishes and prayers to the Gods who live in the sky. Others believe that native customs in Germany where people once put large candles in the middle of a cake to symbolize the 'light of life'.

In this day and age, people place candles on birthday cakes and pray before blowing out candles. It is believed that blowing all the candles in one breath means the prayer and desire will be realized and will enjoy the luck in the coming year. Some also write names before slicing a cake to bring good luck.