The tradition of putting candles on a birthday cake is said to have roots in Ancient Greek and German cultures. In Greece, round cakes were made to honor Artemis, the goddess of the moon, with candles ...

Blowing out birthday candles is an age-old tradition, but it's something that's more likely to make people cringe than cheer in the age of COVID-19. Thanks to the pandemic, we've all become a lot more ...

Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of Food ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Maybe you should make another wish the next time you have birthday cake -- that your guests won't get sick. A new study says blowing out those candles on the birthday cake ...

Indulging in a nice, thick slice of sheet cake is one of the many perks — or depending on how you look at it, consolations — of growing older. Completing another revolution around the sun is certainly ...

Mitt Romney said he blew out each candle one by one because he was sick. Happy birthday, even if it’s not today! Whether you go for traditional candles, sparklers or those tricky ones you can’t blow ...