{"id":4455,"date":"2019-09-26T15:28:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wickeduncle.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4455"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T12:35:28","slug":"why-do-we-put-candles-on-birthday-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wickeduncle.co.uk\/blog\/why-do-we-put-candles-on-birthday-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We Put Candles On Birthday Cakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Red velvet, Victoria Sponge, chocolate gateau &#8211; we&#8217;ve all got our favourite birthday cake! And, when the big day comes around, we all love blowing out the celebratory candles (and then blowing them out again after the first attempt fails&#8230;) But where did this beloved tradition of putting candles on birthday cakes come from? The answer may surprise you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickeduncle.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/giphy-37.gif\" alt=\"a woman laughing after she can't blow out her birthday cake candles\" class=\"wp-image-4457\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The modern birthday cake seems to have dated back to 16th Century Germany.  Bakers expanded beyond weddings to cater for birthdays. However, connections between birthdays and candles are traced back even further than this. And no, the tradition wasn&#8217;t started by a pyromaniac caveman!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts believe that Ancient Greeks used to honour the birth of the goddess Artemis with candlelit cakes every month. 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We may still correlate candles and age, but cakes are just too tasty to waste time blowing them out one-by-one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People also used to believe that birthday candles helped protect against evil spirits &#8211; spooky! Adults in 18th Century Germany supposedly protected children from evil entities during the Kinderfest celebration. The children receive cake in the morning, and the candles burn all day long, being replaced regularly by family members. 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