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Birthday cakes have been a tradition since the Ancient Romans were around, and celebrating someone’s birth with a delicious pastry seems pretty logical. But have you ever wondered who the first ...

PLAINS, Pa. — It's Tom Williams' birthday week and that has Joe thinking about birthday cake. He wants to know why we light candles, put them on a birthday cake, and blow them out. He headed to Bakery ...

Christina Tosi is the latest guest on my podcast, Your Last Meal. Christina is the founder, CEO, and James Beard Award winning chef of Milk Bar, a much beloved bakery with locations in six cities. She ...

It’s the law of the universe that if you’re able to blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in one breath, whatever you wish for will come true. So why would you ever try to celebrate your 85th ...

Nice burn! An 80-foot-long sponge cake completely covered with flaming birthday candles puts all your Grandma-is-so-old jokes to shame. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and ...