Why I don’t always eat birthday cake
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326100)
Rockingham, Australia
February 10, 2018 8:54am CST
Have you ever watched kids blowing out the candles on their cakes? Those watching can’t help going through the motions. We used to light the candles several times so all the children could participate in blowing out the candles.
I’m not sure if the candles were extinguished by the force of air or perhaps by spit! Whatever it was, I wasn’t too keen on sharing the cake afterwards.
I think the birthday in the photo must have been our younger son’s (on the right) but the older one is obviously going for the big blow too. I’m in the background wearing a hand-crocheted top. What a long time ago this seems.
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@Traceyjayne (1763)
• United Kingdom
10 Feb 18
Fortunately I am of an age where I don't usually have a Birthday cake ....except those 'special' Birthday that come around every ten years !
However when I do have one I don't have candles so this is never a problem for me .
I do agree though that I was never very keen on eating cake that had candles on and blown out ....by children or adults .....all I could think of was all those germs !!!
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
10 Feb 18
Same thoughts. Do not eat birthday cake that people have to blow on.
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@allknowing (130063)
• India
11 Feb 18
That is not what we do here. Only the one whose birthday it is blows the cake and the fan above helps the candles to blow away (lol) So I eat the cake.
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@allknowing (130063)
• India
11 Feb 18
@JudyEv What about where an adult blows the candles? Will you still not eat it? Normally there is just one candle with the age number embossed on it.
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@JudyEv (326100)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 18
@allknowing I'd eat an adult birthday cake. We always had 7 candles for a 7-year-old, 8 for an 8-year-old etc and to get them all blown out in one big breath often meant a bit of spit floating around. With adults we might have candles like you describe or we might have one for every decade. It depends on the person and what they want to do.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
11 Feb 18
lol Adorable picture and honestly with all the fluids my kids shared with me all the time, a little spit was the last thing on my mind lol
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
11 Feb 18
YUCK! That is the reason I always got a cake for the kids and a much smaller cake for me to eat! (Usually two or three cupcakes that were iced just like the birthday cake. 
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When we go to someone's birthday party, I always refused birthday cake!
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When we go to someone's birthday party, I always refused birthday cake!1 person likes this
@JudyEv (326100)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Feb 18
@DaddyEvil You'd be nearer the mark at 72 so the day could be very close. 
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@Marilynda1225 (79909)
• United States
10 Feb 18
Gee I guess I really didn't give that much thought as I always eat a piece of the cake. Now I just might have to reconsider
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@moffittjc (118521)
• Gainesville, Florida
10 Feb 18
Judy, you don't look old enough in the photo to have had kids already! When I first saw the photo--and before reading your post--I thought maybe that was you and your brothers in the photo!
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@moffittjc (118521)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Feb 18
@JudyEv If you don't mind me asking, how old were you when you had your first child?
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@JudyEv (326100)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 18
@moffittjc I was 26 when I had the first boy and 28 when I had the second. For that era, it was probably about average.
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@JamesHxstatic (29256)
• Eugene, Oregon
10 Feb 18
Great photo! I am not too keen on spitty cake either. Yuck!
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@JamesHxstatic (29256)
• Eugene, Oregon
11 Feb 18
@JudyEv I prefer cake with no icing, like a good apple Bundt cake with raisins and stuff.
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@JudyEv (326100)
• Rockingham, Australia
11 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic That sounds good too. I'm afraid I have a real sweet tooth.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Feb 18
Yeah, as a germaphobe, I literally have to force myself to eat birthday cake.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Feb 18
@JudyEv - That is the hardest. I don't want to offend anyone, but yuck!
@galileo2008 (1141)
• Philippines
16 Feb 18
I love birthday cakes! My favorite flavors are chocolate and mocha. Nowadays, it's common to see personalized design of cakes for any occasion - mostly are in fondant icing and they look so pretty to look at that I don't want to eat it! :-)
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@JudyEv (326100)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Feb 18
I always have trouble cutting into a lovely birthday cake too.
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
11 Feb 18
yes some cake will be quite revolting by the time it is blown out, saliva, dirty fingers and dripped candle wax mixed with the icing, mmm, yummy lol
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