birthday cake

Annual celebration confection

A birthday cake is a cake served at birthday celebrations, typically decorated and bearing candles equal to the celebrant's age.

The ritual of blowing out the candles while making a wish is nearly universal in Western culture: Make a wish before you blow out the candles.

Birthday cakes range from homemade sheet cakes to elaborate custom creations.

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party · sprinkles · make a wish · celebration · chocolate · sweet · balloons · blow · sugar · wish · buttercream · strawberries · surprise · decorations · confetti · baking · flames · bakery

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special vs. ordinary food

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Untoasted, unspread loaf

daily bread · weeknight dinner · leftovers · packed lunch · toast

life stage marking

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Pre-execution food tradition

celebratory vs. mourning food

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Food served after mourning

Family

cake, birth, birthday, pancake, cakes, birthing, cupcake, birthplace, caked

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G