Ah, birthdays: the best day of the year, when you get to spit all over a cake baked in your honor and force all of your closest friends to eat it with a smile on their faces. Then, a few months back ...

Reporting from San DiegoReporting from San Diego — Old traditions die hard so it remains to be seen if a new study that showed that blowing out birthday cake candles makes for germy frosting will ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Per the product's website, the Top It Cake Shield was initially inspired by research spearheaded by scientists at Clemson ...

Centuries ago, candles were used to mark the years a child had been alive, plus more in the hope of a long life to come. Over time, putting candles on birthday cakes spread beyond children’s birthday ...

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 ...

As a small child, I remember attending other children’s birthday parties at our local roller rink or McDonald’s and thinking, “Eww, I don’t want to eat that cake that some other kid essentially just ...

Across the globe, people celebrate birthdays with cakes decorated with candles. But have you ever wondered why? The tradition of birthday cakes dates back to ancient times. The Greeks are credited ...