Monday, October 25, 2010

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Greeks offered round shape Scholars associate religious beliefs and technical compulsions for the same. In earlier times, Birthday cakes were mostly round in shape. This was sweeter that the coarse and bread like cake that were usually made at that time. Germans also baked another special kind of a cake called Geburtstagorten as it was baked in layers.

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This special birthday cake later reemerged in Germany as a Kinderfest or the birthday celebrations of a young child. Some scholars, however, believe that the tradition of Birthday cake started in Germany in middle Ages. History of Birthday Cake can be traced back to the ancient Greeks who made round or moon shaped honey cakes or bread and took it to the temple of Artemis -the Goddess of Moon.

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US patent 6319530 relates to a "method of photocopying an image onto an edible web for decorating iced baked goods." This invention enables one to ink jet print a food-grade color photograph on the cake surface. Tradition holds that the person with the birthday may make a wish, which will come true if all the candles can be blown out in one breath.

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The phrase "Happy Birthday" did not appear on birthday cakes until the song Happy Birthday to You was popularized in the early 1900s. The cake is served to a person on his or her birthday, and is often decorated with small novelty candles, with the person's name and/or a message of congratulations inscribed with icing. The birthday cake has been an integral part of the birthday tradition in Western cultures.