Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of ...

A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

Mitt Romney said he blew out each candle one by one because he was sick. Happy birthday, even if it’s not today! Whether you go for traditional candles, sparklers or those tricky ones you can ...

They come in milk and dark chocolate in packs of three, and they’re printed with whimsical patterns to match your birthday cake. The candles have a short, fast-burning wick, which lasts just ...

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 ...

An 80-foot-long sponge cake completely covered with flaming birthday candles puts all your Grandma-is-so-old jokes to shame. 72,000 candles on birthday cake sets a new world record - CNET X ...

Now that's a cake! Brooklyn Beckham rang in 23 by blowing out the candles on a give-layer cake made out of giant donuts covered in cereal pieces. "Today I turned 23. The past 23 years have been a ...

I can identify the exact moment when my relationship with birthday cake changed forever, and it was last week, when I read a study titled “Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles ...