- published: 17 Apr 2012
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The birthday cake has been an integral part of the birthday celebrations in Western cultures since the middle of the 19th century. Certain rituals and traditions, such as singing of birthday songs, associated with birthday cakes are common to many Western cultures. The Western tradition of adding lit candles to the top of a birthday cake originates in 18th-century Greece. However, the intertwining of cakes and birthday celebrations stretch back to the Ancient Romans. The development of the birthday cake has followed the development of culinary and confectionery advancement. While throughout most of Western history, these elaborate cakes in general were the privilege of the wealthy, birthday cakes are nowadays common to most Western birthday celebrations. Around the world many variations on the birthday cake, or rather the birthday pastry or sweets, exist.
In classical Roman culture, 'cakes' of flat rounds made with flour containing nuts, leavened with yeast, and sweetened with honey were occasionally served at special birthdays, but more often at weddings as in Ancient Greece.
What would you do if you had nothing left to prove?
Would you get out of bed or fall asleep inside that head of yours?
Pointing fingers at each other is as relevant as gun with no bullets or a
Man with no name
I don't need to have my birthday cake but I'll take one
And I don't need a funeral cause I'll never grow old
I live my life with a purpose and I found ignorance was bliss
What would you do if all the things you thought came true?
And the tables were turned, the place that you called home wasn't around no
More?
Pointing fingers at each other is as relevant as gun with no bullets or a
Man with no name
I don't need to have my birthday cake but I'll take one
And I don't need a funeral cause I'll never grow old