Some parents supply muffins for the children instead of slices of large cake. The muffin with the candles in it can be moved away from the others.

Never even thought about this. We have permanent residents where I work and 2 of them have just had a birthday party with cake and candles. One turned 85 and the other turned 95 but the cakes were delicious

Ewww a bit of a gross thought! At least everyone you have birthday cake with is a friend or family!

Well, considering I have been eating birthday cake for 45+ years, I’m doing okay. I do appreciate the idea of blowing out candles is a way to spread germs, but I also encourage people to not spit on the cake!!

I am a granny now it is true, but think we re over protecting our kids to, We have blown out candles and danced n the rain, never got ill was our gain. By building an immune system

Think we overdo the never ending list of precautions. I am Nanna now and we played in rain, ate things we dropped o floor, blew out candles etc the list could go on, ut believe we or our bodies created a better immune system. After all the Doctir introduces germs into our system eg Flu injection etc. So I feelwe need to build our kids immune system by doing ordinary thigs cake,candles and all. My art is alternative too

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What a load of rubbish. People have been eating birthday cake for eons. It’s not like you are going to let a person sick with Ebola blow out your cake!!

What a load of rubbish! We have all been eating birthday cake FOREVER without the need to worry about germs! Of course there are going to be germ on the cake if you blew all over it. But really, do we need to stop eating birthday cake because of it? No way! I say celebrate birthdays whatever way you want, but leave the birthday cake alone!

I don’t eat cake anyway, too unhealthy, but why not make mini cakes instead of one big one, and the person who blows the candles has their own cake.

For as long as my husband can remember, his Dad has used a birthday card or something to wave over the candles to extinguish them — for this very reason! I’m not a cake eater, so it doesn’t really matter for me…..

I’m still alive 37 years later after eating birthday cake lol. I’ll still have some ????

In our house birthday cakes are only around when family is and as we all hug and kiss one another, I’m not worried about the bugs on the cake at all.

I’ll still have some cake please lol

You got me. No more cake for me at a birthday party. (I needed an excuse not to munch anyway)!

That makes sense 🙂

Ugh, the amount of bacteria anywhere… I’ve never gotten sick from eating cake that’s been blown (or spat) on. I won’t be worrying.

lol i actually have heard about this issue before and i think that serving cupcakes is a great way to get around this issue

I think this is a complete overreaction – saying you will never eat cake again! You are just as likely to get the same germs from pushing a shopping trolley, touching a handrail, or standing in close vacinity to someone with a cold. it is an example of how we are becoming to “precious” and wrapping our kids in cotton wool.

This is why at some parties people supply little party cakes instead.
Those for children with special medical dietary requirements can be put on a separate plate and kept separate. This includes those who have autoimmune diseases or who have had chemotherapy or similar treatment as it “kills” your immune system.

A few bugs makes us stronger. I caught my son eating wallaby poo.. never hurt him.

Well we all knew that didn’t we! But I say party on and keep blowing! Birthdays only come once a year