In 2017, a widely circulated study (unappetizingly titled Bacterial Transfer Associated with Blowing Out Candles on a Birthday Cake) revealed that “blowing out the candles over the icing surface ...

My kids love to blow out the candles on birthday cakes. I think all kids love to do this. Even if it's not THEIR birthday. (Something I refer to as "Wishjacking") But what is this immense ...

Blowing out birthday candles is an age-old tradition, but it's something that's more likely to make people cringe than cheer in the age of COVID-19. Thanks to the pandemic, we've all become a lot ...

A mother has sparked a debate after she gave her other children the opportunity to blow out her daughter’s birthday candles. Earlier this month, mother of four and vlogger Cecily Bauchmann took ...

NURSERY children have to blow out birthday candles on a wooden cake — after snack police staff banned the real thing. They are even barred from giving out celebratory sweets to pals and are told ...

Finally, a scientifically proven reason children's birthday parties are gross. ... Blowing out candles on a birthday cake can increase levels of bacteria by 1,400 percent.

A 2017 Clemson University study, published in the Journal of Food Research, showed that blowing out candles the standard way, over a birthday cake, increased bacterial levels on the cake by some ...

A 2017 study published in the Journal of Food Research showed that, after blowing out candles, cake icing had a staggering 1,400 percent more bacteria than icing that had not been blown on.

NURSERY children have to blow out birthday candles on a wooden cake — after snack police staff banned the real thing.They are even barred from givin ...

A mother has sparked a debate after she gave her other children the opportunity to blow out her daughter’s birthday candles.. Earlier this month, mother of four and vlogger Cecily Bauchmann took ...