Why do Chinese people eat cake on their birthdays?

The custom of eating cake on one's birthday is not an original Chinese custom, eating cake on one's birthday is because ancient Europeans believed in God, and they thought that the day of one's birthday was the weakest day of one's soul, and that one could easily be persecuted by the devil on that day, so people made birthday cakes to help the person celebrating his birthday fight against the devil. to help the person celebrating his or her birthday fight demons.

Along with inviting some friends to accompany the birthday girl, they believed that the cake would give good luck and the demons wouldn't dare to come and attack the birthday girl. In the beginning, cakes were exclusive to the royal family, ordinary people could not afford them and were not allowed to eat them, then with the development of the economy, children and adults were allowed to eat cakes on their birthdays.

The Birth of Cake

Cake is called cake in English, but its original name was "sweet bread". Legend has it that the first cake in history was not made in romantic France or foodie China, but by an Egyptian. But it was just bread with honey, and it wasn't popular.

The founders of the cake we eat today were the French, with a fruit tart made with almonds in the 13th century, and the introduction of eggs in the 17th century, which made the cream cake official.