Cupcakes or a cake with gold icing and/or candles on top make sense for any age birthday honoree. We like these long thin gold metallic candles that come in a set of 24.

The tradition of putting candles on a birthday cake is said to have roots in Ancient Greek and German cultures. In Greece, round cakes were made to honor Artemis, the goddess of the moon, with candles ...

Sobering thought for the day: The older you get, the more birthday candles on your cake. For Ernestine Ashworth, who in Noah Haidle’s one-act play “Birthday Candles” ages from 17 to 107, that means a ...