Ice Cream Cakes
When the candles are blown out in a single breath, the birthday boy or woman can make a want. Artemis, goddess of the moon, had desserts offered in the shape of the moon with candles on high of it. Blowing out these candles directly, would propitiate the goddess. In Cyprus and Greece, people celebrate New Year with cake known as the Vasilopita. The precise translation of this in English is ‘Saint Basil’s pie’. It is related to Basil the Great, the holy father of the Orthodox Church and the archbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia. You can adorn this chocolate cake…