Washington, D.C. native Joseph Lamour is a lover of food: its past, its present and the science behind it. With food, you can bring opposites together to form a truly marvelous combination, and he strives to take that sentiment to heart in all that he does.
It’s your birthday. Your friend brings out your cake. You blow out the candles and — smash! — they shove your face into the cake. It’s all fun and games until you lose an eye — which is, apparently, a possibility. On Nov. 4, Redditor u/xuanhu posted an image of a warning on the back of a cake box from Paris Baguette, a South Korean bakery chain with nearly 100 locations across the U.S., in the subreddit r/mildlyinteresting — and it prompted a rousing dialogue.
More recently, though, much more aggressive instances of this custom have emerged, especially on TikTok, stirring up heated debate. There’s also a Mexican cake-smashing tradition called “la mordida,” meaning “the bite.” Mexican American actress Salma Hayek explained the tradition in 2021 when a clip of “Eternals” co-star Angelina Jolie pushing Hayek’s head into a birthday cake went viral.
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