To let DS blow out his birthday cake candles this weekend ?

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So having both lots of Grandparents for a birthday tea in the garden. My Dad says he's not eating the cake I'm decorating if DS blows on it. He says as he "might catch the virus." Would I be unreasonable to let DS blow out his birthday candles?

I mean eating birthday cake is optional, I could provide other shop bought cakes ? Seems sad not to let him,,but it is a bit gross when you think about it these days. BTW DS is turning 5.

Take the cling film off and most of the buttercream with it!

Mmm, a sanitised, cling-filmed cake. Delicious.

Double the mix and bake two cakes.

Let him blow the big fancy decorated one.

When serving - offer people the option of that one, or the plain sponge same flavour (with maybe a side of icing).

More cake; more fun.

Late to the party (ho ho) but would this be a solution?
No-one will eat the fondant icing anyway (surely?).
www.bbcgoodfood.com/videos/techniques/how-cover-cake-fondant-icing

Does it matter if the cling film messes up the buttercream? It’s going to be cut up and eaten anyway? Better than eating someone’s spit

We had a socially distant garden lunch for my mum’s birthday recently and I mentioned that maybe candles weren’t a great idea when we were being so good about not touching each other etc. Hadn’t occurred to anyone else, but she complied, blew out some tea lights and we all ate cake. My aunt then turned up with a second cake, with candles already on it, previous conversation was completely forgotten, candles blown out and we all ate more cake! I felt slightly squeamish about it but my mum’s the one most at risk. Anyway, the point is, even she, in her 60s, felt I was taking some of the shine off her birthday by being funny about candles. Don’t do that to a five-year-old! No one has to eat it if they don’t want to.