Move over cookie cake! There’s a new sweet treat set to be the main attraction for birthday festivities and we can thank Ryan Reynolds for bringing it to our attention. Celebrating his 44th birthday on Friday, October 23, the actor and entrepreneur’s wife, Blake Lively, let her followers in on a little secret about the “Deadpool” star: he prefers to have baked pies over birthday cake.
Taking to her Instagram account to share her birthday wishes to her husband, the A Simple Favor actress called him out on his blasphemous desire to have pie over the traditional choice of cake. “1) Who is the lost soul that selects birthday PIE. 2) What ANIMAL eats their cake (pie) without first blowing out the candles,” she questioned under a photo of her mitted hands holding a hot pie with nine candles in front of her husband. “@vancityreynolds that’s who. Happy Birthday. I honestly can’t believe we’re still married.”
Ultimately though, if cookie cake has become a thing to celebrate birthdays, then why can’t pies be the new star treat, too? Put me down for two when my birthday rolls around next year!
Ni'Kesia Pannell is an entrepreneur, multi-hyphenate freelance writer, and self-proclaimed Slurpee connoisseur that covers news and culture for The Kitchn. She's the former Weekend Editor for Delish who also writes about faith, health and wellness, travel, beauty, lifestyle, and music for a range of additional outlets.
