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{{Short description|Satirical holiday celebrated on 14 April}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name  = Cake and Cunnilingus Day
|type          = default
|image         = C + C cake (1).JPG
|imagesize     =
|caption       = A cake made for Cake and Cunnilingus Day
|official_name =
|nickname      = C & C Day
|observedby    = [[North America]], [[Australia]], [[Europe]], [[New Zealand]]
|litcolor      =
|longtype      = Unofficial
|significance  = [[Internet meme]]
|begins        =
|ends          =
|date          = April 14
|scheduling    = Same day each year
|duration      = 365 day
|frequency     = Annual
|celebrations  =
|observances   = [[Cake]], [[cunnilingus]]
|relatedto     = [[Steak and Blowjob Day]], [[Valentine's Day]]
}}
'''Cake and Cunnilingus Day''' is a satirical holiday celebrated on 14 April as a female response to [[Steak and Blowjob Day]], which is celebrated on 14 March. It was created in 2006 by web designer, writer and filmmaker Ms. Naughty and has since been adopted in multiple countries as a day to emphasize female enjoyment and honor women.
==Events==
On this day, women are supposed to eat cake and receive oral sex ([[cunnilingus]]). The event has been created as a female response to [[Steak and Blowjob Day]], observed one month before it,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/14/steak-blow-job-day-great-idea-celebrate-womens-equivalent-7385445/|title=Steak and Blow Job Day is a great idea – but only if we celebrate the women's equivalent too|newspaper=Metro|date=14 March 2018|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401013942/https://metro.co.uk/2018/03/14/steak-blow-job-day-great-idea-celebrate-womens-equivalent-7385445/|url-status=live}}</ref> and which is itself created as a male response to [[Valentine's Day]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/98732-today-is-hand-job-day-in-japan-plus-10-other-sex-related-holidays-you-probably-never|title=Today Is Hand Job Day In Japan, Plus 10 Other Sex Related Holidays You Probably Never Knew About|website=Bustle|date=July 21, 2015|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401013906/https://www.bustle.com/articles/98732-today-is-hand-job-day-in-japan-plus-10-other-sex-related-holidays-you-probably-never|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=lelo>{{cite web|url=https://www.lelo.com/blog/cake-cunnilingus-day/|title=Cake and Cunnilingus Day|work=[[LELO]]|date=April 14, 2020|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=April 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422162129/https://www.lelo.com/blog/cake-cunnilingus-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> In a similar fashion to Steak and Blowjob Day, which supports breast cancer awareness, Cake and Cunnilingus Day has been intended to support charities such as the Prostate Cancer Foundation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkiday.com/59acf3f14531e2cdaf00a7f0d1d9c0dd/cake-and-cunnilingus-day|title=Cake and Cunnilingus Day|website=checkiday.com|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210052336/https://www.checkiday.com/59acf3f14531e2cdaf00a7f0d1d9c0dd/cake-and-cunnilingus-day|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://thestand-online.com/2018/03/14/happy-steak-blowjob-day-21st-century-valentines/|title=Happy Steak & Blowjob Day: a 21st Century Valentine's|magazine=The Stand|date=14 March 2018|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225134757/https://thestand-online.com/2018/03/14/happy-steak-blowjob-day-21st-century-valentines/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==History==
In 2006, web designer, writer and filmmaker Ms. Naughty made a post on her blog proclaiming the day. She wrote, "women should have a day where they get to eat as much cake as they want and enjoy getting their clit licked without hesitation.”<ref name="lelo" />
==Reception==
German daily newspaper ''[[Schwarzwälder Bote]]'' considered the day to be the equivalent of Steak and Blowjob Day (or "[[Schnitzel]] und Blowjob Tag" ("Schniblo") as it is commonly known in Germany),<ref>{{Cite web|last=Germany|first=Schwarzwälder Bote, Oberndorf|title=Villingen-Schwenningen: Männer, aufgepasst! – Schwarzwälder Bote|url=https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.villingen-schwenningen-maenner-aufgepasst.f9ebf272-ceaa-4b59-8a7b-ca0a9a8b4136.html|website=www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325141712/https://www.schwarzwaelder-bote.de/inhalt.villingen-schwenningen-maenner-aufgepasst.f9ebf272-ceaa-4b59-8a7b-ca0a9a8b4136.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]'' considered it to be "revenge" for the latter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Valentinstag – Männer, langsam müsst ihr euch den "Schnitzel & Blowjob"-Tag verdienen!|url=https://www.stern.de/familie/henriette-hell/-valentinstag---maenner--langsam-muesst-ihr-euch-den--schnitzel---blowjob--tag-verdienen--7837626.html|website=stern.de|date=January 28, 2018|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030032331/https://www.stern.de/familie/henriette-hell/-valentinstag---maenner--langsam-muesst-ihr-euch-den--schnitzel---blowjob--tag-verdienen--7837626.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Online news portal ''{{Ill|news.de|lt=news.de|de}}'' felt that "women are simply great – and therefore cannot be honored and pampered enough days a year. At least that's what they thought when they invented Cake and Cunnilingus Day".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.de/reisen-und-leben/855636354/kuchen-und-cunnilingus-tag-am-14-04-2020-begriff-erklaerung-herkunft-bedeutung-von-cake-and-cunnilingus-day/1/|title=Cake-and-Cunnilingustag am 14.04.2020: Was ist eigentlich der Kuchen-und-Cunnilingustag?|website=News.de|date=April 14, 2020|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401013939/https://www.news.de/reisen-und-leben/855636354/kuchen-und-cunnilingus-tag-am-14-04-2020-begriff-erklaerung-herkunft-bedeutung-von-cake-and-cunnilingus-day/1/|url-status=live}}</ref> The lifestyle magazine ''[[Jolie (magazine)|Jolie]]'' wondered if every day should be Cake and Cunnilingus Day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 14, 2019|title=Kuchen und Cunnilingus-Tag – wer feiert denn sowas?|url=https://www.jolie.de/sex/kuchen-und-cunnilingus-tag|website=www.jolie.de|access-date=March 31, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412042119/https://www.jolie.de/sex/kuchen-und-cunnilingus-tag|url-status=live}}</ref> Swedish night newspaper ''[[Expressen]]'' and web magazine ''[[:sv:Nyheter24|Nyheter24]]'' stated that it is a day to celebrate female enjoyment,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Glöm "Blowjob day" – i dag är dagen då vi hyllar kvinnlig njutning!|url=https://www.expressen.se/omtalat/sex-och-relationer/glom-blowjob-day--i-dag-ar-dagen-da-vi-hyllar-kvinnlig-njutning/|website=www.expressen.se|date=April 14, 2016|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401013904/https://www.expressen.se/omtalat/sex-och-relationer/glom-blowjob-day--i-dag-ar-dagen-da-vi-hyllar-kvinnlig-njutning/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2016|title=I dag är dagen då alla tjejer ska få tårta och oralsex|url=https://nyheter24.se/nyheter/trender/839418-i-dag-ar-dagen-da-alla-tjejer-ska-fa-tarta-och-oralsex|website=nyheter24.se|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325141708/https://nyheter24.se/nyheter/trender/839418-i-dag-ar-dagen-da-alla-tjejer-ska-fa-tarta-och-oralsex|url-status=live}}</ref> while ''[[Göteborgs-Posten]]'' listed the day among the holidays celebrated in April.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ljung|first=Maria|date=April 2, 2015|title=Många dagar att fira i april|url=http://www.gp.se/1.74921|website=gp.se}}</ref> Tonje Olsen, writer at ''Nytelse.no'', stated: "There is a day just for us girls too."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jørgensen |first=Dan Tore |date=10 April 2019 |title=Husk Kake & Klitorisdagen! |url=https://osthavet.no/stort-og-smatt/2019/04/10/husk-kake-klitorisdagen/ |website=osthavet.no |language=no}}</ref> Danish newspaper ''[[ekstrabladet|Ekstra Bladet]]'' felt that female pleasure must be prioritized.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sex_og_samliv/article4018765.ece|title=Gør hver dag til Kage & Cunnilingusdag|first=Rådhuspladsen 37 1785 København V.|last=Telefon: 33111313|website=ekstrabladet.dk|date=April 16, 2010|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401013939/https://ekstrabladet.dk/sex_og_samliv/article4018765.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> Norwegian online newspaper ''[[Nettavisen]]'' stated that "the origin of the day is a bit uncertain, but the day has been marked more or less solemnly for several years".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nettavisen.no/12-95-3423213552|title=14. april: I dag er kake & klitoris-dagen|first=Trine|last=Stalsberg|date=April 14, 2016|website=Nettavisen}}</ref>
In Spain, ''[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]]'', ''[[El Confidencial]]'' and ''[[La Vanguardia]]'' consider the day to be International Cunnilingus Day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 13, 2019|title=¿Es frecuente alcanzar el orgasmo solo con el sexo oral?|url=https://www.abc.es/familia/parejas/abci-cunnilingus-frecuente-alcanzar-orgasmo-solo-sexo-oral-201904140130_noticia.html|website=abc|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=October 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021014434/https://www.abc.es/familia/parejas/abci-cunnilingus-frecuente-alcanzar-orgasmo-solo-sexo-oral-201904140130_noticia.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2018|title=El 'bizcocho borracho', la postura sexual que garantiza el final feliz|url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2018-04-14/bizcocho-borracho-postura-sexo-oral_1549445/|website=www.elconfidencial.com|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325141709/https://www.elconfidencial.com/alma-corazon-vida/2018-04-14/bizcocho-borracho-postura-sexo-oral_1549445/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 13, 2018|title=Los cinco errores más comunes al practicar un cunnilingus|url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/20180414/442516684058/dia-cunnilingus-errores.html|website=La Vanguardia|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801030256/https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/20180414/442516684058/dia-cunnilingus-errores.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Russian news website ''[[Life (news agency, Russia)|Life]]'' claimed that despite it sounding silly, it can bring happiness to couples.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 14, 2016|title=Сегодня празднуется Международный день торта и куннилингуса|url=https://life.ru/p/401546|website=Life.ru|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406211324/https://life.ru/p/401546|url-status=live}}</ref> Agency of News ''[[Unian]]'' suggested one "start with a cake, and a bouquet of flowers''"''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Не Валентином единым: календарь сексуальных праздников на 2020 год|url=https://www.unian.net/lite/holidays/10852700-ne-valentinom-edinym-kalendar-seksualnyh-prazdnikov-na-2020-god.html|website=www.unian.net|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406211320/https://www.unian.net/lite/holidays/10852700-ne-valentinom-edinym-kalendar-seksualnyh-prazdnikov-na-2020-god.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Danish daily newspaper ''[[Politiken]]'' mentions "women living such joyless lives that they have to have an annual anniversary in the calendar to eat cake and feel some sexual pleasure".<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 15, 2016|title=Fejrer du også kage-og oralsex-dag?|url=https://politiken.dk/kultur/fomo/art5619172/Fejrer-du-ogs%C3%A5-kage-og-oralsex-dag|website=Politiken|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325143217/https://politiken.dk/kultur/fomo/art5619172/Fejrer-du-ogs%C3%A5-kage-og-oralsex-dag|url-status=live}}</ref> Ukrainian ''MPort'' suggested celebrating the day on March 20.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 20, 2018|title=День куннилингуса: 8 фактов об оральном виде секса|url=https://mport.ua/devuski/adult/762006-den-kunnilingusa-8-faktov-ob-oral-nom-vide-seksa|website=mport.ua|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=September 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925191307/https://mport.ua/devuski/adult/762006-den-kunnilingusa-8-faktov-ob-oral-nom-vide-seksa|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In Italy, various newspapers were confused about the origins of the day.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilgazzettinodisicilia.it/2018/04/15/cake-and-cunnilingus-day-sesso-orale-e-torte-per-celebrare-il-piacere-femminile/|title=Cake and Cunnilingus Day, sesso orale e torte per celebrare il piacere femminile|date=April 15, 2018|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=March 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325141711/https://www.ilgazzettinodisicilia.it/2018/04/15/cake-and-cunnilingus-day-sesso-orale-e-torte-per-celebrare-il-piacere-femminile/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilpiccolemagazine.it/oggi-si-festeggia-il-cake-and-cunnilingus-day/|title=Oggi si festeggia il CAKE and CUNNILINGUS DAY! – Il Piccole Magazine|date=April 14, 2019|access-date=March 25, 2020|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401013905/https://www.ilpiccolemagazine.it/oggi-si-festeggia-il-cake-and-cunnilingus-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]'' named the day "festa del sesso orale per sole donne" ("oral sex party for women only").''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/04/14/cake-and-cunnilingus-day-la-dolcissima-festa-del-sesso-orale-per-sole-donne/4293320/|title=Cake and Cunnilingus Day, la "dolcissima" festa del sesso orale per sole donne...|date=April 14, 2018|website=Il Fatto Quotidiano|access-date=April 6, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030032331/https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2018/04/14/cake-and-cunnilingus-day-la-dolcissima-festa-del-sesso-orale-per-sole-donne/4293320/|url-status=live}}</ref>''
== See also ==
* [[Black Day (South Korea)]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
{{Commons category-inline|Cake and Cunnilingus Day}}
* {{official website|www.cakeandcunnilingus.com}}
[[Category:Unofficial observances]]
[[Category:Internet memes]]
[[Category:April observances]]
[[Category:Cunnilingus]]