Big celebrations always need a cake! Weddings or birthdays? You always have a cake to mark the milestone. So naturally, retirement is no exception. Whether you are planning on getting a cake to celebrate your own retirement or for someone else, there are a couple of things to keep in mind:
- Novelty cakes are not cheap and need to be ordered well in advance.
- If you have the party at a restaurant, ensure you are allowed to bring the cake to the table.
- Consider how many guests will be there. The most important thing is that it’s just a celebratory cake for the retiree, but if you are throwing a small party, then you want to make sure there’s enough cake for everyone. If there will be a lot of people, you can order additional plain cakes so that everyone can have a slice.
Our top ideas for cakes:
- A tongue-in-cheek cake
This type of cake is ideal for the retiree that enjoys a good joke.
- Retirement starter-pack cake
Another humorous cake that pokes fun at all the typical things people would associate with retirement, like playing bingo and growing older.
- Life’s a beach retirement cake
A joyful cake that celebrates the never-ending holiday that awaits the soon-to-be retiree.
- The retiring teacher’s cake
This is the sweetest cake that you can make for a teacher. It incorporates all the typical elements that teachers use daily. The apple is the perfect cherry on top.
- Your couch is your new best-friend cake
Let’s be real – retirement means you are going to be spending more time than ever with your couch. What better way to commemorate the start of that than with this couch?
- The escaping the corporate prison cake
Corporate life can feel like a real jail sometimes. Celebrate the beginning of freedom with this cute jail-themed breakout cake.
- The optometrist cake
Bringing in elements of the person’s career is a perfect way to create the ultimate send-off cake. Including a variation of the person’s business card really rounds off the cake.
- The who-cares cake
Is there any better way to mark the moment that meetings and schedules go out the backdoor than this themed cake?
- It’s time for my grandchildren
The perfect cake for the retiree that’s about to switch client meetings for babysitter dates.
- The ultimate “me-time” cake
Now this cake really shows what retirement is all about. If you want to get the retiree excited about the new chapter, I think this is the cake to do so.
- This is my new schedule cake
I think this is an absolute dream schedule! This cake can be personalized to include the special hobbies of the retirement party’s honorary guest.
- The twilight years
This is another variation of a previous cake, but it’s too funny not to include again.
- Your retirement to-do list cake
Everyone that has worked in an office has had their desk look like this cake. Except this time it’s filled with sticky notes that give you joy.
- A time to rest cake
- The “Only fun things from here onwards” cake
This cake is a great example of how you can incorporate the things the retiree enjoyed less in their job to really celebrate that they never have to do that again.
- The ultimate honesty cake
I mean, we’ve all felt like this about our jobs probably more than once, right?
- The slightly gory cake
This cake is most likely only for someone with a very specific sense of humor, but it’s creative for sure.
- No more technology struggles cake
A particularly cute cake if the retiree had the occasional issue with technology.
- The “it’s finally time to really leave” cake
This cake is perfect for the retiring colleague that you had a close relationship with and enjoyed the occasional banter.
- The “I’m slightly jealous” cake
Sometimes we can’t help but feel a little jealous of the person that’s finally about to have all that free time. It’s a cute way to make the person feel excited about the position that they are in.
- The ‘honey to-do list’ cake
Men know all about that “honey do lists” especially when they have more time on their hands.
- The goodbye tension cake
This cake really sums it up. It’s simple but so true.
- The “I’m hanging up my uniform for the last time” cake
You can use this cake as inspiration to do any type of uniform. It’s a really nice way to pay homage to the person’s long career.
- The perfect cake to celebrate hobbies
This cake is an ideal way to showcase the party’s honorary guest’s favorite hobby. They will definitely be doing a lot of that once they are retired.
- The peace and quiet cake
Everything about this cake is serene. This is perfect for the person looking to enjoy some proper peace and quiet in their next chapter.
- The happy camper cake
This is one of the top dreams of every retiree: buying up a camper and touring the country. What better way to inspire them for their new adventure.
- The island-loving retiree
If you know the retiree is going to jet off to some exciting island in the near future to celebrate their hard-earned retirement, then this cake was made for them.
- For the person retiring from the military
This is the best possible way to thank the retiree for their years of service to the country.
- The cake for the police officer
After years of risking their lives to keep the community safe, they deserve a cake to highlight this milestone.
- The “finally there’s time for everything cake”
This cake really sums up retirement perfectly. For decades people have to put off their dreams, and then finally, retirement rolls around.
- A retirement cake for the sewing queen
This cake is ideal for both the hobby and professional seamstress.
- The DIY-master’s cake
For the person that is looking forward to finally get all the stuff done around the house.
- For the vintage car lover
The caption is brilliant, “You’re not old…You’re classic!”.
- The retiring officer or sheriff
You can either celebrate the milestone with a cake of the uniform or simply opt for the additional items that a police officer uses daily.
- The retiring firefighter
A beautiful cake for the hero that risked their lives countless times to save strangers.
- A cake for the golf-lover
If this isn’t a perfect image of what retirement means for many people then I don’t know what is.
- For the world-traveler
Many retirees are ready to start ticking off some dream destinations off their bucket list. A cake like this makes for the most perfect send-off.
- The “I’m no longer chained to my desk” cake
Ah, finally, no more 9-5 days at your office desk. Putting this on top off someone’s retirement cake just feels right.
- The bucket-list cake
Travel-themed retirement cakes are too beautiful to just include one on this list.
- The cake for the book-lover
What a beautiful way to pay homage to a person’s hobby. It’s guaranteed to make them feel extra special.
- The cake for the office legend
The cake-topper says it all. If you don’t have the time to get or make a novelty cake, you can order a cake-topper like this online to spruce up any cake.
- The cake for someone with a silly sense of humor
Not everyone’s cup of tea, but this cake will certainly illicit a ton of laughs at the retirement party.
- The retirement for dummies cake
What a brilliant take on a classic book series. There’s no way the retiree won’t laugh if you surprise them with this cake.
- Priorities in retirement
This is, without a doubt, one of the sweetest retirement cakes. It highlights all the exciting things that retirement brings someone.
- The retiring prison officer
This guy was made for a retiring prison officer, but it can also be taken as escaping from the corporate prison. Either way, it’s a unique angle to play with.
- The latest news cake
What we especially love about this cake is how you can incorporate your own photos into the text.
- The counting down cake
The perfect ‘count-down’ cake for any retiree.
- The “I’m outta here” retirement cake
You can’t miss the joy on the little figure’s face. There no retiree that won’t like this cake as the feeling is so relatable.
It’s mentioning that You don’t need to have a very fancy cake to celebrate in style. Perhaps there’s no professional baker close to you or it’s simply out of your budget. No problem, all you need is a plain white cake that you can add your own words or a cake topper onto.
You can even buy a plain cake at the grocery store and remove any unnecessary toppings or redo the frosting. Then you can buy the different colored frosting that come in little pens and write a special message on the cake.
Here are a couple of ideas about what to write:
Happy retirement cake sayings
- Wishing you a long and joyous retirement
- Best wishes on your retirement
- Congrats on your retirement
- I hope your retirement is full of happiness
- Congrats on your second act
- The moment is finally here
- You’ve arrived
- Congrats
- You deserve it
- Happy Retirement
- Congrats on your second chapter
- We’ll miss you. Congrats!
- Enjoy every second
- Best wishes on your retirement
- Enjoy your grandchildren
- It’s time to really party!
- Thanks for the memories
Funny retirement cake sayings
- Can we swap?
- I’m outta here
- Enjoy your neverending holiday
- Lucky you!
- No more snooze buttons
- Goodbye tension, hello pension.
- Goodbye workapps, hello catnaps
- You never got fired!
- What took you so long?
- You’ve escaped the rat race
- No more rough work days
- Having fun is your new job
- Unemployed and loving it
- Take us with you
- PTO = Permanent Time Off
- Now you can sleep in!
Inspirational retirement cake sayings
- Adventure lies ahead
- The best is yet to come
- You’ve earned your wings
- Enjoy your second chapter
- Life starts when you retire
- This is going to be great
- It’s time to travel
- It’s time to enjoy the finer things
- We’re so proud of you. Congrats
- And…you’re off!!