Retirement Cake Ideas

A retirement party honors a significant milestone in the life of any human being; and a celebration like this deserves nothing short of a retirement party cake.

For the host who is planning a retirement party for a friend or relative, a retirement party cake should be a relative no brainer. He/she could prepare a white buttercream cake emblazoned with the words “Good Luck (fill in name of retiree here)” sketched out in icing of red, blue or gold. He/she could design a cake that reflects the favorite colors of the host, or that even bears a transposed photo of the person.

If the host is planning a retirement party for a co-worker, employer, employee, or the friend of the spouse, she may find it more challenging to come up with a cake that is warm, personal and of course delicious. In that case, she might come up with a cake that bears a general retirement theme. With some mint icing and a little imagination, a simple sheet cake could be transformed into a sprawling golf course; or, with the addition of party supplies like small plastic canes and rocking chairs, she could make a cake that bears playful reminders that retirement ain’t for sissies.

Retirement Party Supplies

Retirement Party Music Play Lists

Retirement usually only comes around once in a person’s life; so why not send your friend, family member or co-worker off with some party music that is far from ‘retiring.’

The ultimate retirement party playlist could include:

Golden Years by David Bowie
Through the Years by Kenny Rogers
A Couple Days Off by Huey Lewis and the News
9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer (for a female guest of honor)
Hard Working Man by Brooks and Dunn (for a male guest of honor)
Back on Holiday by Robbie Nevil
Memories by Elvis Presley
I’ll Remember by Madonna
Old Folks at Home by Stephen Foster
And of course, a retirement party host should not forget to pick up some primo party supplies. These could include wall art photographs of the guest of honor, confetti, tissue banners and streamers in glittery hues of gold, ivory and silver, ‘old coot’ miniatures that could be strewn throughout the party area as gag pieces, plastic canes and paper mache walkers that could be hung from the ceiling for the same purpose, plastic time pieces and ‘retirement watches’ that all guests could take home as party favors, etc.

Retirement Party Supplies

Retirement Party Supplies