60th Birthday Cakes

One starts to get young at the age of sixty and then it is too late. - Pablo Picasso

Milestone birthdays, like 60th birthdays are special and need to be celebrated in a memorable way. A birthday party is an occasion to celebrate and share our happiness with our family and friends. Cakes are inevitable part of any birthday and for milestone birthdays like 60th birthday, you need some special birthday cake ideas. A 60th birthday cake can be very simple yet sweet, or it can be very creative and innovative. Here are some suggestions and ideas for choosing a cake for the 60th birthday.

Cake Ideas for 60th Birthday

You will find innumerable innovative cake ideas for 60th birthday. Before deciding your cake design and flavor, first ask yourself what exactly do you want to portray through the cake. Some may like to stress the age, while some can prefer to portray some unique feature of the birthday boy or girl. Deciding the birthday cake theme can help in deciding the shape of the cake. Here are some 60th birthday cake ideas for men and women.

Number "60": If you want to show the significance of number 60, since it's a 60th birthday, you can come up with some designs that implement this number. You have several designs with this cake idea. You can have a large cake with frosting in shape of 60. Else you can have a cake with two separate numbers, "6" and "0". You can even have 60 cupcakes arranged in a creative way.

Hobbies: These days you can easily get personalized cakes that reflect the hobby of the birthday boy or girl. Say if the birthday girl loves cooking then you can come up with some ideas that will reflect her love for cooking. If football is the favorite sport of the man turning 60, then you can have a cake with shape of a football or even a football ground.

Quotes: There are various funny and serious 60th birthday quotes, and you can use one for a simple 60th birthday cake. All you need to do is order a cake and have a 60th birthday quote carved on the cake. It is not compulsory to use only 60th birthday quotes, you can also have some nice life quote or love quote that the birthday boy or girl loves the most and always preaches about it.

Favorites: One more creative option for a 60th birthday cake is using the favorite Hollywood actor or favorite car, anything favorite of the birthday boy or girl. Men are crazy for cars and if the birthday boy loves some car brand you can have a cake with shape of that car.

Profession: The 60th birthday cake may also reveal the profession of the person. Say if the birthday boy is a doctor you can have a cake with some medical equipment or say if he is in army, you can have a military tank shaped cake.

Only deciding the cake design, does not end your job. You also need to finalize whether you will be preparing the cake by yourself or you are ordering it from a bakery. If you are going to have a simple cake then bake it at home, for a cake with personalized design and theme, better order it from a bakery.

These were some suggestions and ideas on 60th birthday cakes. Choose the one that has appealed you the most or find out some unique idea of your own. All the best!