Birthday cakes for the "not-so-young" may be more formal or made wacky as desired by the celebrant or the persons giving the cakes. These are often personalized, reflecting on the celebrant, his career, hobbies, sports and interests, coming in as one-layer sheet cakes or multi-tiered, shaped and contoured, or 3-D.

On a more simple note, family and friends and family may opt to order birthday cakes with varied shapes and designs and decorated simply with flowers . Occasionally we include an appropriate quotation in the cake design.

Birthdays during the golden years are grand events often made more memorable by family members. Cakes are special and elaborate usually fondant-covered and tiered. We also receive many requests for red cakes, red being considered as an auspicious color for birthdays.