Skellig Michael Birthday Cake

February 2, 2016January 28, 2016Mei-Mei

Are you sick of hearing about Skellig Michael on my blog yet? Yes? Well, too bad!

My mom made another of her amazing cakes for my birthday. It was a “traditional” Funfetti cake that she decorated to look like Skellig Michael, where the ending scene of The Force Awakens was filmed and which I visited last summer in a very memorable experience.

She used some small Bundt molds to make the mounds for Skellig Michael (on the right with the puffins and steps) and Little Skellig (on the left with the seals).

WP_20160117_18_41_12_Pro — Can’t you just see Rey walking up those steps?

She knew I was going to blog about this, so she made sure to put only ecologically accurate animals on (though the proportions are still a bit off…)

We have:

sea turtles (5 species seen off Irish coasts)
grey seals on Little Skellig (there should be gannets here, too haha)
dolphins and whales (multiple species seen off Irish coasts)
Atlantic puffins on Skellig Michael

The puffins were hand-made out of marzipan, so they were tasty as well as adorable. The cake itself was delicious, though the icing made our mouths turn blue.

WP_20160117_18_47_05_Pro — I ate some of Skellig Michael with a puffin.

The lettering says “Breithlá Sona” which is apparently an Irish translation of “Happy Birthday” (at least according to Google 😉 ).

The Baking Blog February 2, 2016 / 1:01 pm

Looks very impressive, I will definitely follow! I would really appreciate it if you would check out my blog too- http://www.thebakingblog.wordpress.com

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- Mei-Mei February 2, 2016 / 10:16 pm
  
  Thanks, I will 🙂
  
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  - The Baking Blog February 3, 2016 / 1:27 am
    
    Thanks
    
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May the Fourth be with You Party: Anette February 2, 2016 / 3:14 pm

I just love ALL Star Wars food, but this is one is just creative. Thanks so much for sharing.

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- Mei-Mei February 2, 2016 / 10:16 pm
  
  It was a wonderful birthday surprise for me 🙂
  
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NovEllaandBanannabelle February 3, 2016 / 8:07 pm

Another great cake – your mom is very talented! I hope you had a Breithlá Sona 🙂

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- Mei-Mei February 4, 2016 / 9:43 pm
  
  I did, thank you 🙂
  
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starwarsanon February 5, 2016 / 4:04 pm

How did you have the heart to eat that?? It’s just too cute and wonderful. Happy birthday, by the way!

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- Mei-Mei February 6, 2016 / 12:06 am
  
  Thanks 🙂 I made sure to take lots of pictures first! And also, I really love cake. Nom nom.
  
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Marcia Strykowski February 10, 2016 / 8:01 am

What a great creative cake and I ❤ the puffins!

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- Mei-Mei February 12, 2016 / 12:11 am
  
  Thanks 🙂
  
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