Bindi Irwin’s Birthday Cake Was Shaped Like A Surprising Creature

Bindi Irwin, daughter of the late Steve Irwin, celebrated her 21st birthday this week by chowing down on the most appropriate cake ever: A cake shaped like a bumblebee.

Now, in terms of things we never, ever would want in or around our mouths, bumblebees take the cake — see what we did there? — but a bumble bee-shaped cake? Yes, please. One question: Is the icing lemon? Because, yes please. 

Bindi’s bee cake makes sense for her. Bindi, like her amazing father before her, is an animal enthusiast. According to Animal Planet, Bindi is a wildlife conservationist whose love for wild places and animals comes directly from her parents.

No wonder she’s not running and screaming from a monster who wants to sting you right in the eyeball. But we digress…

Bindi, like her parents, grew up in Australia and basically lived at the zoo, which is where she got comfortable with all of the animals. Apparently, the echidnas are her very favorites — and if you’re curious what an “echidna” is, these cuties look like this:

Bindi also starred in The Crocodile Hunter and hosted Bindi: The Jungle Girl, a children’s television nature documentary series. Her message: Wildlife is important — and we should treat it with love and respect.

Bindi also works with Wildlife Warriors, an incredible conservationist organization founded by her parents. According to the organization, it is dedicated to dozens of projects for several animals: “Through funding, education, research and a whole lot of hard work and dedication, our Wildlife Warriors are fighting to protect wildlife and wild places around the world for generations to come.”

Adorably, Bindi got engaged to fiancé Chandler Powell just after. We’re talking just hours after celebrating her birthday.

On the topic of her wedding, she said she’ll have her brother walk her down the aisle while she shares her first dance with her mom.

“And I think that’s what dad would have wanted as well,” Bindi told ET.  How sweet is that?

We’re so glad that Bindi is having such a special birthday year — and that she got to nosh on pretty much the most elaborate animal cake we’ve ever seen. Yum!

Let’s look at some of the other cakes that people have made. This penguin cake is where it’s at.

And then there’s this oh-so-pink piggy cake. Looks too pretty to eat.

This elephant cake might actually be the best thing we’ve ever, ever seen. How realistic is that trunk?

This puppy cake has our tongue wagging. It’s so adorable for a kids’ birthday.