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Colin the Caterpillar - could the M&S cake serve 30 people at a party?
26.01.2022 - 10:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It’s not a party without cake, and really the only chocolatey treat people want to see at a birthday bash is M&S icon Colin the Caterpillar.
Last night when ITV News unveiled the scandal that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had held a birthday party on June 19, 2020, it was revealed that ‘around 30 guests’ enjoyed M&S picnic food and a birthday cake.
And people were quick to take to Twitter to joke that it was a Colin the Caterpillar cake - sending his name trending throughout the evening.
One said: “If what finally brings down Boris Johnson is a photo of him blowing out the candles on a Colin the Caterpillar I will never, ever stop laughing.”
Another added: “So, Johnson had a party that included “M&S food” and “a birthday cake.” He had a Colin The Caterpillar cake, didn’t he?”
So I went to M&S to pick up a Colin the Caterpillar cake to see if it could have served Boris, all his birthday party guests and still have a few pieces to spare for partners or children back at home.
A Colin the Caterpillar cake costs £7, and the packaging says that the dessert serves 10. Now, Colin is around 11 inches long, and four wide, so this would give 10 guests a pretty sizeable post-picnic food treat.
I decided to cut off Colin’s head - made from white chocolate - which would of course be reserved for the birthday boy (or girl).
Then I sliced the remainder of the cake into 10 slices - however, this is where things already seemed unequal. Colin’s body has ridges which means that every other slice is thicker than each other alternating piece, meaning some guests would benefit from a chunkier slice of cake.
Some of the cuts were directly on top of the round ‘Smartie’ like sweets decorating the top too - and there are only 15 of them, so
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