Larva lamped: Colin the Caterpillar loses to eight lookalikes in cake taste test

Which? testers complain M&S sponge is ‘too dry’ as Waitrose’s Cecil tops the tree with ‘best buy’ gong After a busy 35 years as a British party favourite, not to mention a bruising court battle with an alleged copycat , you might think Colin the Caterpillar had earned his place at the top. But the “original” chocolate caterpillar cake has now been labelled the worst, bested by lookalikes in a taste test. Cecil (Waitrose): 78%, £9.50, 744g, 38.6g, 17g. Charlie (Co-op): 73%, £9.85, 702g, 46g, 14g; Sainsbury’s Wiggles: 73%, £8.50, 613g, 41.9g, 18.7g. Cuthbert (Aldi): 72%, £6.99, 624g, 43.5g, 17.7g. Morris (Morrisons): 72%, £9, 630g, 38.4g, 16g. Letty (Asda): 68%, £9, 613g, 45g, 14g. Lewis & Green’s caterpillar celebration cake: 67%, £4.50, 530g, 45g, 20.2g. Slinky (Tesco): 66%, £9, 648g, 42g, 17g. Colin (M&S): 64%, £9.50, 625g, 46.3g, 21.3g. Continue reading...

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