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The great caterpillar cake-off...
M&S is suing Aldi over a party treat but the real issue is, which tastes best?
Wiggles: Sainsbury’s
Ruth says: “Everyone enjoyed this cake because it had delicious chocolate, great flavour and a soft sponge.”
Cress says: “Wiggles wowed. I could have eaten it from top to tail if Mum had let me.”
£6, serves 14 SCOFF SCORE: 4/5
Curly: Tesco
Ruth says: “Great value for money and looks OK. But way too sweet for adults.”
Rufus says: “Pretty yummy. It’s a good thing if it’s too sweet for adults – it means there is more for us kids.”
£6 (£5.45 with Clubcard), serves 12 SCOFF SCORE: 2/5
Colin: M&S
Ruth says: “We did a blind taste so Rufus and Cress didn’t know this was the original. But they confirmed Colin is the top caterpillar.”
Cress says: “It was really chocolatey and the sponge was super soft. It wasn’t as sweet as the others which is good ’cos you can eat lots more.” £7, serves 10 SCOFF SCORE: 5/5
Cecil: Waitrose
Ruth says: “Cloyingly sweet, this has 34% of your daily sugar compared to 24% with Morrison’s.” Rufus says: “It looks cool and I loved the white chocolate face and feet. His pointy tail made him look like a grub rather than a caterpillar. It was really sweet so one little bite and I’d had enough.” £7, serves 12 SCOFF SCORE: 2/5
A FOOD fight is brewing in the supermarket cake aisles...
In the Marks and Spencer corner, Colin the Caterpillar is taking on Aldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar, calling him a copycake.
Colin has 15 million sales under his belt since his launch 30 years ago but rival caterpillars in other stores are contesting
Clyde: Asda
Ruth says: “Another cake that disintegrated when it was cut, and this was even drier than the one from Morrisons.”
Cress says: “The feet and face didn’t taste great but I still loved the cake.” his crown. M&S’S trademark infringement claim against Aldi goes on but we staged the only contest that matters: taste.
Mum-of-four Ruth Dascombe, 48, from Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and her 10-year-old twins Rufus and Cressida tried the other caterpillar cake contenders for us.
Curious: Co-op
’PILLAR TALK Ruth and twins Cressida and Rufus test cakes
Ruth says: “Very much on the dry side, and has a rather gormless face.”
Cress says: “The feet were fondant which isn’t as tasty as white chocolate. I needed a glass of water after a taste because it was too crumbly. Sorry, but you’re not my favourite.”
£7, serves 12 SCOFF SCORE: 1/5
Morris: Morrisons
Ruth says: “Morris was so hard to cut, slices fell apart until there was a pile of chocolate. No good if you want to wrap it and pop it in a party bag.” Rufus says: “It was so dry, when I tried to pick it up it made a mess of my T-shirt but bits that made my mouth tasted ace.” £6, serves 12 SCOFF SCORE: 3/5