To hate Colin the caterpillar cake

[Biffbaff]

And Connie, and any of the other supermarket knock-offs.

The cake is too dry! The outer chocolate shell is cheap and nasty tasting. Same goes for the hard face and feet, which don't complement the crumbly dry cake inside. All in all, a very unpleasant eating experience. The best bit is the decorative smarties.

Any time a Colin or one of his leggy friends is produced at a party, usually to be met with great glee by the other guests, my heart sinks. A relative had a Colin and Connie for his wedding cake and I was SO disappointed. All that waiting around for nothing! (It was a dry wedding for me so I was perhaps overinvested in the cake part.)

I think I'll be set upon as being U, but I had to get this off my chest. It's the worst celebration cake and its popularity is undeserved. Sorry, Colin fans!

You're right they're horrid

You can say no

Get the Aldi version. Much nicer cake and thicker chocolate as well. Also it's a lot cheaper than the M&S version.

Horses for courses
I call dibs on the face

I don't mind it but you are right that they're quite a dry cake. I'd be disappointed too with it as a wedding cake (up to the couple of course, just wouldn't be my taste)
I don't think YABU though.

Not worth the calories, I agree. The icing is gross.

However, I wouldn’t hope much from wedding cake. It’s mostly for show. Was the meal any good? I do expect a very good meal. You’d be better off getting a Lola’s cupcake.

I've never had any of them. Perhaps now I never will.

Vegan chocolate cakes with added confectionery to make each one different.(egg allergies in family)

They’re disgusting. I also really dislike Percy Pigs- wierd oily foamy things.

Well I like him and his insides, Colin is a dry National Treasure imo.... a bit like our dear late Queen really.

I'm with you OP! They're dry af and taste cheap and nasty to me. Whenever I'm at an event when a slice of Colin is offered I politely decline.

Absolutely not worth the calories in my opinion 😄

Yes! I don't get the love for Percy Pigs either! There are so many better sweets out there.

Yeah, Cuthbert is better cake wise and not as sickly - and at about a third of the price, even if you’re disappointed you’re still two thirds less disappointed.

@Solonga I do. There wasn't enough at that wedding to go around anyway and I didn't partake, I couldn't deprive the fans when I was going to hate every crumb.

@angeldelite All the food was disappointing that day. I got the impression the couple weren't really food lovers as the catering seemed like an afterthought. Not something I can relate to, personally! Alcohol was flowing freely but I was heavily pregnant at the time so couldn't enjoy that aspect of it.

I have found my people! 🙌🏻

Though @TomatoSandwiches and @LanaParits thanks for the laughs 🤣

YANBU and I’ve never understood the infatuation around it. Those who request a CTC cake year on year - why?? Dry, tasteless, the chocolate just breaks up and gets everywhere.
Give me a moist sponge covered in fondant icing any day

Agreed just a glorified dry Swiss roll

I feel the same about Cadbury's mini rolls. Nasty, cheap tasting things. Store bought cakes aren't very nice generally. Which reminds me, I've promised Dd a chocolate fudge cake this week.

It looks so tempting and I forget it's like having a mouthful of chemically paste that leaves you gasping for water. Don't know any kids who actually like it beyond the face.

We love a Colin 🐛

Cuthbert 😂

Surprised they didn’t go for something easier to say like Calvin or something

I like Colin the caterpillar cake. But I really don't get the love for percy pigs. They have a weird taste to me.

I like a Colin. It is better if they put a big rosette of spray can cream on your slice, as is the custom at the soirees I attend (mostly in a bowling alley, leisure centre sports hall or lazer tag facility).

Yabvvvvu I love Colin and all his caterpillar friends