Colin is not a birthday cake

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Tomorrow our younger daughter is 24. I would love to have the energy to make her a cake but I’m running on fumes and have been for months.

I gave my husband one job. Go buy her a birthday cake. He sent me a photograph Colin. I said no, there is only one time a year she can have a cake with happy birthday written on it. Would you believe such a thing does not exist at our nearest M&S!

Her older sister has come to the rescue, she’s gone to Sainsbury’s.

YABU Colin is the gold standard shop bought cake

YANBU Colin is an any time of year cake

I had a M&S fruit cake with marzipan and icing growing up. I love fruit cakes and I especially love marzipan.

Colin is the only acceptable birthday cake in CasaDaze. Every birthday for every family member.

During lockdown, we had a Colin once a month as a treat!
DH had the extra large Colin for his 30th
DD wants the arctic Colin for her birthday cake in December
Every Christmas food order from M&S we get the festive Colin and we regularly buy the mini Colin or Connie cakes for the kids

big fans of Colin here, but not of any of the other Caterpillar versions

Colin is so birthdayish, I love taking off his big thick chocolate face and scoffing it.

What is the age cut off for a Colin? I’m late 40s and would love a Colin (Firth or cake) for my birthday!

The most wonderful thing here is finding out I can buy a Colin any day I want! Hadn’t even considered he could be anything but a birthday cake.

Colin is definitely a birthday cake and a very nice one too. When else would you get one?

I bought a couple of yellow stickered Colins for Scout Camp a few years ago. No one’s birthday. They lived them.

We are another household that loves a caterpillar cake for birthdays, more yummy than loads of the other supermarket birthday cakes!

We've had it for birthdays - but Sainsbury’s is best bet for a range of actual birthday cakes though not all have happy birthday on them. I assume so they can sell them for a range of occaions.

Don’t diss Colin! He’s lovely. A perfect birthday cake.

I have always found then Colin cake very moist, not dry at all

You beat me to it. DD had one of these and a giant Connie as has wedding cake.

Of course he would, it's His birthday after all! My two when they were quite small always sang Happy birthday dear Jesus at Christmas morning breakfast.

Colin cakes are THE best Birthday cakes, second only to homemade.

He looks fab with candles!

Aw that is sooo sweet!

My best friend died when we were 45/46. I’ve celebrated every subsequent birthday for the joy of still being alive. Often with a Colin cake.

You are the second person to say this. I don't think I can bring myself to buy a full one to test this claim.

Can you eat his bum on the mini rolls?

Aaah everyone gets a cake for every birthday in our house!

Do you struggle to find enjoyment in your life? Being an adult doesn't mean you have to be boring.

Do you actually have cake regularly on non-birthday occasions though? If you buy colin regularly then yanbu but in our house we only have cake if it's someone's birthday or if it's Christmas so colin is fine.

It certainly is in my house

I’m a freak that doesn’t like Colin cake at all so agree with you

Ah that's nice, you're a charmer I'll say that 😘

We’ve only ever had Colin for birthdays - I usually make a cake but sometimes there’s two events so Colin comes out for one and I make one for the other.