Where can I buy a big cake (serves 20) today - ie, without pre-ordering?

[AgentProvocateur]

I have access to most shops (except Waitrose and Costco). I would prefer to go to M&S because I'm going there anyway, but on their website the only big cakes need five days notice. Does anyone know how big their biggest "normal" cake is? I could, of course, get 2 smaller cakes, but then people would realise that I completely forgot that I'd volunteered to arrange the cake

I think Asda and Tesco do large chocolate cakes also the photo cakes are large. HTH

How about a choc one and a vanilla one. Then it just looks like you're catering for all tastes!

My M&S does massive plain white iced fruit cakes off the shelf. Would easily feed 20.

M&S do a chocolate "party cake" that serves 20 off the shelf.

Thanks all. Will try and get the chocolate party cake - if not, then I'll get 20 cupcakes, I think.

Northey, I don't think anyone I know (apart from DH) likes fruitcake. Personally, I think it's the food of the devil

Me too. Filthy stuff. But you know, in an emergency...

Not that you'd have to eat it, obviously. Just hand it round looking innocent, and then sit there nibbling the icing off.