Colin or Cuthbert? The epic chocolate - covered caterpillar cake - off
Colin the Caterpillar is an incredible cake made by M&S and loved by everyone. This love has been clocked by Aldi, who decided it would be a good idea to release their own caterpillar: Cuthbert. This blatant copy hasn't gone unnoticed by the public, including the Despatch team. Which caterpillar was best? In order to find out we decided to do a blind taste test. These are the results: Cake 1 This is Colin because it is harder - Kit This has more cake and less icing - Ms McGuinness This is better (than cake number two) - Seb, Mark, Toby, Kit This is slightly better - Thomas Has more depth – Jake More moist - Andrew Liddle (Founder of the Dulwich Despatch.) Chocolate better taste, lighter crumb - Mrs Judet Cake 2 Sweeter, too much chocolate - Mark More chocolate swirls - Andrew Liddle More salty - Ferdie Dry, so not as flavoursome - Minjun Denser, less airy - William Better icing - Jake Feet are cloying - Mrs Judet Difficult to cut through outer shell - Mrs Judet
More eco - friendly packaging - Ms McGuinness After much deliberation we crowned Cake 1 – the original Colin the Caterpillar – the winner! Cake 2, Cuthbert, was considered worse by nearly everyone. Colin was preferred because it contained more cake (rather than icing), was moister, had more depth and had better tasting chocolate. On the other hand, Cuthbert was too sweet, had too much chocolate and was too dense, although some people did prefer its icing. We did take into consideration the price difference: Colin retailed at £8.50 while Cuthbert only cost £5.00 - and the fact that Cuthbert had more eco - friendly packaging. However, we all agreed that the taste of Colin was so superior that the packaging and price did not matter.
By Mark Gill
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