Bring chocolatey joy to your celebration or picnic with this easy Colin the Caterpillar traybake cake recipe. It’s made with our handy chocolate cake mix and shortcut ready-made chocolate icing, decorated with colourful sprinkles and Colin chocolates. Whether for birthday celebrations or to take to a picnic, this is a proper crowd-pleaser.

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1HR 15MIN
Total time
Ingredients
Servings
16
1 pack
(500 g)
(500 g)
M&S chocolate cake mix
100 ml
M&S Remarksable Value whole milk
3
M&S large free-range eggs
100 g
M&S Remarksable Value unsalted British butter, softened
1 tub
(400 g)
(400 g)
M&S indulgent chocolate icing
50 g
M&S Colin’s greatest bits
2 tbsp
M&S multi-coloured strands
Nutrition per serving
Calories
276kcal
Fat
11.1 g
Saturates
5.0 g
Sugars
35.1 g
Salt
114.5 mg

