This cake is getting married and you can't even get a date
LONDON -- Colin the Caterpillar has been a birthday cake staple in British households for the past 26 years. But this beloved birthday cake has some news. He's getting hitched to Connie, who's also a cake.
OK, so we know that cakes can't actually get married. Marks and Spencer is launching two wedding cakes, Colin the Groom and Connie the Bride. Connie the Bride sports a rose crown and white lace veil, and holds a matching pink and white rose bouquet. Colin the Groom wears a matching white rose buttonhole and a black top hat. A statement released by the retailer said the pair officially started going out after being introduced by friends at a birthday party in May 2016.
"Colin was a committed bachelor until he met Connie – he was always out and about at parties with the likes of David Beckham," Colin’s long term pal Percy Pig, who's tipped to be Best Man, said in a statement. "I’m delighted that Colin has now found his true love. I know he’ll be as happy as Penny and I -- we can’t wait for the celebrations," Percy continued. Colin the Groom and Connie the Bride are available for pre-order now, priced at £50 ($63) each. There's hope yet for the rest of us!
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
