I didn’t want to buy an expensive birthday cake for my daughter so made a budget caterpillar and it looks so good
BIRTHDAYS can be expensive when you have kids – and one mum decided to get creative with saving money on the cake.
The savvy parent shared how she ditched splashing out for an expensive cake and made a DIY doughnuts caterpillar instead.
She showed how she bought three packs of doughnuts and stacked them together to make a caterpillar shape.
She then added fondant for the eyes, and Matchmakers for the legs.
Taking to the Facebook group Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK, mum explained: “Budget birthday cake.
“3 x packs of doughnuts £1.35 each.
“1 x pack of matchmakers £1.50.
“Total £5.55.
“I already had some spare fondant for the eyes and antennas).”
On the plate, she added “Molly is 5” in fondant letters.
The fun caterpillar cake looked delicious and was cheaper than buying the popular Colin the Caterpillar cake from M&S, which can set you back up to £9.
The mum’s post has racked up 17,000 likes, and people praised her budget-friendly idea.
One person wrote: “ I don’t do cake so this is perfect!”
Another added: “good little idea this.”