Erin McKenna
2 min readJan 16, 2024

The Caterpillar Cake

Presently, I am watching The Great British Baking Show (which is a joy of a show if you haven’t seen it), and the technical challenge for the “Party Episode” is making a caterpillar cake. Therefore, hilarity ensues because these bakers are now running around and commenting about forgetting to put on the antennas and working on their faces.

And you know what, I love it all. All of these caterpillar cakes are making me smile. These are cakes that evoke childhood parties. I never had a caterpillar cake at my birthday parties growing up, but I remember them. For these British bakers, they were a regular…

Erin McKenna

Writer hoping to spread joy and laughter. Loves dogs, pasta, Nova basketball, volunteering and learning about different cultures.