£5 instead of £7. Fantastic Christmas cake with M&S quality.
17 comments
sexyshelk135
8 Nov 152#1
Fruit cake yummmm an best but it's only a iced top
As I hate the icing.
sexyshelk135
8 Nov 15#2
Well I'm guessing it's fruit cake?
goldy12
8 Nov 151#3
Think this one is just Top iced, better deal at Tesco fully iced finest cake for £5 showing as one of the Top deals of the day
will_collings to goldy12
8 Nov 151#4
Yeah I saw that at Tesco. Tend to scrimp and save at the major supermarkets. I always come back to M&S for this cake every year. Good size, weighing 915g. Definitely worth a fiver.
dunno to goldy12
9 Nov 15#14
This cake is 915g, the Tesco cake is 907g.
Just saying. :smile:
bro1973
9 Nov 15#5
got one last year and it was as dry as a bone.never again...better waiting till Sainsburys drop there's down to £5
seanmorris100
9 Nov 15#6
Who was the numpty who made xmas cakes have raisins in? Such horrible cakes specially for xmas!
GILLFREEBIE
9 Nov 15#7
Will this keep til Christmas then? What's the use by date?
tickedon to GILLFREEBIE
9 Nov 15#8
These cakes, properly stored, can last a very long time...
(I'd prefer a better source, but it's the first one I came to!)
pineapple12
9 Nov 15#9
Lidl have 1kg Christmas cake for £6.49 or smaller one for I tthink £3.49 .
the cake is rated 65/100 Good housekeeping results 2015
Aldi also have Specially Selected Luxury All Over Iced Chrismas Cake costs £6.49 for 1kg rated 70/100.
Both on par taste wise with M&S, Waitrose and Harrods cake but not pricewise.
Sainsburys TTD comes out tops
woodgareth
9 Nov 151#10
I've worked at park cake bakeries where these are made and would never eat one of these , touched by many hands and no one wears gloves :-(
dunno to woodgareth
9 Nov 15#16
I bought the M&S cake last week. Now I don't want to eat it. :disappointed:
EveshamLad
9 Nov 15#11
Only £4 at Aldi
oscarcat
9 Nov 151#12
Marks and Spencer cakes were always made by Avana Bakeries in South Wales a local company to me, they changed back in 2014 to Park Bakeries, causing the lose of many local jobs. Avana had always produced high quality products for M&S, as part of cost cutting M&S moved their business to Park and in my view just like their cheap imported clothes, quality has suffered .
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Opening post
17 comments
As I hate the icing.
Just saying. :smile:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2865505/Does-fruit-cake-forever-Scientists-say-combination-alcohol-dried-fruit-means-puddings-longer-use-date.html
(I'd prefer a better source, but it's the first one I came to!)
the cake is rated 65/100 Good housekeeping results 2015
Aldi also have Specially Selected Luxury All Over Iced Chrismas Cake costs £6.49 for 1kg rated 70/100.
Both on par taste wise with M&S, Waitrose and Harrods cake but not pricewise.
Sainsburys TTD comes out tops
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/channels/supermarkets/marks-and-spencer/park-cakes-wins-ms-cake-contract-from-avana-bakeries/354370.article