Fondant is vile. Always go for the buttercream icing!

Make this into a series! you could test all the classic flavours like chocolate, vanilla, carrot,... then make one group out of the odd and unusual flavours, and you could also test different types of desserts and pastries :) Though it would be great to see Tesco and MS included as well :P

Im sure I wasn’t the only one internally screaming “TESCO AND M+S” the whole way through the video!!! They are two of the most OG British supermarkets (looking at you aldi and lidl) that I don’t know how on earth you could’ve forgotten them!! nevertheless, great video!

As an American it is wild to see shelf stable cakes like that! All of our grocery store cakes will usually be kept in a cold case by the bakery. How fun to learn and see something new today! 🤗

It would be great to see the Tesco and M&S versions too, and also the GF options of the “celebration” cakes from each supermarket

Hard agree on raspberry being the superior jam for balance of flavours. If you're doing strawbs it's gotta be fresh ones with fresh whipped cream imo. Although I'm a May baby so strawberry season is always around my birthday so maybe I'm biased haha

Ahh you missed M&S. I think they would have been good. I’d happily buy the Lidl one as I’m not a fondant fan. You can’t beat a Costco cake! 🤩

Loved this!! What about M&S - they have some great cakes??! Trying the most £ cake from each supermarket would be mouth watering!

This is some of my favourite content - would loooove to see a chocolate cake one! I'm also dying for you to do a brand name v supermarket brand blindfolded taste test

Great video grace!! U should try this again but with all the chocolate cakes instead haha…maybe make this into a supermarket competition series🤔🤔

"It kind of tastes like machinery" 🤣🤣 Oh Grace, I love you

Loving the wide-angle lens on the new go pro!!! It's like a reverse Francis Bourgeois and I'm here for it! Also missed my love and joy the M&S.... tried one of their' cakes in a jar' the other day. divine.

tesco has left the chat 😔 such a fun video though!! happy early birthday! 🥰🫶

I've never bought a premade cake that was not refrigerated. Anyway, I like bakery cakes best. Go to the bakery, order your cake, pick it up later - of course home made is tops but the pre-fab cakes have me shaking my head! 💜

tesco's and M&S pleaseeee :)

OMG! finally someone’s talking about the Costco birthday cake… legit as a baker myself I occasionally crave their cake bc it’s THAT good😋

Standard American birthday cakes are either sheet cakes or two-tiered round cakes always with buttercream. So interesting that fondant is standard in the UK!

I live in America and I remember that, as a child, you could go to like Publix or Winn Dixie (maybe on WD, not sure) and go to the bakery section and they have a book full of cake designs based off of movies/shows/fandoms and you got to choose which you wanted and they would make it and personalize it for you. Fond memories as a child, being so excited to pick out my birthday cake lol. I think they still do this, too.

Great Video. I was suprised not to see M&S as well as no Tesco. Perhaps you can add in M&S if you do a chocolate cake off?

Always a pleasure watching you! Makes my day!

Yesss supermarket competition series!!! (Missed papa booths blind reactions!)

The go pro footage was super good! Love your vids grace!😁

Happy Birthday dear Grack Time for a cake attack Sure you're getting old but your heart's gold For cheer you've got the knack!

I am absolutely loving the videos at the moment 😍

Would love more birthday cake reviews!

Love an English birthday cake! Not the best when compared with other baking around the world but definitely has its charm ❤️

Co-op cakes are all so so moist and delicious! I swear by them! Their carrot cake is phenomenal

COSTCO!! 😆👍 Costco is headquartered here in the Seattle area and I used to work at HQ in travel. Awesome company. The cake is good, but there's SO MUCH OF IT! 😆😆😆 It was interesting watching your reactions. You didn't have one from M&S, either! (Or does Collin just rule in the cake department there?) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRACE!!!! 🎉🎂🍰

Can you please do a chocolate buttercream version? Supermarket chocolate cakes are always banging xx

Ingenious way of ensuring that you get lots of cake 🍰 for your birthday 🎉🤣🤣🙌

All about the buttercream personally !

Thanks for posting this a day before my birthday 😄 at least now I know where to shop for the best cake 💖

42 Celcius is 107.5 Farenheit. Even here is Texas that is hot. Have no idea how you get through this without air conditioning. Take extra good care of yourself. Enjoyed the birthday cake comparisons. Did you notice the Unicorn cake price differences? Waitrose was quite a lot more. Glad you like American birthday cakes! Me too! Happy Birthday, Grace! Very best wishes for the best of everything that is good in life.

So fun.... I was eyeing up a cake in the shops for my bday... they were pretty pricey for plain ones though! Saw some fun fun caramel, chocolate creations!!

It was my birthday last week, I got a £4 birthday cake from Aldi because I was intrigued. One of the best cakes I’ve had, was so good the following morning out of the fridge. Leftover birthday cake is the breakfast of kings

Happy Birthday to the sweetest creator on KZfaq. Personally fondant is for decoration and buttercream is for icing. Here in North America you can get ice cream cakes. Next level delicious.

This GoPro car perspective is just awesome ! Love it

this is so fun!!!! you should buy and re-vamp the cheaper cakes into a exrta fancy, two tierd birthday cake! but using your expertise!!

omg Grace it's genuinely my birthday this Sunday too! happy birthday!! 🥳💕

It was my birthday on the 10th of July! I’ve never had a store bought birthday cake because my mum always makes one, I know I’m lucky. Happy early birthday Grace!

This is actually the perfect video qt the perfect time ! It's my birthday next Monday and I'm currently doing an internship in the UK! I was thinking about what I wanted to do for the day since I usually celebrate with other people but this time I'm all alone (I'm a bit scared by that) and I have to work during the day. But you've given me some inspiration on what cake to buy myself so I think I can do something nice after all ☺️☺️

I really enjoyed that :) as all your videos actually. I had a little thought. The best before date could have influenced the freshness of the cake aswell! This could be something to consider for the next cake tasting :)

hahaha I was wondering why you left Tesco out!!!😆 Love these kind of videos! It would have been perfect with you dad as a judge too, we love his commentary LOL

Was my birthday yesterday, so very fitting! Also on a diet so didn’t have any cake and now I’m living vicariously through this video 🫶🏻

Love a vanilla sponge, apricot jam and Swiss buttercream - and it was always homemade.

Happy birthday in advance for Sunday. Do love a Grackle taste test!! Saw you in 'The Sun ' newspaper, lol. (For the John Lewis returns package video)!!

Love you for uploading this on my birthday 😂

Love cake decorating. Not so much baking cakes. For all my kids’ cakes, I ordered a plain round from the store bakery (usually white buttercream with trim), then took it home to decorate. Marmalade or lemon curd would be lovely in a cake; the tartness would offset the sugar.

happy birthday grace 😄hope you had a cake as good as co-op's today, if not, at least as good as Lidl's

Oh I love this concepts. Can you do a series with different categories??

Hmmm, it's so weird to see frosted birthday cakes on shelves. In Canada, they are usually in the refrigerated section

Watching this on Sunday so Happy Birthday cupcake 🧁

Love this video, and the go pro camera angle was amazing in the car!! Xxx

Great video btw and I can’t wait for the next 24 hour video 🖤🖤

What about Tesco and M&S?

A bit off topic but if I was a parent ur the sort of person I’d want my kids to look up to :)

In Australia we don't get a lot of shelf stable cakes and not Birthday ones, just like loaf cakes, and definitely would NOT have one at a birthday. Our main supermarkets have bakeries in them or supplying them so you can get both fresh and mock cream cakes and you can order them as giant slab cakes too. We don't really have fondant cakes except fruit cake at Xmas. Definitely think you should see if you can pick up 'birthday cakes' from around the world at different bakeries around near you. What are the traditional cakes for birthdays in Italy, China, Korea, Australia, Kenya, Canada, Brazil etc :) Would LOVE to see that!! Keep creating love your videos :)

Happy early birthday, I hope you have an amazing day!!!

Great video! Lets make it a series! Asda also sells a Mega Madeira Celebration Cake for 6 pounds (it looks similar to the Aldi and Lidl ones) and it would be amazing to include Tesco and M&S

Hi Grace, your videos always feel like sunshine to me😊 Question- when you talk about price (cheap, expensive) do you calculate price per gram? Because a big cake could be a good value for how many people it feeds despite a higher overall price!

Love these kind of videos! Bring back Daddy Booth 🎉🎉

Come to Florida and try a Publix cake! It’s right up there (if not better than) Costco. Also you’d just flipping love the whole Publix experience.

I'm not even that keen on cake but I was here so fast! Gotta see what you think Grace 🎂

The Waitrose triple chocolate cake is my go to birthday cake it’s amazing

THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF CONTENT I'M HERE FOR!

We're both Leos!🦁🦁 My birthday is on Monday lol! Perfect timing for a birthday cake haul...except I live in Canada lol! Happy pre-birthday to you! 🎂🎂

I think you should make a video creating your own typically British Birthday cake!

Happy Birthday! Hope you had a wonderful day x

Please do chocolate cakes next and add Tesco and m&s 😊

This looks like a fun activity to do with friends and family 😄😋🎂 Aldi and Lidl are definitely not the same company, but have similar products. It is so wild to see how much supermarkets or discounters, like Aldi and Lidl, differ in each country. Even though both shops (Aldi, Lidl) are German I can guarantee that you'll never find anything similar to these cakes here! 😂 You find some cakes in the freezer section, but nothing compared to a specific 'birthday cake' 😄 Very interesting to see how much they change their range of goods to meet the customer's wishes in each country 🍰🧁🥧 And just out of curiosity, who ate all these cakes after the taste testing?! 🤣😅

We had costco chocolate cake for the grooms cake at my wedding lol it’s so good!

Grace someone is making variation of cookie recipes from across the world and this would be a great video idea !!

The M&S birthday cakes are class!!!!!

Id be curious if those pre-boxed cakes come from only a couple of comanufacturer bakeries. If they arent baked in store, could be from same factories.

you should try ikeas princess cake (similar to the cakes yo ú tried), its the most typical bday cake in Sweden!

I love Waitrose. I always used to shop there when I lived in England!

Oh that was so good..im just about to go n buy a birthday cake 4 my dad. U have saved me alot of work!! I know the ones to avoid.. lol .thanks..10/10 .j uk🇬🇧👍

amazing video as always. :-) Happy Birthday in advance. xx why didn't you include marks and sparks?

I had a birthday on Monday.. My sis made me a Victoria Sandwich (my fav) Raspberry jam and butter cream... Done well, it is simply the best!!

My birthday is also July 24th! It's always fun to find other people with that birthday!

Hi Grace Would love to see a review of the Ivy Asia’s afternoon tea! Especially since the new one opened in Brighton very recently.

Ur right! I was there in 2019, 22 degrees in London felt like 35 in Melbourne.

8:44 Lol looks like a scene from the 'Bake off' technical challenge,🤣

Happy birthday grace!!

I know in the US Costco also sells cakes - if you do a pt 2 that would be interesting to see if they also sell them in the UK stores!

Dear human that's reading this, we may not know each other, but I wish you all the best in life!✨

Icl the chocolate tray bake for a fiver in Tesco is always a family fave at ours!

Happy birthday Grace 🎂 🥳 😘❤❤💖💖

New subscriber here, although I've watched for years. IF I haven't got the time/energy to bake a 'Celebration' cake, I usually head for M&S or Sainsbury's.

You need Mother Booth to bake you a classic, o.g. homemade birthday cake ❤️

I work in co-op and I bought home the celebration cake for my cats 1st bday (caus why not) and me and the fam were all surprised by how nice is was! Not just you hehe

Superb content!! No one's opinion I would trust more x

happy birthday!! ive never seen anyone enjoy fondant before

So on your actual birthday can your family all be in the video rating ice cream cakes from super market to fancy-that's what we have in the summer in Oz, so perfect for hot weather fun. Happy Birthday To You

U have to do one on croissants!! I vote Lidl as my favourite in terms of both flavour and budget. I’ve tried Morrisons star fondant cake that was so overly sweet n dry thankfully u didn’t get those..

Happy birthday Grace xx

Is it just me or has anyone else from Germany never seen a cake specifically labelled as birthday cake in Lidl? Because I have to say it does look appealing

Our white cake is made with just egg whites, and are often whipped. Our cakes are also very sweet to me and i often only have a little of a store bought cake.

My bday is August 3rd Leo season!!! Happy Bday fellow Leo

HAPPY EARLY BDAY TO US!! i'm also a 24/7 babaayyyyy