Chris Hemsworth celebrates his 41st birthday with $7 supermarket cake (2024)

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Chris Hemsworth may be worth millions, but he loves nothing more than a cheap birthday cake.

The Australian actor celebrated his 41st birthday this week with a AUD $7.05 white mud cake from supermarket chain Woolworths.

The Thor actor shared a video of himself enjoying the treat all to himself in an Instagram video on Monday.

Described on the website as 'a soft and fluffy sponge topped with gorgeously glossy white chocolate icing and finished with swirls of dark chocolate for an indulgent addition', the lowkey dessert is a favourite with Aussies.

'I just wanna say thank you for all the the birthday love or the birthday wishes,' Chris said in his video.

'I didn't actually get any photos yesterday, so I went and bought myself a cake and I thought I'd do a little, little, little private celebration and I got some champagne as well,' he explained.

Chris added, 'Got myself some flowers. That's the thing. You know, when you get older, you kind of realise that the circle of people around you, the people you love, gets smaller and smaller.

'So that's why it's just me. But not to worry, as I said, I got myself a delicious cake and some bubbly and a little arrangement there.'

His fans were were impressed, with one person writing in the comments: 'In touch with the common man'.

Another said: 'Love that with all your success you are still humble enough to have a Woolies mud cake as your birthday cake. Happy Birthday!!!'

Another said: 'Gone the Cole's or Woolies mud cake', while others argued over whether Chris had bought the Woolworths or Coles version, which is very similar and valued at AUD $6.40.

Chris sent his fans sprinting to the supermarket last year after he showed off the budget cake he got for his 40th birthday.

The Spiderhead actor shared a photo on Instagram to commemorate the event, where he was seen standing alongside a Woolworth's Chocolate Drip Cake.

'Thank you for all the birthday wishes! Another lap around (the) sun and still going strong. I can safely say not a single piece of cake made it through the night,' he wrote in the caption.

After the photo was posted, fans flocked to Woolworths to sample the dessert for themselves.

Priced at AUD $29, the cake is described as a 'light sponge with a luscious chocolate buttercream, topped with a Belgian dark chocolate drip.'

TikTok user aims.lc was among the Australians who were inspired to try the cake, and she shared a video on the platform providing her review of the cake.

'This is the cake Chris Hemsworth had for his birthday. He is an Australian icon,' she said.

'It smells so good. It is dense… I hate the word 'moist', but it's the only word coming to mind. That, my friends (is) delicious cake, (with the) thickest layer of icing. It's so good.'

Fans praised Chris Hemsworth in the comments for his down-to-earth choice of a Woolworths cake.

'It brings me so much comfort that Thor had a Woolies cake for his birthday,' wrote one user.

'Love the fact someone like him is happy with a Woolies cake!' remarked another.

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