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JAFFA CAKES. Biscuit or cake?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Age old debate......my opion? They are tasty."
Cake  the vat man seems them as a cake because the sponge goes hard when stale and a biscuit goes soft.
I do like a Jaffa cake...tried a raspberry one recently, just not the same  |
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By *ornCouple
over a year ago
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"Age old debate......my opion? They are tasty."
It was defined legally some time ago with respect to VAT.
When it gets stale, a biscuit goes soggy. A cake goes dry. Jaffa cakes go dry, therefore are cakes.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember years ago McVities baked a huge one to prove it was a cake. the reason behing it was to do with the taxation on the chocolate. choccy for biscuits is taxed. choccy for cakes isnt. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Who cares!
Rumour has it that if a man eats a packet a few hours prior to sex it can flavour his cum.
Good news for those that like to swallow and not spit.
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By *sGivesWoodWoman
over a year ago
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"Age old debate......my opion? They are tasty.
Cake the vat man seems them as a cake because the sponge goes hard when stale and a biscuit goes soft.
I do like a Jaffa cake...tried a raspberry one recently, just not the same "
No its that smashing orangey bit in the middle |
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This subject has been argued in the courts of law and has been settled more than 26 years ago.
Jaffa Cakes are biscuit-sized cakes introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular, 2 1/8 inches (54 mm) in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured jam and a coating of chocolate.[1] Jaffa cakes are also available as bars or in small packs, and in larger and smaller sizes.[2] The original Jaffa Cakes come in packs of 12, 24 or 36.[3]
Because McVitie's did not trademark the name "Jaffa Cakes", other biscuit manufacturers and supermarkets have made similar products under the same name.[4] The product's classification as a cake or biscuit was part of a VAT tribunal in 1991, with the court finding in McVitie's favour that the Jaffa cake should be considered a cake for tax purposes.[5] In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom.[6]
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"I remember years ago McVities baked a huge one to prove it was a cake. the reason behing it was to do with the taxation on the chocolate. choccy for biscuits is taxed. choccy for cakes isnt."
Supposedly they cut a big slice and handed it to the judge, asked if he had been handed a slice of cake or biscuit |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"They are not a biscuit & do not belong in the biscuit aisle of a supermarket. I feel very very very strongly about this  "
I'll start a petition to get them moved to the bakery section for you, because you feel so strongly about it  |
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"They are not a biscuit & do not belong in the biscuit aisle of a supermarket. I feel very very very strongly about this
I'll start a petition to get them moved to the bakery section for you, because you feel so strongly about it "
Thank you, I appreciate your concern over this. I shall reward your efforts with a proper biscuits - custard creams |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The are above classification; they are a category on their own. Nom nom nom nom. could you eat a whole packet ?they're cakes 
Yes, once opened, the whole lot go "
oh yes yum |
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"They are not a biscuit & do not belong in the biscuit aisle of a supermarket. I feel very very very strongly about this
I'll start a petition to get them moved to the bakery section for you, because you feel so strongly about it "
Why not have them moved to the same aisle as the fizzy Vimto?
They could put the bicuits down one end on one side the cakes at the other end and the Jaffa cakes in the middle with the Vomit sorry Vimto opposite. |
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I have a niggling thought at the back of my mind that they were originally apricot not Orange, or at least made of apricot pulp.
But my favourite was the limited edition lemon and lime flavour nom nom nom |
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"Who cares!
Rumour has it that if a man eats a packet a few hours prior to sex it can flavour his cum.
Good news for those that like to swallow and not spit.
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Its been proven what you eat does effect how spunk tastes |
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"I have a niggling thought at the back of my mind that they were originally apricot not Orange, or at least made of apricot pulp.
But my favourite was the limited edition lemon and lime flavour nom nom nom "
Well remembered! The "jaffa" bit was made of apricot and orange and was listed on the packet as such! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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For vat purposes they're classified as biscuits, mcvitities defended they're classification as cakes but lost.
Interestingly they're not even orange, they're apricot |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"How come a thread about jaffas gets 70+ posts and the death of john mahoney gets 9? ironic
Hows that irony?"
its ironic that we chatted about the fun subject of Jaffa cakes rather than the guy john mahoney who I personally have never heard of |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"How come a thread about jaffas gets 70+ posts and the death of john mahoney gets 9? ironic
Hows that irony?its ironic that we chatted about the fun subject of Jaffa cakes rather than the guy john mahoney who I personally have never heard of "
Ah i see,i dont remember,im old |
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