Published on 12, July, 2020
Are Jaffa Cakes a cake or a biscuit?
Who else loves Jaffa Cakes?
When did 123 change to 124?
I love the raspberry ones.
I need to go shopping to check all the flavours in the shops.
There's always Lime and Mango too.
Maybe you don't like Raspberries.
Thanks, how could I have forgotten the raspberry ones.
Hello Robert123, yes, you missed the Raspberry ones, Marks and Spencers ones, although Aldi used to do Raspberry ones.
me,,,, by the box
I agree, I love all the different ones that are out there,
This post is risky. I’m on a non carb non sugar diet. Is it too late? Will I be confronted today by the lure of the aisle of destruction in a supermarket? The answers to these questions may remain unanswered if I forget or if I can’t be bothered to follow them up.
I mustn’t feed my sugar obsession by even dwelling on it. I’ll leave it in the hands of those who can handle it.
Well it says cake in the name. I also like them.
Yes! One of my favourite snacks. The original orange ones are best.
They used to be delicacy difficult to get, when tthere was still communism in Poland. Polish people love them, I can eat them, but I don't find them that fancy,
But italian icecreams, or yule log, that is a different story entirely :P
Love Jaffa cakes and the different flavours.
Have I missed any?
Officially a cake, there was a massive legal action and mcVitties got something like £135m vat refund
They are the worst combination of both
Either a stale cakey biscuit, or a nasty synthetic cake trying to be a biscuit.
Evil in every case, hahaha
For tax purposes they're legally a cake. There was a VAT tribunal in 1991 that included this case and it was determined that they are cakes and not biscuits (as biscuits when wholly covered in chocolate are taxed at the standard rate and cakes remain taxed at 0% even when fully covered in chocolate).
It was assessed on a variety of criteria and the name was not of much consideration. Two example opposing arguments were that A. a Jaffa cake goes stale like a cake rather than soft like a biscuit
B. The product is presented as a snack and eaten with fingers like a biscuit as opposed to a fork like a cake might be.
There were several other arguments as well and allegedly McVities baked and produced a giant Jaffa Cake to show their point.
In the end the tribunal was ruled in favour of McVities and the Jaffa Cakes remained VAT free.
In Ireland they are also considered cakes although there it is because their moisture content is greater than 12%. As a result they pay a reduced VAT.
Crack covered in chocolate.
Lol. I never thought of that.
Jaffa Cakes are basically Pringle's in marmalade and chocolate.
A worker said that it's a cake, because it's made out of, butter and flour, So there for its a cake,