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2006-08-10 09:03:30 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink Cooking & Recipes

26 answers

its a cake its sponge

2006-08-10 09:07:50 · answer #1 · answered by ♥fluffykins_69♥ 5 · 0 1

A Jaffa Cake is a popular type of snack sold under a number of different brands, the market leader being McVitie's (United Biscuits). In the United Kingdom, Jaffa Cakes are classed as cakes for the purposes of taxation, but due to their size and high number per packaging, shops generally stock them within the biscuit section. The name is derived from Jaffa oranges.

Under UK law, no VAT is charged on biscuits and cakes — they are "zero rated". Chocolate covered biscuits, however, are classed as luxury items and are subject to VAT at 17.5%. McVitie's classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991, this was challenged by HM Customs and Excise in court. This may have been because Jaffa Cakes are about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit. The question which had to be answered was what criteria should be used to class something as a cake or biscuit. McVitie's defended the classification of Jaffa Cakes as a cake by producing a giant Jaffa Cake to illustrate that their Jaffa Cakes were simply mini cakes.

They also argued that the distinction between cakes and biscuits is simply that cakes go hard when stale, whereas biscuits go soft. It was demonstrated that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale and McVitie's won the case.

2006-08-10 09:10:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3 0

Well, I think they made a mistake when they called it a "cake" because it is too thin to be a cake and it is really a biscuit!
If it was a cake, would the cakes be in a packet like biscuits are, and would I really have eaten a whole packet in one go?
No - of course not!
If you only eat a few, then they are low in calories, but if you eat a whole packet - then how many calories is that?
Trust me - I am a teacher and I know these things!

Hope that helps:>)

2006-08-10 09:23:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

It's a cake, not just because they're called jaffa CAKES. Firstly, jaffa cakes are soft biscuits aren't. The french for biscuit is sur gateau, which translates as hard cake (biscuits were invented in France). The makers of jaffa cakes proved in court that they were in fact cakes because they go hard when they go off. That's what happens to cakes. Whereas when biscuits go off they go soft.

2006-08-10 09:19:46 · answer #4 · answered by Smarty pants 2 · 1 0

The operative word here is jafa...(CAKE!)...that means it is a cake, if it was jafa biscuit, then it would be a biscuit...ok??......glad to answer your question.

2006-08-10 09:10:46 · answer #5 · answered by Answers! 3 · 1 0

A cake.

A cake goes hard when it goes stale, a biscuit goes soft!!!!

Jaffa cakes went to court over this cos cakes have less tax!

2006-08-10 09:08:57 · answer #6 · answered by Neil_R 3 · 1 0

A cake as proven in the court of law as described by that clever person above!

2006-08-10 09:43:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Its definately classed as a cake

2006-08-10 09:20:47 · answer #8 · answered by fw 3 · 1 0

Who cares?
all i know is that its bloody lovely, specially when you nibble the outside edge of chocolate, eat the sponge and then get left with the orangey bit in the middle.......
Now where's my BISCUIT tin? or should that be CAKE tin?

2006-08-10 09:12:36 · answer #9 · answered by Tracey 2 · 0 0

a cake-like biscuit

2006-08-10 09:15:15 · answer #10 · answered by Lady Penelope 3 · 0 1

A biscuit

2006-08-10 10:36:30 · answer #11 · answered by frankmilano610 6 · 0 1

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