Biscuit or cake?
2007-04-17 02:09:55 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Jaffa Cakes: Biscuit or Cake?
The source of one of the most complex conundrums ever to challenge mankind:
Is it a cake or is it a biscuit?
These small circular sponges topped with chocolate and squidgy orange stuff have been the subject of much debate over the years. Even the British government has become embroiled in this web of snack-related intrigue. At present the Jaffa Cake is classified as a cake but the British government is attempting to get it reclassified as a biscuit. This would mean it would come under a higher tax bracket as biscuits aren't as perishable as cakes, or something technical like that.
It is not clear how much more expensive the Jaffa Cake would become should this proposal go through Parliament, but it's possible they could move from the realms of 'everyday favourite' to become more a much more exclusive item. In which case, they could end up being treated similarly to fine wines, so that in the future, small groups of Jaffa Cake connoisseurs might be found in darkened cellars discussing texture, nose, and full-bodied flavour.
Whatever happens, the Jaffa Cake will retain a unique place in the biscuit/cake market.
2007-04-17 02:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cake
2007-04-17 02:18:37 · answer #2 · answered by Tiger01204 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jaffa Cake yummmmm : )
2007-04-17 02:42:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm im sure it says the answer on the box. OH YEA thats right Jaffa CAKES!!!!!!!! So a wild guess says they are cakes, plus they go hard when they go off. so CAKE!!!
2007-04-17 02:15:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cake
2007-04-17 02:53:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the EU decided that biscuits go soft when stale and cakes go hard. If this is true then I guess its a cake.
Plus the name sort of gives it away
2007-04-17 02:20:22 · answer #6 · answered by zeppelin_roses 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name of the brand says it all really: Jaffa CAKE.
2007-04-17 03:38:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
cake.
Mcvities went to court to prove that it was a cake, thus exempt from VAT.
The argument was that biscuits go soft when old, cakes go hard.
And lets face it, the clue is in the name.
2007-04-17 02:16:39 · answer #8 · answered by renegade 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Cake - it says cake on the label and it ain't crunchy so it's not a biscuit!!
2007-04-17 05:44:02 · answer #9 · answered by ChocLover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biscuit
2007-04-17 04:09:21 · answer #10 · answered by nia_lloyd 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋