General / Off-Topic The Jaffa Cake

[Avago Earo]

It works like this:

When a cake goes stale, it becomes hard.

When a biscuit becomes stale it goes soft.

I mentioned this to Mr Kipling for verification, but he blushed and mumbled something about blue pills. I think he misheard me.

 

[Winterwalker]

Clearly a biscuit for being small and round!

I reckon I can get four, maybe five in my mouth in one go.

 

[Nagual]

It's a cake, because it dries as it ages.

A biscuit goes soft as it ages.

This really should be stickied, as I thought everyone knew this?

 

[Trickylion]

can you dunk it in tea, then its a bisquite
"you cant have your cake and eat it" so its a bisquite
"let them eat cake", so its a cake

so all together a biscake or cakeit.

Jaffa is an orange from Jaffa

so its a fruit

got it you fruitcakes!

 

[Nagual]

Clearly a biscuit for being small and round!

I reckon I can get four, maybe five in my mouth in one go.

By that definition grapes are biscuits too lol

 

[dayrth]

I took civil and contract law for a couple of years when I was in college. HMRC Vs McVities (the case that decided this very question) was one of the test cases I had to study.

Ahh, fond memories

....I reckon I can get four, maybe five in my mouth in one go.

I have no idea how many I could get in my mouth in one go. Of course, I will now have to do some extensive experimentation to find out

 

[Winterwalker]

This really should be stickied, as I thought everyone knew this?

Except Jaffa Cakes never hang around long enough to test this hypothesis!

That would seem just too cruel; "I have an orangey bit therefore I am"?

By that definition grapes are biscuits too lol

Well grapes do get softer with time, too .. and allegedly. Sold.

 

[Agony_Aunt]

According to HMRC, it's a cake - for VAT purposes: https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/vat-food/vfood6260

This is how tomatoes got classed a vegatable as well as I understand. Bleedin stupid tax laws.

I blame Yaffle.

 

[Robert Maynard]

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[Agony_Aunt]

I mentioned this to Mr Kipling for verification, but he blushed and mumbled something about blue pills. I think he misheard me.

He does make exceedingly good cakes.

 

[Sir.Tj]

I hope you lot have voted and retweeted...

This is important isn't it Chante.....

 

[Flimley]

If Jaffa cakes are so, the jamborees should be pizzas. ...Jamboree pizzas !

Flimley

 

[insanephoton]

The Jaffa cake is easy, but what about cheese cake? It's usualy made with a crushed biscuit base so is cheese cake a cake or biscuit?

 

[dayrth]

The Jaffa cake is easy, but what about cheese cake? It's usualy made with a crushed biscuit base so is cheese cake a cake or biscuit?

It's a tart

 

[Patrick_68000]

2.8 % of chances that it is a biscuit ?

 

[Patrick_68000]

Clearly a biscuit for being small and round!

I reckon I can get four, maybe five in my mouth in one go.

I read that the world record is 51 swallowed in 1 minute.

 

[Siobhan]

Any fool knows a Jaffa Cake is 2.8% biscuit, 2.8% cake and 94.4% controversy!

 

[Patrick_68000]

and 94.4% controversy!

It's the TJ fault.

 

[Frank]

Biscuit just means "twice cooked", and so after I've microwaved my Jaffa Cakes they can officially be called biscuits.

 

[Sir.Tj]

The Jaffa cake is easy, but what about cheese cake? It's usualy made with a crushed biscuit base so is cheese cake a cake or biscuit?

Never and I mean never diss the cheesecake it's a little piece of heaven.

It's a tart

That's ok so am I....

It's the TJ fault.

Say what now? Have you voted???