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Jaffa cakes

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  • 17-08-2016 7:39pm
    #1
    The Raptor
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    I'm having an argument over Jaffa Cakes.

    Are they biscuits or cakes?

    I'm thinking biscuits because you don't get 12 cakes in a packet. So that makes it a pack of biscuits.

    Other person says cakes but i disagree.


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    Ososlo
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    They are always in the biscuit section in shops so definitely classified as biscuits.


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    failinis
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    Gunslinger92
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    Biscuits


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    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPyJPuY5xYA


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    Senna
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    If it goes hard when stale it's a cake, if it goes soft when stale it's a biscuit.
    Jaffa Cakes are cakes, it's in the ****** name.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    They are legally cakes as a result of a major court case taken by McVities against HM Customs as the VAT rates are different.

    http://www.kerseys.co.uk/blog/jaffa-cakes-cakes-biscuits/


    It all hinged on the fact that stale biscuits go soft and cake goes hard. Stale Jaffa Cakes are hard.


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    #8
    MilesMorales1
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    They're gross thats what.


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    #9
    kneemos
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    Have you ever seen a Jaffa cake with a candle?

    Case closed.


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    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. In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom.

    Googling is simple to do. You should try it some time.


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    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,399 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    kneemos wrote: »
    Have you ever seen a Jaffa cake with a candle?

    Case closed.

    Yes, once.


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    ProudDUB
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    I'm having an argument over Jaffa Cakes.

    Are they biscuits or cakes?

    I'm thinking biscuits because you don't get 12 cakes in a packet. So that makes it a pack of biscuits.

    Other person says cakes but i disagree.

    But not all packets of biscuits come in packets of 12. Plenty of them, have more or less than 12.


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    The Raptor
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    Senna wrote: »
    If it goes hard when stale it's a cake, if it goes soft when stale it's a biscuit.
    Jaffa Cakes are cakes, it's in the ****** name.

    Well has anyone left a jaffa cake out long enough to get stale?

    Bread gets stale also. Doesn't make it a cake, does it?

    So its a biscuit.


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    The Raptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭The Raptor


    ProudDUB wrote: »
    But not all packets of biscuits come in packets of 12. Plenty of them, have more or less than 12.

    It still makes it a packet of biscuits.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    It still makes it a packet of biscuits.
    Which is immaterial as we are discussing a packet of Jaffe CAKES. It's the same as the packets of those Cadbury chocolate rolls - Cakes.


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    The Raptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭The Raptor


    Jake Panicky Memo wrote: »
    Which is immaterial as we are discussing a packet of Jaffe CAKES. It's the same as the packets of those Cadbury chocolate rolls - Cakes.

    Jaffa Cakes is just a name on the packet of biscuits just like hob nobs is on the packet.


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    osarusan
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    Jaffa Pie.


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    Wigglepuppy
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    Well has anyone left a jaffa cake out long enough to get stale?

    Bread gets stale also. Doesn't make it a cake, does it?

    So its a biscuit.
    No it doesn't make bread a cake, because it is bread, unlike Jaffa Cakes which are legally defined as cakes.

    You asked which one it is, you should have warned you only wanted the answer you agree with. :D


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    The Raptor wrote: »
    Jaffa Cakes is just a name on the packet of biscuits just like hob nobs is on the packet.

    That's what HM Customs tried to tell the court but they were wrong too.


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    The Raptor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭The Raptor


    Wigglepuppy wrote: »
    No it doesn't make bread a cake, because it is bread, unlike Jaffa Cakes which are legally defined as cakes.

    You asked which one it is, you should have warned you only wanted the answer you agree with. :D

    From here on in, I would like answers I agree with.


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    Fuzzy Clam
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    For tax purposes they're called apples.


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Fuzzy Clam wrote: »
    For tax purposes they're called apples.

    Like the Garlic? Got ya


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    lord lucan
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    All I could think of was this:
    https://youtu.be/OkjOY4lPodI


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    readytosnap
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    The Raptor wrote: »

    I'm thinking biscuits because you don't get 12 cakes in a packet.

    What about teacakes and fairy cakes and cupcakes They have all them in packets of 12 in every supermarket.

    I prefer to call them biscuits (jaffa cakes) even though they are cakes, it just doesn't sound too bad when I say I ate 12 biscuits with my cup of tea as opposed to I ate 12 cakes with my cup of tea :D


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    The Raptor
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    readytosnap wrote: »
    What about teacakes and fairy cakes and cupcakes They have all them in packets of 12 in every supermarket.

    I prefer to call them biscuits (jaffa cakes) even though they are cakes, it just doesn't sound too bad when I say I ate 12 biscuits with my cup of tea as opposed to I ate 12 cakes with my cup of tea :D

    Teacakes = marshmallow on a buscuit base covered in chocolate. So they're biscuits.

    Fairy cakes and cupcakes are buns.It's

    ok to have packets of 12 in these.


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    Fuzzy Clam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,293 ✭✭✭Fuzzy Clam


    Jake Panicky Memo wrote: »
    Like the Garlic? Got ya

    No flies on you :D


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    readytosnap
    Registered Users Posts: 1,330 ✭✭✭readytosnap


    The Raptor wrote: »
    Teacakes = marshmallow on a buscuit base covered in chocolate. So they're biscuits.

    Fairy cakes and cupcakes are buns.It's

    ok to have packets of 12 in these.

    So let me get this straight all the items I mentioned are cakes but you say they are biscuits or buns?? I've had many a BUNburger but them buns are usually bread based. Anyhow if/when you get/got married did you have wedding biscuit? and do you get a birthday biscuit with a candle in it? :D
    your mind is made up so i am wasting my time here, but one last attempt how about we call them biscakes? YAY.


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    #28
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Gateaux or Gatox


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    #29
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »
    Gateaux or Gatox

    I knew a guy worked for Gatox, he was a bit of a bollow.


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