Jaffa Cake - Cake or Biscuit.

[ianryan]

What do we think

[Johnny]

Tax man says cake ... its a cake

[Johnny]

but by definition ... biscuits go soft when they stale ...... cakes go hard.

But no one has ever had a Jaffa cake long enough to find out

[Ron Bones]

but by definition ... biscuits go soft when they stale ...... cakes go hard.

But no one has ever had a Jaffa cake long enough to find out

So Steven Fry says. He's a smart guy and I'd be inclined to believe him on this one!

[Johnny]

Technically my poo is a cake !

[205turbo]

The answer is in the name

[ianryan]

See the argument I've had is that they are sold in the biscuit section and not the cake. Don't get me wrong I say they are a cake, sponge covered with jam and chocolate. So why aren't they sold in the cake isle?

[Wookie]

As Johnny said it's regarded as a cake as the moisture content is >12% if we're getting technical

[Guy]

There with all the other biscuits . . . but yes I suppose there a cake.

But for the sake of being an akward sod, I vote biscuit.

[Ed]

Clearly cake. I dont see the possible confusion??

Maryland cookies on the other hand, thats a topic for discussion I feel. They're clearly biscuits, as cookies are soft and go hard when the go off, Marylands are hard and go soft.

[Prior]

I think since they introduced the Jaffa cake bar they have thrown the humble jaffa cake into biscuit territory.

[Cluck]

This was also covered on Something for the Weekend a couple of weeks ago

Cake

[Johnny]

So why aren't they sold in the cake isle?

Where tescos / sainsburys etc sell there food is no indication to what it is OR Blinis are in fact a type of fish

if what your saying was correct the Sainsburys in Chippenham classes Juice as cereal and cat food as drinks !

[gonzomagic]

but by definition ... biscuits go soft when they stale ...... cakes go hard.

But no one has ever had a Jaffa cake long enough to find out

I have had a few jaffa cakes go hard in a cupbard. So I guess they are a cake.

[Wookie]

If that's the case then my supermarket classes deodrant as sanitary care

[Silane]

Why would you even consider it to be a biscuit??

[sideways14a]

Its definitely a cake in my view...
On a similar subject where are all the Cadburys cream eggs these days, you see loads of 12packs around easter and then sod all the rest of the year.

/Sideways14a-self confessed cream egg addicted

[bobbitt]

the origional one is a biscuit but there are cake bars these days to which i would class as a cake bar

[TAC]

McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes. In doing so it produced a 12" Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply miniature cakes

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_cake

[glens14a]

jaffa cake = cake

whats a fig roll then because in the states the sell them as sweets