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 Post subject: Jaffa Cakes
PostPosted: Tue October 04, 2022 7:36 am 
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Do you eat them? Do you like them? What is the best brand? Have you tried making them at home?


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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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Here are some various brands:

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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Didn't Jorge start a thread about these before?

Either way, I love them. They were my first exposure to the joy of orange and chocolate together. As a Brit my preferred brand is Jacobs.

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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JuanHamm wrote:
Didn't Jorge start a thread about these before?

Impossible as I have no idea what they are

Well, some idea, now

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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Jorge wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
Didn't Jorge start a thread about these before?

Impossible as I have no idea what they are

Well, some idea, now

You do not.

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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Jaffa Cakes are a cake introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges.

Because McVitie's did not register the name "Jaffa Cakes" as a trademark, other biscuit manufacturers and supermarkets have made similar products under the same name.

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


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They have always been in the biscuit aisle in Norwegian shops. But the brands have changed with time. The most popular ones now are the cheap ones.

I only buy them rarely (been years now), but really felt lile eating some this past week.


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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
PostPosted: Tue October 04, 2022 8:16 pm 
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i cannot recall having eaten them but i will

i will find some

and eat them

and then report back here

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Great. Very successful thread.


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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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who needs jaffa cakes when you have McVitie's

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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Well, one is a biscuit, the other is a cake.


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A biscuit is just a little cake

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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That’s not true.

McVitie’s had been making Jaffa Cakes since 1927. But they were challenged for labelling their chocolate orange treats as ‘cakes’ in 1991 by Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise.

It was accepted under UK law that biscuits were a luxury item and the full VAT would be levied. But cakes, on the other hand, have been regarded as a staple food — so were zero-rated for the purposes of VAT.

Customs and Excise decided to rule Jaffa Cakes to be biscuits, partly covered in chocolate, and therefore standard-rate. But the cake manufacturers appealed against the decision and the matter went to court.

The arguments for Jaffa Cakes being a biscuit included: their size, as they were more like biscuits than cakes; packaging, as it was similar to biscuits; and marketing, as they were generally displayed for sale with biscuits rather than cakes. It was also put to the court that they were eaten as a snack, with the fingers, whereas a cake may be expected to be eaten with a fork.

But the key turning point was when McVitie’s QC highlighted how cakes harden when they go stale, biscuits go soggy. A Jaffa goes hard. The case was proven.

During the court battle between Mcvitie’s and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise, Mcvitie’s baked a giant Jaffa Cake to prove that Jaffa cakes were really cakes and not biscuits.

It was a long and costly dispute, but McVities finally tasted sweet success and Jaffa Cakes were finally recognised as chocolate covered cakes.

Now the £1.19billion Jaffa Cakes made every year are free of the consumer tax.


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Jorge wrote:
A biscuit is just a little cake


Ridiculous.

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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I polished off a box of chocolate digestives last night. I love them, but Hobnobs are better.

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Anders wrote:
That’s not true.

McVitie’s had been making Jaffa Cakes since 1927. But they were challenged for labelling their chocolate orange treats as ‘cakes’ in 1991 by Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise.

It was accepted under UK law that biscuits were a luxury item and the full VAT would be levied. But cakes, on the other hand, have been regarded as a staple food — so were zero-rated for the purposes of VAT.

Customs and Excise decided to rule Jaffa Cakes to be biscuits, partly covered in chocolate, and therefore standard-rate. But the cake manufacturers appealed against the decision and the matter went to court.

The arguments for Jaffa Cakes being a biscuit included: their size, as they were more like biscuits than cakes; packaging, as it was similar to biscuits; and marketing, as they were generally displayed for sale with biscuits rather than cakes. It was also put to the court that they were eaten as a snack, with the fingers, whereas a cake may be expected to be eaten with a fork.

But the key turning point was when McVitie’s QC highlighted how cakes harden when they go stale, biscuits go soggy. A Jaffa goes hard. The case was proven.

During the court battle between Mcvitie’s and Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise, Mcvitie’s baked a giant Jaffa Cake to prove that Jaffa cakes were really cakes and not biscuits.

It was a long and costly dispute, but McVities finally tasted sweet success and Jaffa Cakes were finally recognised as chocolate covered cakes.

Now the £1.19billion Jaffa Cakes made every year are free of the consumer tax.


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"I shouldn't be talking like this," said McVitie. "But truthfully, if you want my honest opinion, if you want to know where I truly stand on the how and why of it all... a biscuit is just a little cake."

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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JuanHamm wrote:
I polished off a box of chocolate digestives last night. I love them, but Hobnobs are better.

Why do you like the Hobnobs better? I kind of go back and forth on this.


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Anders is clearly appropriating someone else's work here without proper citation


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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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tragabigzanda wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:
I polished off a box of chocolate digestives last night. I love them, but Hobnobs are better.

Why do you like the Hobnobs better? I kind of go back and forth on this.


I like the texture better and I guess I just slightly prefer the oaty flavor of the Hobnobs to the maltier flavor of the digestives.

It's close and I would never turn down a digestive.

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 Post subject: Re: Jaffa Cakes
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That’s true.


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