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"jaffa cake a biscuit or a cake"

one question that has not been answered!

Rosalind wrote:
> I thought they had biscuit along the bottom.
>
> don't ask me. I think they're horrible.

Last time I had a Jaffa cake, which admittedly was a few months ago, it wasn't biscuit, but more like a cake-esque substance.

I did this case in Law a while back. Basically you have to pay a tax on cakes but not on biscuits (or vice-versa, i can't remember) and McVities were trying to prove that it was a biscuit (I think) to avoid paying tax...

What was the outcome? Dunno...I simply can't remember. Tales of a misspent youth!

Insane Bartender wrote:
> given that jaffa cakes don't actually contain biscuit, one can only
> assume they are cakes, PROBABLY WHY THEY ARE CALLED CAKES THEN.

I thought they had biscuit along the bottom.

don't ask me. I think they're horrible.

Rosalind wrote:
> Then why is it always in the biscuit section in the supermarket?

The same supermarkets that put ginger ale in the spirits section?

given that jaffa cakes don't actually contain biscuit, one can only assume they are cakes, PROBABLY WHY THEY ARE CALLED CAKES THEN.

its a biscake.

It would be a biscuit based on a cake.
Maybe they should produce a larger one sold on its own.

Then why is it always in the biscuit section in the supermarket?

A cake. Because it's called a 'jaffa cake'. The answer's in the question.

one question that has not been answered!