Is a Jaffa Cake, a cake or a biscuit?

[yogi-bear]

The more opinions, the better..................debate on zzxxee's fav' thread at the moment.......this should be used a pre-cursor for tommorrow's voting frenzy ( ? ), if there is one .

ta very muchly :0)

[4getmenot]

its a cake. Biscuits go soft when stale, cakes go hard, therefore making a jaffa a cake

[Stephen_G]

What 4get said ;-)

[4getmenot]

Plus its kind of stated in the name Jaffa 'Cake'

[yogi-bear]

It's a biscuit, just to muddle things up a bit :0)

[yogi-bear]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...2g2/alabaster/A185104

told ya :0)

[cazzz1975]

its sold in the biscuit aisle, ergo its a biscuit.

other odd biscuits include
pink wafers
chocolate fingers
party rings
fig rolls

[hc4361]

Cake.
http://www.bbcgoodfoo...blog/068-jaffa-cakes/

[yogi-bear]

Cazzz is'nt wrong, is she?, ergo she's right...........3-2 biscuit......we continue.....

[joggerjayne]

Well, apparently ...

It's a cake.

Why?

No VAT is paid on cakes or biscuits.

However, VAT is paid on chocolate covered biscuits.

McVitie's challenged the Inland Revenue in Court over the classification of the Jaffa Cake.

The Inland Revenue claimed it was a biscuit (subject to VAT)

McVitie's claimed it was a cake (no VAT)

McVitie's won the caes.

So no VAT is paid on a Jaffa Cake.

Why?

Because it's not a biscuit covered with chocolate ... it's a cake !!

Official !!

Well ... insofar as naythin on "Wiki" is "official".

[4getmenot]

all go soft cazz

[joggerjayne]

It also follows that ...

If a Jaffa Cake is a "biscuit" ... then the price needs to go up by 17.5%

[cazzz1975]

if its a cake why do they not sell it in the cake aisle?

[cazzz1975]

so for tax purposes its a cake. even though it is sold in a pack in a similar fashion to biscuits, in the biscuit aisle?

[wiggal]

Whatever they are, they are evil nasty tasting things! Eugh!

[joggerjayne]

Yes.

McVitie's themselves fought long and hard to preserve its classification as a "cake".

[yogi-bear]

Anyone tried the dark chocolate ones?.........yummy :0)

wiggal, your taste buds need a service and MOT..........lol :0)

[joggerjayne]

I agree with Wiggal.

Horrid things.

Chocolate and Orange is not a good combination ... especially with that manky sponge.

[karenmac60]

What JJ said - it was on QI :)