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[vampirejackie]

Nothing to do with it. They're cakes, otherwise they would be called "Jaffa biscuits"..........

Why complicate things............

Simples..............

ah but...


someone once told me this.


its a cake if it goes hard when its out of date
its a biscuit if it goes soft when its out of date

ive never had jaffa cakes long enough to test out the theory tho, i just love em, nom nom nom nom nom

[hd7055]

ah but...


someone once told me this.


its a cake if it goes hard when its out of date
its a biscuit if it goes soft when its out of date

ive never had jaffa cakes long enough to test out the theory tho, i just love em, nom nom nom nom nom

Yeah, close - although the real difference seems to be down to differences in UK tax treatment ! I got the following off yahoo answers:

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What is the difference between a cake and a biscuit?
Everyone at work is talking Jaffa cakes and saying they are called cakes get out of paying tax, however I would call them a cake not a biscuit anyway! Help?
3 years ago
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The difference which McVities used to prove that Jaffa Cakes are indeed cakes is that:-

Cakes go hard when they are stale.
Biscuits go soft when they are stale.

Jaffa Cakes go hard, therefore McVities successfully claimed that they are cakes (they baked a huge Jaffa cake to prove the point).

The difference is important for tax reasons.

Cakes do not attract VAT.


The alternative classification "a chocolate covered biscuit" is classed as a luxury food item and does attract VAT.

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3 years ago
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Brilliant, thanks for the answer it was well rounded (unlike my Jaffa cakes which are well eaten now!)

Although, I still think the following answer was a work of sheer genuis:

In order to answer that correctly , i would have to have the texture of the ingredients and the designated cooking time. With these two measurements i can then use Applied Mathematics to calculate the solidification of the jaffa cake during cooking time.

Since we dont have these ,i will answer and say jaffa cakes are both, a cake and a biscuit ,depending on the reaction of the jaffa to the cooking time.

hope this sheds some light on the subject,
Westside.

Great to see new fields of applied mathematics evolving ...

hd

[Westsidex]

ah but...


someone once told me this.


its a cake if it goes hard when its out of date
its a biscuit if it goes soft when its out of date

ive never had jaffa cakes long enough to test out the theory tho, i just love em, nom nom nom nom nom

To me a biscuit is an overcooked cake,
Westside.