McVitie's Jaffa Cakes

I love Jaffa Cakes - always have done and even more so now as they are one of my "allowed" bits of chocolate that I can eat. I would expect that most people have tried these yummy treats but for the uninitiated here is a little review of the original orange version (For your information I have a box of 36 in front of me and currently there are only 34 in there - we shall see how many are left at the end of the review!) McVities Jaffa Cakes are actually ...
...to name but a few. They have tantalised the taste buds for over 60 years and have undergone many marketing transformations (hands up who remembers the naughty Munchkins?) but the basic treat itself has remained pretty much in tact. So what is a Jaffa Cake? Simply they are round cakes (yes they are cakes as McVitie proved to the tax man in 1991 so you don't pay VAT on them!) which have a sponge base, a dark chocolate topping and sandwiched in between ...

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Jaffa Cakes, they have become an era-defying, non-conformist favourite among young and old alike. Maybe it has something to do with it's inability to be positioned within a the genre of cake or biscuit. Or maybe it's down to it's gratifying ability to accompany a cup of Traditional English tea, it's dunkability, no floating remnants or crumby mess, just a solid, softened chocolate jelly heaven. Who knows? But Jaffa cakes have become institutionalised ...
...making, nothing has ever superceded their flavour, size or addictiveness! All hail the Jaffa Cake diving into diversity with their innovative new flavours, the zingy Lemon and Lime, and the fruity Blackcurrant. Now I've only just discovered these brand spanking new flavours on a chance visit to Iceland for some bits and pieces. I have never seen them in Asda or Tesco, and so it was a bit of an accidental discovery! The new flavours still come prepacked ...

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...of plain chocolate on top. McVitie's describe their Jaffa Cakes as “Light sponge cakes with plain chocolate and a smashing orangey bit!” I think this is quite a good description, but there is within certain circles quite a heated debate as to whether a Jaffa Cake is in fact a cake at all or a biscuit. For the sake of argument I shall use the word cake throughout. The Taste and Smell There is no distinct smell as you tear open the cellophane seal ...
...under your nose that you can smell the traditional smell of plain chocolate, there is only a light hint of the orangey flavour trapped below the chocolate layer. Finally, I will get onto the taste. I find that to enjoy the Jaffa Cake in its fullness it is best to resist stuffing the whole thing straight into your mouth, and instead delicately bite the cake in half. This will allow the full flavour of the orange jelly to ooze out as the hard chocolate ...

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Wandering around Tescos this morning it occurred to me that I’ve been at ciao for over a year now and haven’t yet written about my favourite food in the whole world – the humble, yet delicious Jaffa cake. First things first, you must have noticed the bright blue box in the chocolate section on the biscuit shelves in the supermarket but what, exactly is a Jaffa cake? WHAT IS A JAFFA CAKE A jaffa cake is a cake – it has been proved in court, if ...
...on it or something like that so they went to court to prove that the way they make it means it is well and truly a cake, the only argument the tax man came up with for it being a biscuit was that they always stock them on the biscuit aisle - pathetic! (I may have made that up but I’m sure I remember John Craven saying something about it on Newsround when I was little) Anyway moving on the jaffa cake is shaped like a flying saucer, well Hollywoods ...

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~ Introduction ~ Jaffa Cakes are by far my favourite treat for the weekend. I must say that I am somewhat of a pig when it comes to eating these. Do you recall the advert on the television with the school teacher eating these? Well, for your benefit, she demonstrates the lunar cycle by showing the uneaten cake (full moon), taking a bite out of it (half moon) and then finally devouring the last of it (total eclipse). If you cut out the middle step, ...
...~ Jaffa Cakes come in a variety of different packaging. I have seen them in tubes like Pringles ones, small packs of 3, single boxes of 12 cakes and double boxes of 24 cakes. The packaging that is sitting in front of me now is that of the latter, the 24 cakes in the single box. The packaging is predominantly dark blue in colour with approximately 10 light blue blurred-balls even placed. The word “Jaffa Cakes” are shown in large orange ...

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There was a little trouble a few years ago around the time those crazy European rulings were made. Pounds and ounces were outlawed and Jaffa Cakes were almost hit. The cunning Taxman saw a way to fill his coffers further by reclassifying the Jaffa Cake as a biscuit. You see, TECHNICALLY Jaffa Cakes aren’t. Cakes I mean. They're biscuits, except they're not biscuits either. They're with the biscuits in the Supermarket, by the chocolate digestives ...
...They've got sponge, and biscuits just don't 'do' sponge. So put them with the cakes. But they don't fit there either. They're flat and biscuit shaped, with a chocolate half-coating. So there they are in confectionary Limbo. And that's where they'll stay, because The Taxman gave up, it was just too confusing. Tourists love them, and expats would do anything to get them. A gloriously British institution, they don’t quite make sense. I love them. ...

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Ahhh, Jaffa cakes. As a child I would spend every weekend at my Nan and Granddad’s house, my Nan would have the ordinary biscuit box filled with custard creams and rich tea while my Granddad would hide packs of Jaffa cakes somewhere in my Nan’s kitchen. Whenever we were very, very good Granddad would make us all a cup of tea and as a special treat bring out the Jaffa cakes and I would sit on his lap eating them. Hence, I love Jaffa cakes. Now there ...
...a cake or a biscuit, the vat man (spit spit) was especially interested in this particular point, as cakes are not vatable and biscuits are. The vat man (spit spit) wanted to classify Jaffa cakes as a biscuit and slap a huge vat assessment on McVities. As far as I know, the evil vat man (spit spit) was defeated by the valiant McVites when they baked a giant Jaffa cake to prove that the spongy bit did, indeed, make it a cake. Hurrah! (I would love ...

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Cast your mind back to when you were a kid, do you remember those birthday parties you used to have. Jelly, ice cream, those biscuits with the crackle icing on top, and of course no party would be complete without at least one plate of Jaffa Cakes. For those readers in Outer Mongolia or perhaps Abergavenny I'd better explain what a Jaffa cake is. Its a round piece of sponge with an orange jelly on top with a covering of plain chocolate. And take ...
...friends and readers know not long ago I wrote on op on Viennese Whirls and in it I questioned whether they were biscuits or cakes. Of course they are cakes because they are soft and soft biscuits are stale! And during the conversation the subject of Jaffa cakes came up, biscuit or cake? And I decided the adorable little things deserved an opinion all of themselves. And in their special blue and range packets you wont be able to miss what I'm talking ...

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One of the nicest snacks or delicacies around today,or at least I think so, are Jaffa Cakes, and the original and best in my view, are those from McVitie’s. Part of the United Biscuits group, which also includes KP Foods, McVitie’s are the leading biscuit producer in the UK and among their well-known and hugely popular products are Digestive biscuits, Chocolate Digestive biscuits, Go Ahead and of course, Yummy Jaffa Cakes. McVitie’s ...
...children and grown-ups: it seems there are over 50 million packs sold each year- that is a heck of a lot of Jaffa Cakes, Isn’t it! There is something of a on going debate about whether this delicacy is a cake or a biscuit. It is called a cake on the bright royal blue and orange packaging and the word Jaffa Cakes is boldly emblazoned on the package. There are others who claim this product is a biscuit because of its circular flatness and the ...

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The original Jaffa Cakes, made by McVities and named after the Jaffa Oranges which are used to flavour them, first appeared in 1927 and quickly established themselves as a luxury to accompany a traditional cup of afternoon tea. A design masterpiece, Jaffa cakes comprise of a light, slightly sweet sponge base on top of which lies a thinnish layer of intensely flavoured orange jelly. The jelly does not quite extend to the edges of the biscuit so the ...
...if the sponge and the fruity, sugary jelly wasn't enough, McVities finish the job by coating the top of the cake in a layer of dark chocolate adding to its overall appearance and "yum factor". The taste is fabulous and they are a very light snack, even if you over-indulge slightly. Indeed, several football teams including the English National Team give out Jaffa Cakes as a pre-match and half-time energy snack, providing a hit of sugar with very little ...

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Jaffa Cakes are little round 'biscuits' about 2 inches in diameter. The top is covered with dark chocolate and the bottom is sponge and in the middle is some orange flavoured jelly stuff. You can buy them in packets of 12, 36 or tubes of 15. They're more expensive than own brand fake Jaffa Cakes and cost from about 80p for the tubeto a couple of quid for the big boxes, depending on where you go. Bah. How can mere words describe the wondrousness ...
...say is they are damn tasty. They can be eaten anywhere (at a party, in front of digital TV at 1am, in the pub, for lunch, at festivals ...) and you can eat so many of them. My record is 10 in a row, but then I felt sick. Usually there are other people around and they steal my Jaffa Cakes. Bad people. These not-quite-biscuits are for me and me alone. They are my happy food. I have appeared at the pub on quite a few occasions glowering, and promptly ...

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***Intro*** Jaffa Cakes have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. Mind you, I didn’t rightly like them as a bairn, I seem to recall! But I think that’s because they are quite a sophisticated adult taste really, but then that’s my opinion! Lots of manufacturers have tried to copy the humble jaffa cake, but I don’t think anyone does it as well as McVities. Either the “sponge” is too dry, or the chocolate not thick enough … but McV ...
...by United Biscuits, who manufacturer loads of other brands like McVities Digestives, Penguin, etc. As the name of the parent company might suggest, they are expert biscuit makers! ***The Packaging*** I was shopping in Tesco today and I was shopping whilst hungry, had had no breakfast, and my blood sugar must have taken a dive (that’s my excuse anyway), so I was wandering along the aisles and saw this promotion on Jaffa Cakes (from here on in called ...

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...the ones made by McVitie's. McVitie's made the original Jaffa Cakes but there are now many stores such as Asda who make their own version, however, to my mind, McVitie's are by far the nicest - not that I would turn down any other make if it was offered. McVitie's Jaffa Cakes are easily identifiable by their royal blue and orange packaging. The words Jaffa Cake are written in orange and the lettering resembles the skin of an orange. McVitie's describe ...
...information you can write to McVitie's at the following address. McVitie's, PO Box 30716, London, WC1N 2QJ. I recently wrote to McVitie's as one of the snack packs I purchased did not have anything in it - I returned the unopened pack to McVitie's and they replied very quickly with a letter of apology and enclosed £4.00 of vouchers to be used on McVitie's products - damn that means I'll have to buy some more, lol. Thank you for reading Julie ...

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As I child I liked cake, or to be more precise I like sponge. I did not like icing and was not overly keen on jam and butter cream but I would tolerate them. It did not matter, though, whether the icing was water, royal or chocolate, off it came. I only liked sponge. Understandably I was somewhat frustrated by the Jaffa Cakes. There was sponge but there was also jelly and chocolate and I couldn't get at the sponge without having to consume the other ...
...called for desperate measures. I was stuck up the Mournes on my Duke of Ed expedition. I was not feeling overly well and couldn't eat. Someone offered me a Jaffa Cake. I ate it and did not throw up. I ate another and still did not throw up. I ate a third and developed an addiction. Since that moment Jaffa Cakes have been all right by me. I credit them with saving my life. Jaffa cakes can be bought in packets of two (for a snack); boxes of 12, 24 ...

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...is nothing better than a McVitie's Jaffa cake when I get the late night munchies, or the mid-morning munchies or even the mid-afternoon munchies infact. The tangy taste of the orange, the soft sweet sponge base and the crunchy plain chocolate topping is just irresistable. The only problem is that they are slightly too irresistable and a packet just doesn't last long enough... Other variations of this already perfect snack have been made, including ...
...added In a court case McVitie's produced a giant Jaffa Cake proving that in actual fact, they are simply mini cakes. Needless to say McVities won and they are still classed as a cake. Nutritional Info; Per cake: Energy kCal- 46 kCal Energy kJ- 195 kJ Protein- 0.6g Carbohydrate- 8.7g of which sugars- 6.2g Fat- 1.0g Saturated fat- 0.5g Fibre- 0.3g Sodium- Trace If you are a weight watcher, they're only 1 point too! Ingredients; Glucose-fructose ...

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