by A southern London based in Südlondon based in a museum was forced to make a new exhibition after he had received warnings that Jaffa Cakes were indeed not cookies.
The Bermondsey biscuit museum started the exhibition on June 30th to celebrate the chocolate-orange enjoyment, but soon received a heavily formulated letter in which the decision was questioned. Although McVitie was filled in the biscuit output, he always said that Jaffa Cakes are legally and technically cake.
In the letter, McVitie’s said it was dismayed to record Jaffa Cakes in an “exhibition by Biscuitry”, and made it clear that “Jaffa cake is actually cake. Not cookies. No hybrid snacks. Only cakes.” The letter added that “cakes harden when stale. Cookies are soft.”
The company’s spokesman later said: “We love a good biscuit as well as the next snack enthusiast, but we have to pull the line somewhere, and this line is based on the base. A cake is a cake, even if it is small, round and lives suspiciously close to hobnobs.
According to reports, the museum staff were surprised by the letter, and the exhibition has now been reflected. The curator Gary Magold said it was a shame and confirmed that the museum hoped to achieve a solution with McVities. “As a nation of Jaffa Cakes lovers, we hope that we can reach an agreement,” he said.
The series has again repeated one of the longest -running snack debates in Great Britain. McVitie previously went to court to prove that the delicacies are cake to avoid the VAT for cookies with chocolate. The problem continues to split the public and even families.
The exhibition is currently on hold – and the large biscuit against cake debate is rumbling on.
