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Bitesize Ep 30 - Let's Talk About British Sweets

The British English Podcast

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The Difference Between Cakes and Biscuits

Jaffer cakes are sponge disks with an orange jelly centre, covered in chocolate. A famous cork case over this goes to show how serious the british take puddings. When mac vitty's was slapped with a tax bill for their jaffers, they had to prove in a court of law the difference between the two being a cake and a biscuit. And so i'll leave you with this piece of trivia that will no doubt secure you victory in your first or next pub quiz in the u k. Cakes go hard when they are stale. Biscuits go soft. Thus they are indeed cakes and not subject to the dreaded biscuit tax. There we go

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