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Biscuits go soft, but cakes go hard. This is because biscuits have less moisture, than the air, so they absord moisture and go soggy. Cake's have more moisture than the air, so they release moisture, and go hard.
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Are jaffacakes biscuits or cakes?
Jaffa Cakes are cakes because they go hard when they are stale where as biscuits go soft. this has been proven on tv shows such as Qi
How do you know when biscuits are spoiled?
Biscuits go soft when they go stale because they contain less moisture than the atmospere, so they absorb it. Cakes, because they contain more moisture than the atmospere, go hard because they release moisture.
Who made jaffa cakes?
Jaffa cakes are biscuits (or small cakes!!) with orange flavoured jelly in the middle and chocolate on top. Interestingly the "orangey bit" is made of apricot pulp, sugar and a tiny squirt of tangerine oil.
Is a macaroon a cake or biscuit?
A macaroon is actually classed as a cake, because when cakes go stale they harden, but biscuit soften when they go stale!
Is jaffa cake actually a cake?
It is a cake, of course! That's why it's called Jaffa CAKE. Despite the fact that the answers above says it's a cake and it has the name cake in it, It is still classed as a biscuit. First, Jaffa Cakes have a biscuit material ontop with just a coating inside of it which only makes it taste soft, also they are find it biscuit iles in Asda, Tesco etc, Therefore it has to be a biscuit. Their features are simmaler to a biscuits so I'm sure you would know. Under UK law, no Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged on biscuits and cakes --- they are "zero rated". Chocolate covered biscuits, however, are subject to VAT. McVities classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991, this was challenged by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and the case ended up before the courts.[8] This may have been because Jaffa Cakes are about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit, and particularly because they are commonly eaten alongside, or instead of, traditional biscuits. The court asked "What criteria should be used to class something as a cake?" McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes, producing a 12" (30 cm) Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply miniature cakes.[9] McVities argued that a distinction between cakes and biscuits is, among other things, that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally be expected to go hard. It was demonstrated to the Tribunal that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale. Other factors taken into account by the Chairman, Potter QC, included the name, ingredients, texture, size, packaging, marketing, presentation, appeal to children, and manufacturing process. Potter ruled that the Jaffa Cake is a cake. McVities therefore won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes.
Are macaroons cakes or biscuits?
I think that macaroons are cookies, buiscuitish. Go with that
What are facts about anzac biscuits?
They keep for a long time - they don't go soft, that's why the women baked Anzac biscuits for the men at war.
Does rice go stale?
Yes, rice can go stale like any other food.
Do Ritz crackers go bad or just get stale?
They just get stale
Can seasonings go stale?
I don't know about them going stale, but they do cake.
Why the alcohol percent of wine is not more than 15 percent?
Probably due to tax purposes.The higher % abv (alcohol by volume) drinks are classified as spirits and probably attract a different (higher?) tax rate.It's one of those wonderful definitions that politicians come up with to distinguish things, eg in the EU:cakes go hard when stale whereas biscuits go soft - biscuits attract VAT whereas cakes do not.I also seem to remember about shrimps and prawns something like:If there are more than some number of them for a given volume/weight they are small and must be called shrimp; if there are less than that number, then they are large and may be called either shrimps or prawns.However that totally ignores the fact that shrimps and prawns are different biological species.
Why did jaffacakes go to court to prove they were a cake not a biscuit?
Because cakes are subject to VAT (value added tax), whereas biscuits are not. Adding VAT to a good increases it's cost, thereby reducing sales. McVities (the producer of jaffa cakes) did not want the jaffa cake to be classifed as a cake, thus subject to VAT.
