Poll: Which one is the actual 'teacake'

**[RDSR] Russ** · 2019-03-15, 22:53

Its clearly image 2...delightful little treats!

**[TC]►Cam◄** · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-16 01:30 by Cam.)

Interestingly, Image 2 has been legally determined to be a 'cake' as opposed to being a 'snack' following a 13-year dispute. A snack was defined as covering 'chocolate covered biscuits'.

This arose out of a legal dispute surrounding VAT. A snack incurs VAT whilst a cake does not.

M&S won the dispute in favour of Image 2 being a cake and so they do not need to incur tax on them. Therefore it was not a snack and thus it is not a biscuit. I guess a legally binding decision helps us in asserting Image 2 is a cake, but it does not give us answers in regards to the first part of the name 'tea'. Nor does it refute any claim that Image 1 cannot also be a cake because no such comparison was made here.

Perhaps it would be useful (although not determinative) to see whether Image 1 falls within the same VAT bracket as Image 2...

It is important to note that this was in the context of VAT and from a commercial point of view, but given that a court has made a ruling on this specific matter probably means a fair bit of meaningful debate had already taken place over the last 13 years. But as mentioned already, it does not prove or disprove anything in regards to Image 1 - The debate continues.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news...cakes.html

Oh, and this source also confirms that somebody has already successfully argued in court that a Jaffa Cake is in fact a cake. @Taz Tongue

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**[TC] TAZxx** · 2019-03-16, 01:50

Hence my Jaffa Cake comment in response to BP - it is a cake, called a teacake.

that thing in image one should be referred to as a teabread, as that is effectively what it is.

**[TC]►Nick◄** · 2019-03-16, 10:34

Anyone that voted for image one needs to be clinically examined.

fWANKy · 2019-03-16, 12:02

like you

**[TC]►Cam◄** · 2019-03-16, 13:06

Although Image 2 people seem to be more vocal, they have less votes.

**[TC] Shino** · 2019-03-16, 13:59

I would consume image 1 first imo

**[TC] Charlie** · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-16 14:23 by Charlie.)

I used to work at a tea rooms about a year or so ago, and we made thousands, literally thousands of toasted teacakes a day.

They look like this:
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Image 1 gets my vote!

EDIT: They were bloody delicious.

**[TC] Blacktop** · 2019-03-16, 14:33

Image 2 is a Tunnock's Teacake. A real Teacake. The only Teacake.

**[TC]►Cam◄** · 2019-03-16, 15:16

(2019-03-16 14:23)Charlie Wrote: I used to work at a tea rooms about a year or so ago, and we made thousands, literally thousands of toasted teacakes a day.

They look like this:

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Image 1 gets my vote!

EDIT: They were bloody delicious.

I worked a summer job at a golf club and that too is what we served Smile

**[RDSR] Sky** · (This post was last modified: 2019-03-16 15:48 by Sky.)

Why not classify both as Teacakes? as i dont see a reason behind a teacake being one of them.

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btw looking at Wiki

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is definitely a teacake though