Jaffa Cakes Owners Send Cease and Desist Letter to Museum
- The Bermondsey-based Peek Freans Museum unveiled a Jaffa Cakes exhibition on June 30, 2025, in London, which has since been removed.
- McVitie's sent a strongly worded letter shortly after the exhibit launch, objecting to Jaffa Cakes being classified as biscuits due to their legal status as cakes.
- The debate over whether Jaffa Cakes are cakes or biscuits is long-standing in the UK and continues to spark public discussion and social media reactions.
- A McVitie's representative acknowledged their fondness for biscuits but emphasized that their definition excludes those with a sponge base.
- The museum and McVitie's hope to reach an agreement soon, acknowledging they are "a nation of Jaffa Cakes lovers" despite the current exhibition's removal.
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Crumbs! Biscuit Museum’s Jaffa Cake Display Reignites Old Debate
It could be described as a storm in a teacup, but the humble Jaffa Cake is once again at the centre of controversy after McVitie’s asked a biscuit museum to pull the snack from a display. The manufacturer took issue (more…) The post Crumbs! Biscuit Museum’s Jaffa Cake Display Reignites Old Debate appeared first on KamCity.
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