{"id":618,"date":"2025-07-03T11:53:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T11:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/?p=618"},"modified":"2025-07-09T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:49:42","slug":"scandal-hits-biscuit-museum-as-mcvities-say-they-must-draw-the-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.answerla.org\/index.php\/2025\/07\/03\/scandal-hits-biscuit-museum-as-mcvities-say-they-must-draw-the-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandal hits biscuit museum as McVitie\u2019s say they must \u2018draw the line\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jaffa Cakes are causing chaos again (Picture: Getty Images\/iStockphoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The humble Jaffa Cake<\/a> has caused chaos at a lesser-known London<\/a> museum after a well-intentioned tribute to the treat took a sticky turn. <\/p>\n

Peek Freans Biscuit Museum in Bermondsey, London, opened a new exhibition on June 30, celebrating McVitie\u2019s<\/a> Jaffa Cake, only to be met with a cease-and-desist-style letter. <\/p>\n

The problem? Jaffa Cakes, despite residing in the biscuit aisle, are famously not biscuits<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s no laughing matter, as McVitie\u2019s has fought long and hard to cement the cake status of its chocolate orange treat, which is nearly 100 years old, and was quick to correct the museum\u2019s frankly preposterous categorisation of it as anything else. <\/p>\n

The confectionery giant warned that the inclusion of Jaffa Cakes in a biscuit exhibition was factually incorrect and sent the museum a letter to set the record straight. <\/p>\n

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The confectionery giant has objected to Jaffa Cakes being classed as a biscuit (Picture: Instagram\/@peek_frean_museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018Dear Sirs, Madams, and Biscuit Enthusiasts,\u2019 the letter begins. \u2018It has come to our attention, with no small degree of dismay, that the Biscuit Museum has included the humble Jaffa Cake within its exhibition of Biscuitry.<\/p>\n

\u2018We write to you today, not with crumbs of animosity, but with a full slice of firm objection. <\/p>\n

\u2018Allow us to be clear: Jaffa Cakes are, in fact, cakes. Not biscuits. Not hybrid snacks. Some would say the clue is in the name on the box.\u2019<\/p>\n

In a follow-up statement, a spokesperson for McVitie\u2019s said: \u2018Look, we love a good biscuit as much as the next snack enthusiast, but we\u2019ve got to draw the line somewhere, and that line is sponge-based.<\/p>\n

\u2018We respect the Biscuit\u2019s Museum\u2019s enthusiasm, but a cake\u2019s a cake, even when it\u2019s small, round and lives suspiciously close to Hobnobs. It\u2019s nothing personal, it\u2019s just the way the cake crumbles.\u2019<\/p>\n

If the Biscuit Museum had done its research, it would have discovered that this isn\u2019t the first time Jaffa Cakes have been at the centre of a full-blown identity crisis. <\/p>\n

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Staff had no choice but to take the exhibit down (Picture: Instagram\/@peek_frean_museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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