I’ve had a lot of questions lately about a certain topic very close to my heart, the sheer thought brings a smile to my face, so no it’s time to reveal that..
Jaffa Cakes are biscuit-sized cakes introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges. The most common form of Jaffa Cakes are circular, 2 1⁄2 inches (64 mm) in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured jelly and a coating of chocolate.Jaffa Cakes are also available as bars or in small packs, and in larger and smaller sizes.The original Jaffa Cakes come in packs of 12, 24 or 36.(source:Wikipedia)
Now hopefully that’s cleared things up and really the fact that you don’t have these bits of cakes goodness in your life is just WRONG! You should sue.
Love Robyn.
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Our son heard about Jaffa Cakes a few years ago and couldn’t stop talking about his intense need to have one. Last year for his birthday I was able to find a vendor who sold them on Amazon and would ship to us here in the States. He was absolutely delighted!
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I can’t believe you can’t get them there!
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Indeed, it is sad. But can you get Oreos? That’s my favorite guilty pleasure.
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Yeah of course we can! We have even done a hybrid Oreo/Dairy Milk chocolate bar
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Oh, nice. You win! ☺️
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Mmmm jaffa cakes I need some now Robin. You’ve set me off I need to find a shop pronto. I got milk choc Hobnobs at the moment. I’ll trade yer😊😊😊
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Ooh they sound pretty good!
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Oh they are. You want some?
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Half moon, full moon, total eclipse
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Now that brings back memories !
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I know, as soon as I saw the post I imagined that teacher sitting in front of her class with the Jaffa cake
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Oh, yes, you can get them here. You just have to live in the right place. It is usually in a major metro area. I live in Chicagoland where there is a huge Polish diaspora. We can get the Polish equivalent, and they taste exactly the same. Not only that, we can get apricot, strawberry, black currant, green apple, and sour cherry flavors. They even sell a strawberry variation with white chocolate.
Just a $1.00 a piece. It’s a Jaffa wonderland.
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I feel like I need to do a post about this now!!
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Poland is part of the E.U. What doesn’t Germany have them?
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Why doesn’t Germany have them?
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They do which is why I talk about them literally all the time there was just a little confusion from my American readers hence this post x
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I meant the Polish ones.
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Em not sure German supermarkets tend to their own brand x
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Is there a Polish community in the town where you are? They may have a store with the Jaffa wonderland.
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Just a Canadian who doesn’t get this kinda stuff.. I think I’ll stick to Beaver Tails!
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Actual beaver tails??
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No no that’s just the name. They’re like fried bread/batter with sweet toppings on it. Kinda like a pastry.
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They sound DIVINE
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They’re great in the winter!
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They sound great all time round tbh
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Guess it makes up for the Jaffa Cake! Still I’m not tryna eat it every day!
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MUST…HAVE…NOW! Maybe World Market has it, along with some ginger beer (which I don’t really know what it is, but my “light and stormy” recipe calls for it…with rum, of course).
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Ginger beer and rum it’s delightful! Lol when Jaffa cakes start sponsoring me I’ll get the word out there that need to sell them on an international level
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Ginger beer is a more intense ginger ale. I have seen Jaffa Cakes at my World Market, so you may be in luck. Also look for Jammie Dodgers while you are there. They are shortbread sandwich cookies filled with raspberry jam. Divine.
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Hi Robyn
Thanks for liking my blog posts. I liked your post about all the ways you can tackle loneliness. And, of course, cleaning the oven is my absolute favourite (being one who never cleans the oven)!
Evangeline
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Haha it’s only good when you never have to do it!
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I love Jaffa Cakes! I’m addicted to them. Curly Wurly’s are another addiction of mine. Let’s not forget the Flake bar too. I think I just went up a stone talking about this.
Pastor Tim
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Haha hopefully not!
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We don’t have these here,either!I guess I will have to make do with Choco-pies only.They are the closest substitute available here in India,sans the orange jelly,ofcourse.:/
And the good ole winkies.I love those*_*
But no jaffa cakes.:|
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I’m sorry, it’s me again. I was just reading your ‘pingback’ about Jaffa Cakes & now I’ve read this post. I just don’t like the (Wikipedia) description above. It’s missing something somehow, like it’s not descriptive enough. Or like saying Princess Diana was a nice woman. To the uninitiated, Jaffa cakes are to die for. I would describe them as the base being like a foam mattress, only soft, moist sponge instead of foam. Laying upon this mattress base is a piece of the most heaven like & intensely orange flavoured, jelly-sort of…thing. These two separate delights are then held together, by being bound in a rich, dark chocolate coating that tastes divine & completes the heavenly taste trinity. I love the orange jelly bit so much, that I usually break the chocolate off first, to reveal the orange sliver, lying alone atop it’s sponge bed. I then pull it away from it’s comfortable resting place & eat the spongey bit next, leaving the jelly part for last, which I devour like a starving werewolf, who’s waited too long for a full moon. Ooer! I’m sorry, I appear to have been carried away! It’s probably because I’m diabetic now & can only have Jaffa Cakes very occasionally. Sigh. I think America needs Jaffa Cakes though. The United States would be a much happier place with them, than without them I’m sure.
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You, my friend, are a poetic genius! And I also eat Jaffa cakes like that, like a Jaffa cake surgeon. ORANGE JELLY FOR LIIIIFE
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Us MURICANS done only eat them Coney Island HOT DOGS, and ain’t eatin’ no flowery Jaffum Rakes, it a FREE COUNTRY! MURICAAA!!!
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We’re missing out…
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You definitely are
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Ah I know that one! You also can buy them in Austria 🙂
I just didn’t know they were called Jaffa Cakes.
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Haha well now you know :p xx
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I like Jaffa Cakes 😀
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They’re literally THE BEST
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I hadn’t realised you had written a Jaffa Cake post too! You’s is much cleverer than mine, you went into a lot of detail. You also have more likes and comments on your so your post must be more awesomeerer. 😛
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Hahha I doubt it!
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