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Jaffa Cakes are a cake 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 ⁄ 8 inches (54 mm) in diameter and have three layers: a Genoise sponge base, a layer of orange flavoured jam and a coating of chocolate. Each cake is 46 calories.
Jaffa was established in 1975, upon the initiative of several entrepreneurs from the area of Crvenka. [3] The following year, in 1976, production of Jaffa Cakes biscuits commenced, [4] having acquired the license from McVitie's. [5] In 1978, "Jaffa" biscuits as brand were legally protected in SFR Yugoslavia. [6]
It was viewed by 14,000 people and was wonderful publicity for the company. They received many commissions for royal wedding cakes and christening cakes. [22] In 1947, McVitie & Price made the principal wedding cake for Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) and Philip Mountbatten, which was served at the wedding breakfast. [39]
A number of Australian and New Zealand amateur sporting groups use Jaffa as a team name. In Dunedin , New Zealand, every year [ needs update ] a vast quantity of Jaffas is raced down Baldwin Street – the world's steepest residential street, according to the Guinness World Records [ 5 ] – as part of the Cadbury Chocolate carnival, which is ...
King cake—a cake made of braided brioche dough laced with cinnamon, with purple, green, and gold frosting, and a small plastic baby hidden inside; eaten during Mardi Gras season [23] [51] Praline —a candy made with pecans , brown and white sugar, butter, and cream [ 52 ]
Richardson was born in Edinburgh, the only son and eldest of three children of John Richardson (1909–1990), a manager at the McVitie & Price factory (where he and his wife met, and, according to his son, where John invented the Jaffa cake), and Margaret ("Peggy") Pollock (1910–1988), née Drummond. [1]
The 18-ounce cake, which combines “moist, flavorful cake with smooth vanilla buttercream frosting,” per the company, has some people calling it their “death row meal.”
Berliner — pastry from the city of Berlin; Black Forest cake or Black Forest gateau — not directly named after the Black Forest mountain range in southwestern Germany, but from the speciality liquor of that region, known as Schwarzwälder Kirsch(wasser) and distilled from tart cherries; Bremer Klaben — fruit cake from the city of Bremen