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A bitter row is raging on – and has now been plastered all over a mural in Manchester’s Northern Quarter.
A local street artist created a mural to honour the legacy of one of the region’s finest exports, the Jaffa Cake. It has already divided opinion, but the controversy has just become even more zesty.
Well-known creator Akse P19, who has famously created murals of Ian Curtis, Kurt Kobain, and Marcus Rashford, revealed his latest work last week in the Northern Quarter celebrating the McVities creation. But just days later it has already been ‘defaced’ – by some knowing Jaffa enthusiasts looking to point the orange-hued spotlight on an enduring conflict.
Is the famous Jaffa confection a cake… or a biscuit?
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The new mural, just off Thomas Street and Salmon Street, features the slogan ‘proudly made in Stockport’ alongside artwork featuring some of the town’s buildings, as well as the Jaffa Cakes logo.
Posting on social media a picture of the mural, Akse explained how it had taken him four days to complete the work. He wrote: “In honour of Stockport’s finest export @jaffacakesofficial, I’m delighted to have brought this one to life for McVitie’s. It took 4 days to complete this 20m x 12m mural (with some support), so time now for a well-earned brew and a Jaffa Cake or two…”
Just a week after being unveiled, the word ‘cakes’ has been intentionally blasted out by huge white graffiti, and replaced by ‘biscuits’ in a playful reignition of the infamous British debate.
Social media users took to Facebook to settle the argument – with hundreds coming down on one side. Jaffa fans firmly feel they are, in fact, cakes.
Facebook commenter Iain Thornton said: “No debate, it was settled in court in 1991, it’s legally a cake.”
“They are made from batter not dough therefore a cake not a biscuit,” explained Lucy Riddeough. David Simpson proclaimed ‘solved’ as he theorised: “They are cakes. They get harder as they age, biscuits get softer. Solved.”
Zoe Williams agreed, saying: “It’s cake. It’s soft sponge cake. Biscuits are brittle and make an audible snap. Why is this even a debate?”
Bev Hornby took a more conciliatory approach, writing: “It’s a cake. Looks like we’ll have to just resolve this by just calling them ‘Jaffas!’” While Susan Bamford added another potential rebrand: “Jaffa Biscakes.”
This is not the only debate the Jaffa Cake mural got going. Some also took to social media to question the exact location of the McVities building and whether it can really be classed as Stockport or, as some believe, Levenshulme. The factory, which is situated on Wellington Road North, is close between the borders of both areas.
One person asked: “Isn’t McVities in Levenshulme Manchester on the border of Stockport?”. Another said: “It’s Levenshulme all day long and I won’t hear any of your Stockie nonsense about it! Proper as always.”
Seemingly putting an end to the debate, another person responded: “Not unless you move the border, it’s in Heaton Chapel and that is Stockport, its near the sign sponsored by Blossoms – also from Stockport that says welcome to Stockport.”
The McVities factory has been part of Greater Manchester since it was first built in 1917. Alongside the aforementioned Jaffa Cakes, it’s also where the likes of Penguins and Digestives are made. It has been previously suggested that up to 1.4 million Jaffa Cakes are made each day at the Wellington Road base.
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