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Main Entry: cake
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake
Date: 13th century
1 a : a breadlike food made from a dough or batter that is usually fried or baked in small flat shapes and is often unleavened b : a sweet baked food made from a dough or thick batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (as baking powder) (presumably) c : a flattened usually round mass of food that is baked or fried <a fish cake>
2 a : a block of compacted or congealed matter <a cake of ice> b : a hard or brittle layer or deposit
Main Entry: bis·cuit
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural biscuits also biscuit
Etymology: Middle English bisquite, from Middle French bescuit, from (pain) bescuit twice-cooked bread
Date: 14th century
1 a : any of various hard or crisp dry baked products: as (1) British : CRACKER 4 (2) British : COOKIE b : a small quick bread made from dough that has been rolled out and cut or dropped from a spoon(presumably)
2 : earthenware or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing
3 a : a light grayish yellowish brown b : a grayish yellow
-webster
since either would seem to apply, i would say because: jaffa cake sounds better then jaffa biscuit
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