Ode to a Jaffa Cake
Jaffa Cake, Jaffa Cake you’re a cardinal sin,
Why is it when my daddy buys you in
We all feel the need to consume your chocolate goodness
and amber soft centre of wobbly pud-ness.
You’re not quite a cake but shaped like a biscuit,
it’s hard for a toddler to decide whether to risk it.
I’ve never experienced a taste as divine
and if I was you I wouldn’t dare touch a tube
of Jaffa’s that are mine.
Is it a biscuit, as it sits on the shelf?
Or will you find them in the cake aisle as they go hard by themselves?!
Is it a chocolate treat? There can’t be another that compares to its greatness,
as suggested by my mother.
They have a light sponge base that is made out of air
and an orange jelly top which I pick off without care.
All wrapped up in a melted dark chocolate coating
which I can separate in one swift move
…I know I shouldn’t be gloating!
My daddy can consume a whole packet in one sitting,
while my granny can graze on them while she’s doing her knitting.
My folks remember the advert that was 90’s TV gold,
of a full moon, a half moon….it never got old.
They like to recreate the ‘total eclipse’
by stuffing Jaffa’s in their gobs quickly – it’s hard not to miss!
It’s safe to say my whole family are fans of a McVities Jaffa Cake,
so please don’t stop making these treats for heaven’s sake!
Love a Jaffa Cake addict. Aged 3.
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Ha ha love this! Every one loves a jaffa cake and with me there is never a half moon straight to the total eclipse. 😀
Haha ah the commercials I miss them! I loved jaffa cakes don’t buy them much now but chocolate orange – YUM!
I loved the commercials!
A very underrated guilty treat! #fartglitter
I think I’ve only tried these biscuits once and I wasn’t particularly impressed. I guess I just don’t have a sweet tooth.
Amusing light-hearted poem about a much loved biccie. I hardly ever buy them as we’re addicted to the other biccies. 🙂
OMG I love them so much I can literally eat box after box of them! 😀 x
HAHA love this little poem – we love Jaffa Cakes – I love that they are low calorie and the kids love that they contain chocolate x
Hahaha what a cute and funny poem!! I love how you incorporated the ever so famous advert in there! I literally have to act that out every time I open a pack! Safe to say we are all addicted here too!!
What a great poem haha! I could eat a whole pack of these in one go!
Haha this has made me howl! I am literally jaffa cake obsessed! H x
But they taste so darn good! Haha they may be sinful but that does not stop me eating the whole pack in one go!
You just reminded me I have a triple pack in the cupboard….hehehe I don’t expect them to last long 😛
I wish we had some left Kim! They are all gone! *sob*
I love this! I can not eat just one or two jaffa cake’s, I end up eating an entire box x
We’re exactly the same!! 😉 x
Haha! These have orange jelly in them? They sound really tasty! I wonder if they have them in the U.S.
I don’t like Jaffa Cakes as I’m not a fan of orange and chocolate together but my dad is seriously addicted to them. I buy him the yard long packs at christmas!! xxx
Oh this is brilliant – love this ode to Jaffa Cakes. We’re big fans here too – I like to pick off the chocolate and jelly and eat it separately too! 🙂 #twinklytuesday
Oh fab poem! Clever stuff. I haven’t had one in ages! How is that possible? Think I need to make an addition to the shopping list xx #twinklytuesday
Ha I love this and as soon as a packet is open, I make my way through it x
My husband tells me off for eating too many jaffa cakes. One is never enough!
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Haha I loved this! So good, I completely forgot about the advert! I remember doing it as a kid all the time, literally everytime you ate a jaffa cake haha
I have not heard a Jaffa cake in ages. Love it 🙂
Haha! We’ve eaten hundreds since we got back to the UK.My Thai wife was a quick convert. Full moon, half moon! How could I have forgotten that!!
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I loooooooove jaffa cakes so much. But are they cakes or biscuits?
Ah ha! That is the question….
haha this is brilliant! I personally love Jaffa cakes too 🙂
Who doesn’t love a jaffa cake? Very worthyt of an ode in my opinion. Personally I have yet to eat one without reciting the whole “full moon, half moon, total eclipse” thingy. Brilliant! Thanks for linking with #fartglitter x
Oh man, I have such a jaffa cake craving now!
Now I need some Jaffa cakes!!! *heads to tesco*
Haha Me and my daughter love Jaffa Cakes! x #TwinklyTuesday
Hahaha love it!!! good old jaffa cakes 😉
Is it a cake? is it a biscuit? Doesn’t matter – they are just yummy, tho I’m not a fan of dunking them, they are defo best eaten ‘dry’. #fartglitter
Haha great ode. We love jaffas at ours too. The pack vanishes within seconds!!!!!
I haven’t eaten Jaffa Cakes for ages! I used to love them.
I haven’t had these in so long! When I lived in Spain I ate these all time! Thanks for bringing back all those memories!
xoxo, Candice
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Mmmm jaffa cakes – i love them so much! Thanks for linking up with #TwinklyTuesday
Although Jaffa Cakes are not my cup of tea, I did love his poem :-)) hope you don’t mind but I’ve re-blogged it (giving a link to your site, of course)
I love the cheap jaffa cakes.. but marks and sparks have the best jaffa cakes with a soft jelly.. They are my ultimate favorite.. eveyone should try them!
Sounds like a good idea! Might try the M&S ones! 🙂