Sunday, August 17, 2025

Yuzu lemon jaffa cakes

You wait a year for a new flavour of Jaffa cake to come out and then discover two in the space of a couple of weeks. 


I've only seen these on sale in Tesco, just like I've only seen 'hot honey' flavour on sale in Asda. This may just be a quirk, or it might be McVities marketing strategy to place new flavours in different supermarkets. 



I took these jaffa cakes with us when we went to see Bryan and Elaine, both of whom also tried them. The overall verdict was unanimously positive. They have a very sharp lemony tang with a mild spicy kick at the end. 



Yuzu is a citrus fruit that is a cross between a lemon and an orange. (According to the Internet; I googled it.) So it feels like this is extending traditional jaffa cakes into new, yet cogent direction. Unlike some of the random flavours they've been hyping recently this really worked. More unusual citrus, please!

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