Jaffa Cakes artwork in Northern Quarter 'defaced' as bitter row rumbles on

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.

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