Jaffa Cakes are a popular type of biscuit-like cake in the United Kingdom and Ireland. They are sold under a number of different brands, the market leader being McVitie's (United Biscuits). McVitie and Price first introduced the Jaffa Cake in 1927 following the success of the chocolate digestive biscuit.

Its creation is largely credited to John Langlands, a director of McVitie and Price at the time. The cakes were named after Jaffa oranges, sweet oranges native to Jaffa, Palestine, now found in Israel. Jaffa Cakes are circular, approximately 54 mm (2⅛ inches) in diameter and consist of three layers: a sponge cake base, a layer of orange flavoured jelly and a coating of dark chocolate.

Despite claims that the orange jelly in Jaffa Cakes is actually apricot flavoured with tangerine essence, the list of ingredients on a 2008 label show the cakes are made with orange juice and does not list apricot as an ingredient. In 2000, McVitie's signed a sponsorship deal with Manchester United F.C., making Jaffa Cakes one of the team's eleven 'platinum' sponsors. Sven-Göran Eriksson announced that Jaffa Cakes would join the England squad in Japan for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as part of their training diet.

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