Paul Hollywood causes controversy by DUNKING a jaffa cake in his tea on The Great British Bake Off

We're only one episode into The Great British Bake Off and already there's scandal as Paul Hollywood was filmed dunking a JAFFA CAKE into his cup of tea.

The 50-year-old rebel divided fans with his controversial decision on the show to dunk the treat into his tea before taking a bite, inadvertently opening up the age old debate over whether a jaffa cake is actually a cake, or in fact a biscuit.

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One person wrote: "If someone dipped a Jaffa cake into tea in my home they'd be immediately asked to leave."

Another added: "Paul Hollywood dunks his Jaffa Cakes in tea. This is unacceptable. Just dunk a Digestive instead you savage."

A third agreed and said: "Maybe they dunk jaffa cakes into their tea in the Wirral but not around here mate.";

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Even Mary Berry, who got excited today when she discovered a baker was making a gin and tonic drizzle cake, made fun of her northern friend for his decision and quipped: "We don't do that in the south!"

It was soon trending in the UK under the hashtag #jaffagate.

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But the controversy was only just beginning when contestant bakers decided to edit the original jaffa cake look - and even went as far as to add ORANGE JUICE to the ingredients in a bid for a better taste.

Others left fans disgusted when they decided to make their jaffa cakes UPSIDE DOWN - leaving them with a chocolate bottom instead of a chocolate top.

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Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt threw her name into the ring during the debate and said: "Have these people never ate a fu**n Jaffa cake before man"

Then added: "Some of these Jaffa cakes look like GCSE food coursework"

Many agreed and said: "Make you're own Jaffa Cakes? WTF? What's next? Make your own blutack? Carve your own pencil? Take a look at yourselves, people"

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A third said: "“Mary would like you to make 12 Jaffa Cakes. MARY, JUST BUY SOME!!!”

But most importantly, people were confused why jaffa cakes were chosen in cake week, when many people think it's a biscuit.

One viewer wrote: "I hope for biscuit week they do jaffa cakes again"

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Another added: "Jaffa cakes?! This is cake week not biscuit week."

For anyone interested, the HMRC concluded that the jaffa cake was a cake and not a biscuit after rigourous testing.

Cakes go hard when they stale, and biscuits go soft. When put to the test, the jaffa cake turned solid.

Now you know.

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