It’s a difficult job, but someone has to do it.

Taste-testing cakes while appearing on national TV might be something to only happen in dreams for some.

But that’s exactly what staff and students at Kirklees College got to do.

BBC Rip Off Britain filmed in the college’s kitchens as a local baking group whipped up delicious sponges using different quantities of butter and oil, including pure butter, margarine and 25 per cent butter spread.

The idea was to see if cutting back on butter compromised the taste.

The Huddersfield Clandestine Cake Club and the University’s Cookery Club produced several Victoria Sponges for lucky staff and students from the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy, who gave their verdicts on their favourite.

Staff and students from Kirklees Collge taste the different cakes for BBC Rip Off Britain

Head of Enterprise at Kirklees College Lydia Butterworth said: “It was so exciting to be involved – not just because we got to eat lots of cake (although that was lovely), but the importance of consumer testing and product trialing is something that we drill in to the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy students – who are all running micro-businesses as part of their qualification.”

The Clandestine Cake Club was founded by Lynn Hill, who founded it in Leeds in 2010.

Members get together over tea and cake at varying locations.

RIP OFF BRITAIN : BBC - Presented by Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford
RIP OFF BRITAIN : BBC - Presented by Julia Somerville, Angela Rippon and Gloria Hunniford

Some of the Huddersfield group members joined college students for the tasting.

Five of the eight tasters chose the cake that was made with margarine, two opted for the 60 per cent butter spread and one opted for the 25 per cent butter spread.

No-one chose the cake made with pure butter as they found it tasted too rich.

The episode of Rip Off Britain aired on Thursday, but is currently available on iPlayer.