Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for December 29, 2016

Most are familiar with the expression of something being ‘caked’ onto a pan (or any surface). This is not good. Whoever said “let them eat cake” was referring to the burned dregs left in a pan after baking, NOT to the delicious dessert.

Little Debbie

Duncan Hines?

And make it too

I believe it was the great philosopher, and culinary expert, Chief Boyardee who said: " Let them eat pizza ! "

Then ask why? The peasants were starving and they had no bread so cake was what they could give them It wasn’t said with malice at all.

The Austrian language? Now where did we hear that before?

Someone who already had a piece.

Rousseau said some “great princess” said ‘let them eat brioche.’ Brioche back when Rousseau was talking about (truthfully or not) was a fancy bread: yeast bread with egg and butter. Of course the Austrian Antoinette was not the kind to have said either version (brioche or cake). Was it said earlier by Louis XIV’s wife? She’d be more likely to be that oblivious (or sarcastic).One last point – historians like to claim X didn’t say Y, when the truth is they don’t know. Sometimes (as here) they are more likely to be correct than others.