Marie Antoinette said, "Let them eat cake." What kind of cake did she mean?!
Marie Antoinette said, "Let them eat cake." What kind of cake did she mean?
P.S. I know she didn't say this! Don't tick me off!
Answers:
The attribution is doubly erroneous in English, truth be known, because the word "cake" is a mistranslation. In the original French the alleged quote reads, "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche," which means, literally, "Let them eat rich, expensive, funny-shaped, yellow, eggy buns."
It HAD to be this one:
DECADENT CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SAUCE
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup all-purpose flour or cake flour
4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 tbs. butter
2 tbs. corn syrup
Heat oven to 325°F.
Grease a spring form pan, 8x2 1/2 inches, or round pan 9x1 inches. Heat 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup of butter in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over medium heat until chocolate chips are melted; cool 5 minutes. Stir in flour until smooth.
Stir in egg yolks until well blended. Beat egg whites in a large bowl on high speed until foamy. Beat in sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, until soft peaks form. Fold chocolate mixture into egg whites. Spread in pan.
Bake spring form 35 to 40 minutes, or round cake pans for 30 to 35 minutes (top will appear dry and cracked) or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean; cool 10 minutes.
Run knife along side of cake to loosen; remove bottom of spring-form pan and cool cake completely. Place on serving plate.
Heat 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons butter, and the corn syrup over medium heat until chocolate chips are melted.
Spread over top of cake, allowing some to drizzle down the side.
Back in her day I dont think they had the assortment of cakes that we have now.
No, no, no. So many people take that literally. She was being a smart*ss, she didn't really care if they were starving. And yes, she Did say that but it was a snotty remark. Did you really think she was going to hand out CAKE?? any cake?
It was said. In that version it means 'bread'.
i'm not sure of her exact quote, but she had just been told that the peasants were starving, they had no bread....she was being a smart aleck.
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Chocolate cake.