Let Them Eat Cake, By Marie Antoinette

“Let them eat cake,” Marie Antoinette said….well maybe. Cake is one of the most beloved desserts in all of America, dating back to ancient times evolving from bland bread like mixture into sweet iced dessert, it continues to be used in celebration for centuries. A long history trails the ingredients back to the Vikings and Egyptians. Each culture has it's own take on this desert but it is typically used in celebrations like birthdays, parties and weddings.

Last queen of France Marie Antoinette was married to Louis the 16th at the age of only 14 years old. “Let them eat cake” became her famous line yet nobody knows if she actually said it. Her court advisers begged Marie to respond to the hungry peasants that were starving outside the royal walls in 1789. According
People had been in the habit of eating mainly bread, and it now took most of the wages of those still working to obtain it.” They asked for bread to eat as they stormed the Versatilities (as this is one of the largest food staples of France and can be commonly found or bought) supposedly she responded with the ignorant statement, “let them eat cake” which back in the day this wouldn't be a sweet dessert but a higher upper class bread. France used to have a law that if an individual went to get bread
They represented the sun or the moon and candles were then added to give it a moon like shine some historians believe this was the origin of the birthday cake. This type of luxury was not available to everyone though, as sugar was very expensive. Royalty used to use sugar towers at their weddings and feasts to show off the money they had and to wow their guests but it eventually made its way to the modern day wedding cake the traditional white cake that symbolized wealth and