Is it true that when Marie Antoinette said “let them eat cake” she was referring to the crust that would build up In ovens instead of actual cake.

by Angel_David

Last year in my US history class my teacher said that when Marie Antoinette said “let them eat cake” she was talking about the dried up crust or grease that would build up in ovens overtime not actual cake. I just want to know if this is true because I can’t find anywhere that says this.

mimicofmodes

Nope! This is a weird twist I've never come across. But she never said "Let them eat cake" in the first place. I wrote an answer relating to this recently:

Did Marie Antoinette actually say "Let them eat cake"?