"Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche",[1] supposedly spoken in the 17th or 18th century by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. This phrase is more accurately translated as "Let them eat brioche", as the original French phrase contains no mention of cake (gâteau). Brioche, a bread enriched with butter and eggs, was considered at the time to be a luxury food.