Did king Louis XVI like cake?

Answer 1

The 'cake' story - attributed to Louis' wife Marie Antoinette - has its origin in a much earlier story written by writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He wrote there that 'a great princess' once reacted to public unrest as a result of bread shortages with the words "let them then eat brioche" (not cake, but another kind of bread). Rousseau never said or implied that this story was based on actual fact. Nor did he say that this 'great princess' was Marie Antoinette - who by the way was only nine years old at the time and still living in her native Austria.

Whether or not Louis XVI himself especially liked cake is unknown, but he undoubtedly found it on his plate sometimes.