French Revolution - Questions

[Rusty]

It probably wasn't Marie Antoinette who said, "Let them eat cake/pastry." This is a translation of the French "qu'ils mangent de la brioche," which apparently appeared in writing prior to her reign.
In Spanish, the phrase is rendered, "Que coman pastel" or "Que coman torta." Each is also said in the plural.

[poli]

pastel, torta, bizcocho, pudín (not budin as I used in a previous post) are all words for cake. I think it's one of those words that change from country to country. Pastel in Puerto Rico is a tamal made with root vegetables instead of corn and wrapped in a big green bijao or banana leaf.

[Jessica]

we're kinda getting out of the subject here. Now please check my question answers

[Rusty]

I found the phrase with the first three words you listed (pasteles is most common), but not pudin/pudín or budín (both are valid words, but they weren't associated with the phrase on the Internet).
In Central America, where I learned Spanish, a cake is una torta and a pie is un pastel. These words are not interchangeable there. But I see that a cake is called un pastel in some of the dictionaries I consult.

Check out the DRAE definitions for all these words. I wish they had pictures.

[Jessica]

okay maybe we should stop talking about cakes??

[poli]

Sorry Jessica, but one last thing about cakes in Spanish. I think that cakes as we know them (high torts with frosting) are uncommon in
Spain. Maybe that's the reason the word for cake is very regional in other Spanish-speaking countries.

[Jessica]

has anyone tasted ice cream cake before? they're better than cakes with frosting. frosting is too sweet.

[CrOtALiTo]

I never tasted the ice cream cake, I'd like taste that.

[Jessica]

there are ice cream cake stores (Dairy Queen or Brusters) in the USA. It's really good.