“Romance is the icing, but love is the cake”

“Romance is the icing, but love is the cake” has been cited in print since at least 2000. Authorship of the saying is unknown. American chef and television personality Julia Child (1912-2004) is sometimes credited for the saying, but there is no evidence that she ever said it.
 
   
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Love is a Beautiful Thing
Edited by Esther L. Beilenson
White Plains, NY: Peter Pauper Press, Inc.
2000
Pg. ?:
Romance is the icing but love is the cake.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
 
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The Fragrance of Love
By Dan Davidson and Dave Davidson
Green Forest, AR: New Leaf Press
2001
Pg. 17:
Romance is the icing, but love is the cake.
Unknown
 
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June 2004, Orange Coast (CA) magazine, pg. 46, col. 2:
Romantics will appreciate these: “Romance is the icing, but love is the cake” (Julia Child), ...
 
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Words of Love:
Quotations from the Heart
By Allen Klein
Berkeley, CA: Cleis Press, Inc.
2012
Pg. ?:
Romance is the icing but love is the cake.
ANONYMOUS
 
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