The saying is an old English proverb; a version of it first appearing in a book of English proverbs by John Heywood in 1546.
So that they can eat it later.
Have your cake and eat it too.
The correct phrase here is that "you cannot have your cake and eat it, too".
You were probably referring to the saying "you can't have cake and eat it too" meaning one cannot have more than one deserves or can handle at one time.
The expression, 'You can't have your cake and eat it too.' means that if you want to eat your cake, you will no longer have it. It's usually used to admonish someone who is fretting because they can't have everything they want.
yes, but you can't eat it too.
If you have half of something and you eat that half you have none; don't forget, "You can't have your cake and eat it too."
Eat it too-meaning have it all. It's an expression.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
i think you got the saying wrong. It is the punch line of a joke. A play on words for the phrase "You can't have your cake and eat it".
It means you must make a choice, even if it is difficult. Say you've been served a piece of your favorite food. You can keep it, stare at it, put it in the freezer, whatever--or you can eat it. But once you've eaten it, you can't keep it anymore--it's gone. But if you keep it, you can't eat it. Assuming she's not talking about actual food, she's asking you to give up something. For example, I can't have an exclusive relationship with my wife and date someone on the weekends.
It depends on what type of cake, where you got it, was it meant for you? Would someone else benefit from eating the cake? If you find yourself having your cake and eating it too, you may be taking advantage of someone else, this can have negative consequences for you in the future. The only way to have your cake and eat it too is to share some of it with whom ever is relevant to the cake. That way they get cake and you have obtained your objective without taking advantage or being selfish. D.J. Newville