Can you "really" have your cake and eat it too?

Answer 1

I don't know then answer, but thought you might find the origin of this phrase interesting ...

"Yet another reader-submitted riddle worthy of the Sphinx. As comedian George Carlin once quipped, what's the point of cake you can't eat? Indeed, the paradox leaves us equally flummoxed. So instead of pondering why a person would possess pastries they choose not to enjoy, we sought out the phrase's less-literal meaning.
The always reliable Phrase Finder explains the origin. A dramatist named John Heywood was the first to use it, at least in the written form. The expression appears in his "A dialogue Conteinyng the Nomber in Effect of All the Prouerbes in the Englishe Tongue," a page-turner from the year 1546. (Please note the fancy Middle English spelling.) Originally, the saying went, "Wolde you bothe eate your cake, and haue your cake?"

Before you answer that question by chowing down, let us explain what Mr. Heywood meant. Basically, he was saying sometimes you have to make a decision and live with the consequences. To "eat your cake and have it too" (the original expression) means you want it both ways. If you eat your cake, you no longer have your cake, because (duh) you already ate it. Hope it tasted good."

Answer 2

Sure! As often as you like! You need to pay close attention to the ingredients you pick and use. On the measurements stick to the recipe - sometimes it good to put a little more of this and a little more of that - to get the flavor or taste that you're after. Always know the oven that you're baking in - whether it's works best at temperatures a little higher or lower. Also, pay close attention to your timing - if you bake it too long - it may get burnt - not cooked enough - usually you have something that you don't want! Make sure you've got the right frosting!
There you go - you have your cake, you can eat it, and you baked it yourself!
You can only have your cake and eat it too - if you bake it!

Answer 3

You can have your cake and eat it too but once you eat it you don't have it anymore, except in your stomach, and only then until it works its way back out again and then it's gone.

Answer 4

Well I never really understood this question. I mean if you eat your cake, dont you technicly have it? I mean isn't it in your stomach still? And why would you buy a cake just to have it; just to stare at; not to eat?

Answer 5

That phrase never made sense to me, of course you can have cake and eat it.

However, can you eat your cake and have it?

Answer 6

Yes, but only in the quantum world

Answer 7

dont be greedy

guilt will haunt you

Answer 8

well once I eat it.... it is mine..