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I think the expression is meant to be understood as "you want to eat your cake and have it too", i.e. you still want the cake after you've eaten it, i.e. you want things both ways. Or, at least, that's the only way it makes sense to me.
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There is this saying people say when they think you are asking too much: You want your cake and to eat it too? My mind is like, well hell yeah who wants to just look at cake? Of course I want to eat it! How is this a question?