<P> An early recording of the phrase is in a letter on 14 March 1538 from Thomas , Duke of Norfolk , to Thomas Cromwell , as `` a man can not have his cake and eat his cake '' . </P>
<P> An early recording of the phrase is in a letter on 14 March 1538 from Thomas , Duke of Norfolk , to Thomas Cromwell , as `` a man can not have his cake and eat his cake '' . </P>
where did the phrase have your cake and eat it too come from
where did the phrase have your cake and eat it too come from
1538 letter Thomas , Duke of Norfolk `` a man can not have his cake and eat his cake ''
1538 letter Thomas , Duke of Norfolk `` a man can not have his cake and eat his cake ''