Irish Gaelic: cake

[L'irlandais]

Dia is Muire daoibh go léir a cháirde,
It has been a while since we have discussed any Irish on here. Does anybody know if we have a proverb in Irish, along the lines of

One can't eat one’s cake and have it too.

Failing that perhaps, somebody might be good enough to correct my attempt at a literal translation

Ní féidir leat do *cháca milis a ithe agus é a bheith ró

Would *chíste work better here, as in Císte torthaí a fruit-cake rather than a sponge cake sort of thing. Any thoughts?

While I have found some Irish sayings online about cooking, this particular one was not one of them.
eg. Is geall le fleá bia go leor.
Enough food is as good as a feast.

BBC - Irish - Proverbs for BBC Irish

 

[Tegs]

Hi there,

Some translations available here - cake - Translation to Irish Gaelic with audio pronunciation of translations for cake by New English-Irish Dictionary (make sure you click “show full entry.”)

Hope that helps!

 

[L'irlandais]

Thanks for that Tegs,
That’s good enough, once the meaning is the same.
ní thig leat é a bheith ina ghruth agus ina mheadhg agat