Why no funeral cakes?
 

You have BDM (births, deaths and marriages) suits and ties. Life is celebrated at all. Gifts are given at all (to the baby and fools, from the deceased), but we only have cake at births and marriages. Why not at funerals?

Cake or Death?



why not cake and death?

Cakes are associated with birthday celebrations and the dead won't be having anymore; so, maybe it's symbolic.

The birthday celebrant gets the cake and shares with everyone. The dead are selfish, so nobody gives them cake knowing there will be nothing coming back. :greenface

If there was a cake with the deceased's picture on it, slicing into it would be like reenacting the autopsy.

If the cake was burnt, it would taste like the post cremation dear departed.

Griff!

babies don't get to eat their cakes either. Except second hand if they're breast-fed

Maybe they should make funeral cakes like christmas puddings, gallette des rois or king cakes with a little charm (a scythe or skull maybe) and whoever gets it inherits the lot?

oh, They did have funeral cakes, apparently

I suppose you could bring some angel food cake made with manna, you know, just in case.

Death by Chocolate or Devil's Cake...

Around here the Jews sit Shiva and part of it is you bring food to the home of the family of the deceased. Around here it is often baked goods.

I had an order for a candle cake for a wake a while back.

Too hard to cry and eat cake at the same time?