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Old 11-01-2015, 07:16 PM   #1
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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?
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Old 11-01-2015, 07:19 PM   #2
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no, grav&/or xob, not funnel cakes
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Old 11-01-2015, 07:40 PM   #3
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Cakes are associated with birthday celebrations and the dead won't be having anymore; so, maybe it's symbolic.
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Old 11-01-2015, 07:46 PM   #4
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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.
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Old 11-01-2015, 07:49 PM   #5
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If there was a cake with the deceased's picture on it, slicing into it would be like reenacting the autopsy.
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Old 11-01-2015, 08:41 PM   #6
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If the cake was burnt, it would taste like the post cremation dear departed.
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:07 PM   #7
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no, grav&/or xob, not funnel cakes
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:13 PM   #8
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babies don't get to eat their cakes either. Except second hand if they're breast-fed
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:18 PM   #9
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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?
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:19 PM   #10
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oh, They did have funeral cakes, apparently
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:43 PM   #11
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I suppose you could bring some angel food cake made with manna, you know, just in case.
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:44 PM   #12
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Death by Chocolate or Devil's Cake...
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:55 PM   #13
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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.
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Old 11-01-2015, 10:40 PM   #14
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I had an order for a candle cake for a wake a while back.
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Old 11-02-2015, 05:05 PM   #15
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Why not at funerals?
Too hard to cry and eat cake at the same time?
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