Funeral tea

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My fil died a few days ago and we are arranging the funeral wake ourselves, as there will not be too many people attending. My question is what do you serve when the funeral is at 9am and with wake will be at around 10am. I would be most grateful for any advice. Thank you

Tea and cake? Where I’m from cream cakes are traditional at funerals.

Similar situation here a few years ago. We served hot drinks, biscuits and cake in the church hall. Sorry for your loss.

Sorry for your loss. I would serve morning tea so tea/coffee with cake/ muffins/biscuits if people are local. If you have people coming a long way who might have had a very early breakfast I would probably add in a few sandwiches.

Plus sausage rolls, and maybe some soup for any stragglers at lunch.

So sorry for for your loss. My husband's funeral was at a similar time and we served a breakfast buffet at the wake: bacon/sausage sandwiches, pastries, tea, coffee, orange juice. I was a bit dubious beforehand (other people organised it as I was in such a state of shock) but it worked really well and everyone ate something, even me.

As above, tea/coffee, cake, biscuits etc.

Or you could do scones with jam and cream, if you wanted some thing a bit more fancy.

Unless there is some food which will remind everyone of him, such as a favourite cake biscuit or snack.

Thank you for all your replies, that gives me some useful ideas.
I feel a bit out of my depth, so it’s helped me very much. Thank you

Agree that tea and cake is fine if people are local - you might want to add some sandwiches if people have had to travel so it is a long time since breakfast.

Mini bagels and bridge rolls - smoked salmon, egg, tuna, cream cheese and danish plus tea coffee and juice.

Sorry for your loss.

Sausage rolls, sandwiches and mini croissants. A bit early for fancy cakes but perhaps small muffins.

At my father’s wake, two weeks ago, mini pizzas flew off the plates with the mainly elderly guests, but that was teatime.

Sorry for your loss. I think this time of year soup and sandwiches would be appreciated.

I organised a wake for that time, went for tea, coffee and mini pastries. Waitrose do a good range of frozen mini croissants, pain au Chocolate, pain au raisin, etc... they went down well.

My mil's was a little later and we did M&S sandwiches with tea, coffee and some cakes and cakes. It went down very well.
I think you need to serve proper food as a lot of people might not have eaten much at breakfast.

I'm sorry for your loss. Instead of sandwiches for those travelling and cream cakes at 10am, what about things like croissants, pain au chocolat, buttered fruit bread, brioche rolls, biscuits and some cake. It will save you extra time and stress instead of having to whip cream and triangle sandwiches on an emotional day.