Texas and chocolate always go together.

Funerals are a sad fact of life and when they comeand they willyou need to go to the funeral.

And if you are going to a funeral in Texas, you should show up with a cake.

Texas Sheet Cake With Fudge Icing

Credit:https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/fudge-icing-0

What Is Texas Funeral Cake?

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/fudge-icing-0

The tradition of bringing cake to a funeral is an old one.

“Funeral cakes came here from Europe,” food historian William Woys WeavertoldThe New York Times.

And it made the list of most comforting funeral foods put togetherby theHouston Press.

Where Did This Cake Originate?

But this was Huntsville, Ala., not Huntsville, Texas.

The recipe was a hit and spread across the Lone Star State and the rest of the South.

Not when it brings comfort at a funeral.