German funerals traditionally end with a visit to a restaurant for coffee and cake, which was the case in this incident.
Several guests experienced dizziness and nausea after eating the cake, and needed medical treatment. A police investigation found that the restaurant employee in charge of providing cakes for the occasion had asked their 18-year-old daughter to bake them.
However, miscommunication led to the mother accidentally taking the wrong cake out of the freezer - ending up serving the funeral party with a hash-laden cake which the daughter had prepared for another occasion.
The 18-year-old is under investigation.
A similar event in Luxembourg last year saw a train evacuated after cleaning staff found and ate some cookies which turned out to contain pot.
