Crab Fest 2013

  I had a request for small treats which guests could serve themselves during a crab boil.  The client choose cake pops, mini cupcakes, fondant sea shells and sugar cookies to arrange on her dessert table.   (Well I did remember to take pictures of the cake pops, cupcakes and shells but not the sugar cookies.  I was hoping to get a picture once the table was complete, however, I have not received it from the client, so I decided to post what I did have)


                                                The five cake pops included:   A sand pail


                   A starfish. (The texture is made of dried sugarveil crumbs and powdered food coloring)


                            Of course, the CRAB (his legs and claws are made of chocolate clay)


                                    A solstice sun (again the rays are made of chocolate clay)


                                       and a beach ball (the stripes are fondant which is applied
                                                    while the chocolate is still wet)


I made the shells about a week in advance to allow them to air dry slowly (this was difficult as we were having a lot of heat and humidity, so it took a full week to get them to the correct dryness)  The are generally used as decoration; however children love the idea that they can eat them :)


The mini cupcakes were five different flavors: Key Lime with Lime Curd, Devils Food Chocolate with Fudge, White with Strawberry Compote, Pina Colada with Pineapple Compote, and Chocolate Peanut Butter with Peanut Butter Mousse.  I placed a casted sugar shells or tropical fish atop the buttercream.

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