Crab Feed Donation Cake

Kiwanis Club of Yountville does their annual crab feed at the Yountville Community Hall. For the 2017 Crab Feed we donated a “Crab”cake for the dessert auction. The cake is a vanilla genoise sponge cake with a strawberry custard and cream filling with a little Grand Californian Liquer from Napa Valley Distillery. The cake is covered in fondant with french macarons claws and legs with raspberry meringue starfish and shells. The sand is made using graham crackers, nilla wafers and oreo cookies.

Making the cake and presenting it for the auction was a lot of fun and enjoyment. The crab for the crab feed was also delicious and a great time. I believe the cake sold for just over $500, a nice donation to the Kiwanis and scholarships for Yountville Students.

You are also welcome to come see for yourself where the magic happens. We’ll give you a glass of wine and discuss your project, we like meetings with wine!) Yes, we are happy to use any specialty products/produce you have. Yes, we can use your kitchen facilities if you prefer, but ONLY if we are given the opportunity to test our recipe there first. And finally, this all begins with a conversation, not just an email. Give us an idea about what you want and we won’t waste your time about it. Either we’ll tell you we’ll do it (and then you can relax, knowing it will be perfect) or we’ll tell you we can’t, no hard feelings and we’ll still have shared that glass of wine.