When I moved to Ohio 19 years ago, one of the first social events I went to was a clambake. I can't tell you how funny I thought it was that clambakes were regular fall events in OHIO!! There are no lobsters or clams in in Lake Erie............., or are there??
With the popularity of 3-D cakes, when I was asked to do a cake as a dessert for a clambake birthday/pre-surgery party, I was so excited to make this design!
The "pot" is 2 stacked tiers of yellow cake with strawberry mousse filling (serves 40), wrapped in fondant that has been sprayed with edible metallic silver. The corn on the cob and the lobster are hand modeled rice krispie treats covered in modeling chocolate. I made my own molds for the clam shells and freehand modeled the clam bodies. The cracker & pick are also hand modeled. They're all made from modeling chocolate and completely edible.
I was really happy with the cake--and so was the hostess and her family-- but I was even happier when the hostess told me that one of the guests, upon inspecting the scene asked, "But where IS the cake? In the pot?"
Yes!!! Success!!!!
