Comments on: Cockroach Cake

By: cakes to vijayawada

cakes to vijayawada — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:44:08 +0000

Everyone have different taste. Taste of the cake might be good but I don’t like shape of the cakes.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:05:19 +0000

I just clocked this. It’s quite odd, isn’t it?

By: hoLy

hoLy — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:43:38 +0000

yea, do you happen to know anyway that i can buy this cake? it’d be a perfect present.

By: Caren yeo

Caren yeo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:17:54 +0000

is there any way i can buy this cake?

By: Evan Popchock

Evan Popchock — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 05:23:43 +0000

That’s a weird-looking cake. I’ve never heard of cockroach cake before, but I imagine this one is not made from real cockroaches.

By: julian

julian — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:50:00 +0000

man that looks real

By: Marvin the Martian

Marvin the Martian — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:37:48 +0000

An original variation. It resembles a traditional Belgian chocolate design: the `may bug’ (Melolontha melolontha — a European scarab) appears in some shops around the first of may (you guessed it).

I actually have the mould for the body: you can make it nicely two-toned by using dark and milk chocolate on different part. The legs are usually made from carton. Just like for easter eggs, the trick is to do enough layers. See a pic of the outside on http://rulbii.leidenuniv.nl/~durinx/beetlechoc.jpg with one of the clasps to keep it closed.
Overall length: 4″/10cm. A sure place to get them is my favourite purveyor in Antwerp, Chocolaterie Goossens.