A crab cake (or crabcake) is a patty made from crab meat and bread crumbs, held together with eggs and/or mayonnaise, similar to meatloaf. They may also contain other ingredients and flavorings, such as chopped onion. Usually, the meat is finely separated before being used for crab cakes. They are typically pan-fried. Crab cakes are especially well known in the state of Maryland, but other regional variations exist as well. Sections Dromiacea Raninoida Heterotremata Thoracotremata The term crab is often applied to several different groups of short (nose to tail) decapods with thick exoskeletons, but only members of the Brachyura are true crabs; other taxa, such as hermit crabs, porcelain crabs, king crabs, and horseshoe crabs are, despite superficial similarities... Breadcrumbs or bread crumbs are small particles of dry or very dry bread, which are used for breading foods, topping casseroles, stuffing poultry, thickening stews, and adding inexpensive bulk to meatloaves and similar dishes. ... Jump to: navigation, search Look up Egg on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Freerange eggs in straw nest Egg has multiple meanings: The term is used synonymously with ovum, the female sex cell in animals and plants. ... In cooking, mayonnaise is a thick, creamy sauce, usually of a white or light yellow color, which is made and eaten cold. ... A meatloaf is a meat dish consisisting of seasoned ground meat (usually ground beef or a combination of ground beef with veal, lamb or pork), which is formed into loaf shape and baked. ... Binomial name Allium cepa L. Onion in the general sense can be used for any plant in the Genus Allium but used without qualifiers usually means Allium cepa L., also called the garden onion. ... Pan frying is a form of frying characterized by the use of less cooking oil than deep frying; enough oil to, at most, to cover the food to be cooked only half way. ... State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population (2000)  - Population 5,296...

Due to the difficulty of preparing crab cakes, they are often expensive.