Elegant Southern Seafood Cake

Description
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Morgan Estate in Austin, Texas in 1982.
 * Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

 * 1 package prepared cornbread mix
 * 1 small red onion
 * 1 small red bell pepper
 * 1 small green bell pepper
 * 2 garlic cloves
 * 2 teaspoons olive oil
 * 1 pound lump crabmeat
 * ½ pound shrimp
 * ½ pound flounder fillets
 * ¼ pound scallops
 * ½ cup mayonnaise
 * 2 teaspoons lime juice
 * ⅛ teaspoon cayenne
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * 1 teaspoon white pepper
 * 6 teaspoon clarified butter

Directions

 * 1) Well in advance prepare cornbread according to package directions then cool and process in food processor to make fine crumbs then set aside.
 * 2) Finely chop onion.
 * 3) Remove seeds and veins from peppers and chop into small pieces.
 * 4) Peel chop and finely crush garlic.
 * 5) Sauté onion in frying pan in hot olive oil for 4 minutes.
 * 6) Add peppers and garlic and continue cooking until peppers are almost tender.
 * 7) Meanwhile peel shrimp then coarsely chop shrimp, scallops and flounder.
 * 8) Remove onion and pepper mixture from heat and add seafood, mayonnaise and lime juice.
 * 9) Stir gently to prevent breaking up crab.
 * 10) Season with salt, pepper and cayenne then shape into patties and coat both sides with cornbread mixture.
 * 11) When ready to serve heat 2 tablespoons of the clarified butter in the frying pan over a moderately high flame then sauté 3 cakes at a time for 2 minutes on each side.
 * 12) Add more butter if necessary.