Saute peppers and onion in butter until onions are transparent. Completely cool mixture before adding to crab meat. Add remaining ingredients except for the bread crumbs, stirring lightly to keep crab lumps together. Add bread crumbs slowly until most of the moisture is soaked up.

Scoop into 2-ounce portions and form into cakes, then lightly press into toasted bread crumbs.

Saute in oil at 350 degrees F. until cakes are brown and heated in middle.