Buttercream Dreams LLC
Shenandoah Valley, but we will travel!
About This Vendor
Beautiful, Tasty Creations for Your Special Day
Buttercream Dreams LLC is a wedding cake business in Weyers Cave, VA, about 1 hour from Charlottesville, VA; however, currently no serving the Richmond, VA area. The experts behind this bakery delight in crafting mouthwatering confections that couples and guests can indulge in. This home-based operation strives for the highest quality results so that every happy couple can receive a sweet show-stopper that tastes as good as it looks. Carrie Ashton is the owner and lead professional behind Buttercream Dreams. She takes immense pride in bringing custom-inspired delicacies to life in eye-catching ways. Passionate, talented, and attentive to details, she likes to work closely with clients who request her services. Carrie specializes in bespoke cakes, and she loves using her artistry and craft to do justice to all manner of visions. Her approach is epitomized by the fact that she only books up to 90 weddings per year. This means that she can concentrate all of her efforts on making each cake as wonderful, personal, and delectable as it deserves to be. Together with her assistant, Carrie works diligently for every almost-newlywed. Before any baking is undertaken, Carrie likes to carry out consultations and private tasting sessions. These can be scheduled in advance and they offer a chance for ideas to be shared, designs to be discussed, and flavors to be savored. Cupcakes, sugar cookies, and other sweet treats can also be made by Buttercream Dreams—and these would be ideal as late-night snacks with some hot beverages. Other features provided by this service include delivery, setup, cake stands, and more.
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Business Attributes
Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
Cake Accessories, Cake Serving Sets, Cake Stands, Cake Delivery & Setup, Cake Tastings, Cupcakes, Groom's Cakes, Other Desserts
Dietary Options
Gluten Free
Awards and Affiliations
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Buttercream Dreams LLC Reviews
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Thank you for our incredible wedding cake, Buttercream Dreams, LLC!!!! Carrie was BEYOND a joy to work with from the initial phone call to our amazing tasting & guidance on creating the cake of our dreams within our budget & providing well beyo...
nd what we thought we could afford to her gorgeous attention to detail to our guests rave reviews, she's kind, fun to be around, informative & super-competent & did everything beyond perfectly! The tasting was FUN & generous! It was hard to choose, but we went with Chocolate with Mocha Icing, Lemon with Raspberry Cream Cheese Icing & Almond with Cherry Preserves (or Jam?). All of them were awesome! There are so many things that can go wrong with weddings, but I never worried for a moment about our cake! :D The only thing that went wrong is catering didn't send us home with nearly enough leftovers! ;) Brides and grooms- definitely request all of the leftovers if anyone leaves them, because you'll be sad not to have more of the cake & people will ask for it! ;D And if anyone is wondering if it's worth a drive from Richmond or beyond to Weyer's Cave, a thousand times, yes, it is!
Carrie was wonderful to work with and was very friendly. She made the most beautiful cake for our wedding day and it tasted amazing. We received so many compliments throughout the evening from our guests about how delicious the cake was. Carrie...
worked with my florist to create the floral design on the cake. At the beginning of the process, Carrie sent us small batches of cakes, icing, and jam through the mail to taste test since we are not local to the area. The price of the cake was great for the quality. I would definitely recommend Buttercream Dreams to anyone looking for a delicious and beautiful cake. My husband and I can't wait to eat the top tier on our anniversary!
Carrie did an absolutely amazing job with our cake and cupcakes! We went with a small two tiered white almond cake for just us, and three types of cupcakes for our guests. They were absolutely delicious!! We had a bunch of people tell us after ...
the wedding about how good they were. On top of being very good, they were also really pretty as well! You honestly can't go wrong with going with Carrie, and she has a ton of different flavors to choose from as well!
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We ordered our wedding cake, cupcakes, and a surprise birthday cake for my now husband through Buttercream Dreams and everything was perfect! Our tasting was by far, the most fun part of the entire wedding planning process and we had lots of f...
avorite flavor combinations, it was difficult to narrow down choices but Carrie helped with that as well. We ended up going with a dark chocolate cutting cake with peanut butter buttercream frosting for our wedding cake, snickerdoodle cupcakes (which our guests devoured), dark chocolate cupcakes, and almond cupcakes with almond buttercream frosting. Everything was delicious and Carrie was so helpful with advice on the color of our cake (which was a rich, emerald green) and helping me surprise my now husband with his birthday cake which he loved and was thrilled to have his own cake. She worked great with our other vendors and we found her very reasonably priced as well. Highly recommend her for any baked goods in any future events.
I got married October 1, 2022 and am so grateful that I was able to work with Carrie from Buttercream Dreams to create a beautiful and delicious cake for my day! Carrie was amazing to work with throughout the entire planning time and was respon...
sive and open to my thoughts and questions. She was able to help combine several ideas I had found online into exactly what I was envisioning, and had SO many traditional and unique flavors to pick from. I was planning my wedding from out of state, and Carrie was even able to ship us some of her most popular cake options, with frosting, for us to do our tasting without having to drive all the way to meet with her! The flavors we ended up picking were absolutely perfect (we got to have 2 flavors, for no extra charge), and all of our guests loved the options. Carrie is a wonderful, local VA vendor who offers great prices and even better service! You can't go wrong working with her. Thank you again, Carrie, for helping to make our day extra special and tasty! :)
Carrie was absolutely incredible! My now husband and I are both gluten and dairy free and she was willing to work with us to make a cutting cake that was beautiful and that we could eat! All of our guests raved about the cupcakes as well. The h...
ardest part was choosing from all of the wonderful flavor options offered! Thanks again for everything Carrie.
Carrie Ashton went above and beyond for our wedding cake and sweet treats. I brought a few inspiration pictures to the initial consultation and she was able to recreate the essence of the designs perfectly- going as far as to HAND PAINT the mar...
bling detail on the cake! I had raving reviews from my guests about her delicious cake, cookies, and brownies. I would easily book with her again!
Carrie was so wonderful to work with! She created a beautiful cake for my wedding and was able to create delicious gluten free cupcakes for my mom to enjoy as well.
She helped me plan how much cake to order, allowed a great tasting, and was s...
o easy to talk with! Highly recommend booking her for your wedding cake!
Carrie was a legitimate dream to work with! She was patient and flexible in every sense, even mailing us samples when we couldn't quite find a tasting time that worked. She also worked with our florist to pick up our flowers and delivered both ...
to our venue at Shenandoah National Park (saving us a florist delivery fee and further coordination).
The cupcakes she made were an absolute hit and we had barely any left over. Our guests were so excited about the flavors - as were we. Would 100% recommend Carrie!
Carrie was great to work with for our June 2022 wedding. She was very detail oriented and wanted to make sure all the colors matched our wedding scheme. She was able to make us a tasting box prior to choosing, and it was so hard to choose flavo...
rs because they were all amazing! She helped me figure out how many cupcakes I would need based on guest count and cake size. Her pricing is very fair and she is prompt and courteous! We cant wait to celebrate our one year anniversary with our saved top tier!
Carrie w/ Buttercream Dreams is wonderful! Our cake was absolutely beautiful, delicious, and Carrie nailed our design and placed the florals beautifully. She truly cares about her cakes AND her couples. She is professional, creative, and so tal...
ented.
I cannot believe how delicious the cupcakes and cake for our wedding were. They were by far the best cupcakes I have ever had and they are also gorgeously done to top it off. Carrie was a pleasure to work with and was attentive and accommodatin...
g throughout the entire planning process. I am so beyond pleased with my experience with her.
Carrie was an absolute pleasure to work with and an amazingly talented baker. She baked us the most delicious and adorable wedding cake (which was styled like a birch tree - I will add photos when we get them back!) and three different flavors ...
of cupcakes for our wedding. We also decided we wanted to order pie from her, and she helped us troubleshoot and found another local baker to make my wedding pie dreams come true! All of our guests raved about the taste of everything - my dad is STILL talking about the almond wedding cake. She even came to our venue in the middle of Shenandoah National Park to deliver and set up our picture perfect wedding dessert spread.
Carrie was also just a wonderful and warm person. She was easy to get in touch with if we had questions, and coming to her home for our tasting was one of the most fun wedding-related activities we did (aside from the wedding itself, of course!). I am so glad we found her!
Carrie did an absolutely amazing job on our cake and cupcakes! She made our vision come alive and the flavors were incredible! Carrie was a pleasure to work with and made the process so easy. Thank you for everything!
Carrie is amazing!! We ordered our wedding cake, cupcakes and welcome bag cookies from her. She's very friendly and helpful. The cake and cookies were delicious and looked amazing.
Carrie was fantastic! She was so kind and helpful throughout the whole process. Our wedding cake turned out so beautifully and was absolutely delicious. Our guests raved about it! I would 100% recommend Buttercream Dreams!
Buttercream Dreams was absolutely amazing!! We did all cupcakes for our wedding, and chose 4 different varieties. Carrie is soo sweet, helpful, and talented!! She has a wide variety of icings, cake flavors, fillings, and toppings to choose from...
, and made the tasting experience both fun and informative!
Carrie at Buttercream Dreams LLC was a pleasure to work with! Her cakes are beautiful, artistic, and DELICIOUS, and are extremely reasonably priced! We loved all of the options she offered, and the cake tasting experience was a lot of fun and...
really helped us to solidify our vision (and taste!) for our wedding. The cake the day of was just beautiful. We are so happy with our decision to work with Carrie, and will be recommending her to all of our friends and family getting married (or who just need a great cake) moving forward!
We loved working with Carrie from Buttercream dreams. The whole experience was very good. She really listened to our vision for our wedding cake and delivered! The cake tasting was also a very fun experience with her! Her prices are reasonable...
and she was professional throughout the constant changes that occurred with planning a wedding during a pandemic. We would highly recommend her as a vendor for your wedding!
We loved working with Carrie for our wedding! She was so helpful and easy to work with. Her pricing was affordable for a high-quality product and an amazing experience. Carrie is so talented and creative. The wedding cake she created was beauti...
ful and delicious. The raspberry cream cheese buttercream icing is heavenly. She worked with us even at the last minute to create a perfect surprise cake for our rehearsal dinner. We definitely plan to use Buttercream Dreams LLC for any of our future cake needs!
Buttercream Dreams did a phenomenal job of bringing to life exactly what we were looking for in our wedding cake!
Carrie was so awesome to work with! She was prompt in communicating with us, friendly, professional, and truly an artistic baker...
. When we completed our tasting with Carrie we fell in love with the large array of flavors we got to choose from--each of them delicious and hard to choose final options.
The day of the wedding, Carrie arrived to put our cake together, add the floral swag, and bring to life our dream envisioning of our wedding cake.
We highly recommend Buttercream Dreams to anyone looking for artistic design, delicious cake, and a friendly and warm experience!
Terrible customer service. Texted over FB and she said she would confirm with me on her availability. 2 weeks later, checked in with her twice, silent..
Nothing. It would have been nice to give customers an answer.
Response from the Vendor on 09/02/2020
Brittany, again, I sincerely apologize for all of this, and have sent you a message on FB. I hope that will help. Blessings to you both! C
I was working as a day of event coordinator for a wedding yesterday. The folks setting up linens and tableware were two hours late. Carrie had finished setting up her amazing cake and noticed my plight! She jumped in and stayed well over an hou...
r helping me and the vendor set up for the wedding. Absent her help, guests would have been arriving as the vendor was still setting up! It’s amazing enough that her cakes are the best but to help the way she did was so very thoughtful and more than appreciated. Thank you Carrie!!!
We really enjoyed working with Carrie, and she made beautiful, delicious treats for our big day. We had quite the spread for our tasting, where she genuinely took time to make sure she knew what we wanted. We ended up going with four cupcake fl...
avors and a bride/groom cutting cake (flavors are the hardest part to choose!). Everyone raved about the cupcakes, and I was grateful to have some left over that we quickly polished off. Very reasonable price, great customer service and delicious cakes!!
Buttercream dreams helped make some wonderful cakes for our wedding! Our main dessert was an ice cream sundae bar, but we also had sheet cake and had them from here. She is very honest and sweet and wonderful to work with.
I really enjoyed working with Carrie in preparation for our big day! We had plenty of options during our tasting. She was absolutely wonderful in planning, and she checked in with us as we got closer to our date. Our cake and cupcakes were ever...
ything that we wanted, and we wouldn’t have changed a thing. Highly recommend the chocolate cake with peanut butter icing! Definitely try her cakes whenever you get the chance!
Carrie went above and beyond for my wedding cakes (all SIX of them). They were beautiful and delicious! Highly recommend.
My husband and I LOVED our wedding cake and the cupcakes! We thought it all tasted fantastic!! Everyone I have talked to that was at the wedding loved it as well! She even packed a little container with 2 of each of our cupcake flavors for my h...
usband and I to eat as we traveled to our honeymoon destination! 100% would recommend her to any new bride!
Carrie was great to work with for our wedding! She went above and beyond to make sure our cake was exactly as we wished and we have continued to get goodies from her for the nearly a decade since!
I couldnt be happier with out wedding cake and cupcakes. She was extremely honest with us at our first meeting about our design, it would be difficult on the cake we wanted so she showed us an alternative that we fell in love with. Fast forward...
to the day before our wedding she emailed me and said that design was also not coming out as planned and she ended up hand piping our design and sent us a picture, I swear it was prettier than any design we could have picked out. She went above and beyond to make sure our cake was exactly what we wanted and kept us in the know the whole time. Her pricing is also very affordable, even with delivering the cake to our venue it was still at least 30-40% cheaper than others we had looked at. Lastly, my husband and I had some cupcakes left over that we took our honeymoon and finally decided to eat them 6 days after the wedding and they were still just as fresh and moist as the day of our wedding! I would recommend Buttercream Dreams to anyone needing a cake or cupcakes for any kind of special event!!!
Absolutely lovely to work with. I (the bride) and my mother have celiacs and we had a stunning 4 tier, 2 flavor, gluten free cake that tasted fantastic!
Carrie took time to provide sample on different cakes and icings, listened to what I wanted, displayed cake wonderfully, value was great for what I wanted and ordered, very prompt at setup!!!
If you are pkanning a wedding please be sure to c...
all Carrie ASAP due to schedule book way in advance. It has been 6 years almost and everyone still talks about our cake!!
Carrie with Buttercream Dreams was amazing. I can’t say enough good about her. We planned our wedding from another state to be in Virginia which was home and she was so wonderful to work with and helpful and she made great suggestions. Everyone...
loved our cake and I have to say at the one year anniversary our anniversary cake was just as good as the day she baked for our wedding.
The beat cake ever! Carrie done a wonderful job. She is very detailed and wonderful
Carrie is a delight to work with and her cupcakes/cakes are amazing! She has so many flavors and each of the many I tried were delicious!! It’s almost hard to choose. Our wedding guests loved the cupcakes so much. We just got our year anniversa...
ry and we ate the top layer of our cake. It tasted just like it did then - wonderful!! I wish we lived closer to Carrie, so I could order from her more often!!
My wedding cake was more than I could ever imagine!
Carrie is amazing to work with and has an amazing eye. We came to our appointment wait ideas but nothing that could make a 5 layer cake, Carrie took our idea and along with her suggestions she made our dream cake come to life! The flavors of he...
r cake and buttercream are unreal!! We also wanted edible flavors and Carrie delivered with delicious cookies that people are still talking about!
Carrie had us over for a personal tasting and from that moment my mom and I agreed she was the best! Our cake and cupcakes were beyond amazing. The variety of flavors and design she offers is almost overwhelming in the best possible way. All o...
f our guests raved about the cupcakes and I can’t wait to eat more of our cake!!
After conducting a couple of cake tastings, we found Carrie and Buttercream Dreams. Carrie was very patient with us as we selected our cupcake flavors for our wedding and even provided suggestions. She helped to suggest decorative cupcake liner...
s and a topper that would go with my theme. Everything looked wonderful the day of the wedding and tasted phenomenal! So glad we found her!
After a few underwhelming tastings with other vendors, we found Carrie and Buttercream Dreams on WeddingWire.com. A little hesitant at first, we decided to take the leap and schedule a tasting with Carrie at her home office. We were blown awa...
y! Carrie’s entire basement has been converted into a baker’s dream. We arrived and she welcomed us with open arms. She presented us with a variety of cake flavors and toppings, allowing us to taste and discuss at our own pace. Any questions we had along the way she welcomed and answered completely. We are not the most decisive of couples, but Carrie was there to steer us in the right direction. Over about 1 year, we were in close contact with Carrie about our cake/cupcake designs and were so excited to see the final product(s). The cake was stunning – and tasted amazing too! Not a single slice or cupcake was left at the end of the night. We received so many compliments on her work. 5-stars! Thanks Carrie! P.S. You MUST order the maple bacon pancake cupcakes if you ever get a chance.
Carrie is wonderful! From start to finish she went above and beyond. When we met for the tasting, my husband could not attend, so she made a second set of all of the cupcakes for me to take home. The week of the wedding she coordinated directly...
with the florist and venue to ensure everything was taken care of. And finally, the cake that she made was not only beautiful, but delicious, and we received numerous compliments from our guests.
Carrie made such a beautiful and flawless cake for us! It looked, and tasted exactly like we wanted it to and matched our day beautifully!
Absolutely hands down best cake!!! Our wedding cakes were absolutely fantastic. Super moist and just amazing. We couldn't choose just 1 flavor because they were all so great! She made me a believer of Bridal White and Lemon!! She even custom ma...
de us Blue Velvet since our colors were navy and yellow! I showed her pictures of what I wanted and she showed me something similar that I loved even better! Such a delightful person to work with! Thanks Carrie!
Carrie's cupcakes for our wedding were perfect. We loved them so much that we intentionally hid a few so that we could indulge in them again for breakfast. Her flavors are incredible, the cupcakes were incredibly fresh, and everyone loved them....
Book Carrie and Buttercream Dreams and you won't regret it!
Carrie is the best! We discovered her and a bridal show and after one bite we knew she was going to be our cake baker. When went for the tasting she made full size cupcakes and enough for everyone tasting t have a full cupcake of every flavor...
she made, AND she let us take home the leftovers. She is one of the most organized people I have ever met. When I saw how clean her shop was and how organized it was, I had no doubt o wasn't going to have to worry about her with timing or anything. Our cake was beautiful and delicious. We even had three different flavors and it wasn't a problem! I would highly recommend Buttercream Dreams.
Carrie the owner and baker at buttercream dreams was amazing! Our tasting was great and we loved that she does everything out of her house! She had tons of cupcake flavors to choose from and had great ideas that helped shape what we wanted for ...
our big day! Maple bacon pancake was the star of the day!
Carrie made us an absolutely beautiful (and delicious) cake for our wedding! Our cake was exactly the way I imagined it and it was so cool to see Carrie bring our vision to life. When we first met Carrie for our consult and tasting, we loved e...
very sample put before us, and we were blown away by all the different options we had for making our cake. I brought in a few pictures of cakes I saw online and liked, and Carrie was able to sketch a cake up right there in front of us, combining all the features we liked from the different cakes. It was great!
On the day of our wedding our cake looked fantastic! Our guests loved both the design and taste. Our cake toppers accidentally got left behind the night of our wedding and Carrie found them the next day, carefully packaged them up and mailed them to me at my home! She is so nice and amazing to work with. Thank you, Carrie!
Carrie made the most amazing wedding cake for our September 28th wedding. We had four different flavors thinking our 120 guests could choose which one they wanted, and noticed that many of our friends and family took multiple pieces so they co...
uld try them all! It was beautifully decorated with a simple gold ribbon with pearls of frosting to mimic the wrap on our bridesmaid bouquets, and Carrie added flowers that our florist, Blakemore Flowers left to make a stunning addition. We couldn't have been more thrilled!
Contact Info for Buttercream Dreams LLC
87 Bluestone Drive, Weyers Cave, VA | Shenandoah Valley, but we will travel!
Meet the Team
Carrie Ashton
Owner
I am a wife, mother to 2, both in college, and work from my home. My shop is located in my home, and we are licensed, insured, and yearly inspected. This allows me to do custom work only, and give the care and attention needed for your special day. On average we do between 80-90 weddings per year in addition to custom cakes for all occasions. I have an assistant that works part time with me as well. I consider myself a very creative person, and love seeing your visions come to life in my bake shop! Schedule your appointment today to see your vision become a reality.
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