5 out of 5 stars and 73 reviews
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(73)Serving the greater Kansas City metro and Lawrence areas
About this vendor
Shannon Bond Cake Design, LLC is an award-winning wedding cake business located in Olathe, KS. Serving Kansas City and surrounding suburbs, the team at this home-based studio creates top-quality wedding cakes and favors from scratch.
Owner and artist Shannon Bond has been the driving force behind this creative company since its establishment back in 2013. A keen baker and sugar art instructor for many years, she lives in Olathe with her husband and six beautiful children. Shannon approaches each new project with passion and enjoys getting to know her clients on a personal level too. By gaining an insight into your preferences and tastes, she can create a wedding cake that truly speaks to the style of your special day.
The team at Shannon Bond Cake Design, LLC offers a number of options when it comes to delicious baked goods for your wedding day. Each order is lovingly prepared using only the freshest, natural ingredients possible. Her cake flavors include delicious options, such as rich chocolate fudge, vanilla, and almond, alongside smooth buttercreams flavored with salted caramel, strawberry, and more. Shannon can also cater to a host of related events, such as engagement parties, wedding showers, and elopement celebrations with efficiency and ease. For your convenience, she is happy to offer complimentary tastings, in addition to cake delivery and setup services.
Details
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Accessories
- Cake Stands
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Groom's Cakes
Awards and Affiliations
5-Time 'Best of Weddings'
2020.2019.2018.+2 more.
Best of Weddings
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Hall of Fame
Earned by winning 'Best of Weddings' four or more times.
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Shannon is the BEST! She created our wedding cake for our February 2024 wedding and it was more beautiful than we could’ve imagined. From our imagination, it came to life in the mo...
st beautiful way. She is professional to work with, kind and understanding, and overall, her work speaks for itself! Our cake was several layers with three different flavors and icings that our whole wedding guest list could enjoy! It tasted amazing along with the beautiful outer look. We wouldn’t have wanted to go to anyone else, but Shannon! 1000/10
Over the years I’ve tasted a lot of cake and I can honestly say that Shannon’s cake is truly the best cake I’ve ever had! Shannon was also exceptionally helpful and easy to work wi...
th. We went into our cake tasting consultation not knowing exactly what kind of cake/filling we wanted or what we wanted our cake to look like. She had samples set up for us to taste and helped us put together the most perfect cake by asking us questions and going through inspiration photos. We were absolutely over the moon with our delicious and perfectly designed cake! I can’t recommend Shannon Bond more highly!
Shannon was the most incredible vendor to work with for our wedding. She was responsive to email, the tasting was fun and delicious, and we were left with no doubt that she would d...
eliver a perfect cake for us. She exceeded our expectations with the design and flavors on the cake, and our guests loved it! She also offered several helpful logistical tips that we hadn't considered (how much weight the stand needs to hold, positioning the cake within our reception hall, etc). The most amazing part for us was getting a world class cake vendor for such a reasonable price. I cannot recommend Shannon Bond enough!
Cake was spectacular and tasted great. Even people who said they normally avoid wedding cake had seconds.
Shannon was amazing to work with for our wedding! When we went for our tasting, she gave us flavors we had not even thought of and they were wonderful. Her work is amazing and will...
definitely book her again for another event.
Shannon was super friendly and great to work with! The cake was exactly what we wanted and looked absolutely beautiful! The taste was spot on as well!
Shannon created a beautiful cake for my wedding. She was so warm and friendly. It made working with her a breeze. The hardest part was trying to decide which of her delicious cake ...
flavors to choose. When it came to the design, she took my inspiration photo and adapted it to work for us. She was open to my design ideas and worked in the extra special details I requested. On my wedding day everyone wanted to take pictures of our cake because it was truly a work of art. It was better than what I envisioned. And forget needing to take home left over cake. Our guests ate every bite! I would recommend Shannon 100x!
Our tasting was the most informative meeting I had in planning my wedding, my husband had the time of his life trying all the flavoring Shannon had to offer that day. The flavors w...
e chose that day were matched in the cake we eventually ordered. It was beautiful and exactly what I asked for. When our cake stand was problematic Shannon and her team took care of making sure our set up was still cute and rolled with the punches. I didn’t even know until after that a problem arose. Our guests LOVED the cake and found her shooters to be adorable and amazing. They were MUCH bigger than I expected and I fully feel like I got more than what I paid for! She also provides a “how to cut” cheat sheet and my wedding party was so grateful for that!
Shannon's cakes are the most delicious cakes I have ever tasted! I love that she offered fun flavors and allowed us to have more than one flavor in our cake! We went with vanilla (...
it's a classic), chocolate (I didn't even consider having chocolate until I tasted hers!), and snickerdoodle (biggest hit of the night)! A relative who claims they don't even like snickerdoodle cookies ended up eating 2 pieces of it! The designs she can do are just amazing, too. We ended up going with a more simple design, but she made even that look nice. For me, cake was one of the biggest priorities, because it's my favorite part of weddings. Shannon was the clear choice for me after tasting her cakes!
Every aspect of working with Shannon was impeccable. From the first phone encounter, ongoing timely communications and the beautiful set up for the cake testing. Shannon adds to t...
his amazing customer service her personal special delivery of the wedding cake. Shannon did not make a cake for my daughter’s wedding she created a unique and exquisite work of art. The finished product was absolutely perfect and the different flavored layers were heavenly. Wedding guests continue to rave how our daughter’s cake was the best wedding cake ever!
Shannon was super easy to work with and did an amazing job!! We met beforehand to go over our vision for the cake and she made it come to life! It was exactly what we wanted and we...
absolutely loved it! It was also delicious and we have received many compliments on how beautiful our cake was and how great it tasted! She even provided an anniversary cake for us to store in the freezer until our first anniversary, which we are excited about! I would recommend Shannon Bond Cake Design in a heartbeat!
Shannon Bond Cake Designed nailed it! Shannon created a five layer, gold and azure blue Art Deco masterpiece that highlighted the center of our ballroom floor! It instantly caugh...
t the eyes of our guests, as it portrayed such artistry! I still am receiving compliments about my cake and am thrilled to have her create the most special cake of my husband’s and my lifetime. A big ‘thank you’ for your talent.
I cannot say enough great things about Shannon - she surpassed my every expectation and went beyond what would have been considered good customer service. I am so very happy I chos...
e her for my wedding cake - she is a phenomenal artist and cake baker. Even 6 months later, I still have friends commenting on how amazing our cake was and how they wish they could have more right now!
The things dreams are made of! I found Shannon Bond on IG and couldn't wait to meet with her about our wedding cake. I was seriously stalking her account and just awed with every ...
cake she posted. When we met with her, we knew we found our baker! She custom designed a cake for us that was elegant and delicious. It was front and center displayed on the dance floor and I cannot tell you how many people asked if it was real! Shannon is incredibly talented, professional and made us feel like we were her top priority (even though I know she had other weddings) we never felt rushed or like we were brushed off with any of the questions we asked - and I asked a lot of questions! She was a valuable resource for finding other vendors too. BUT do not listen to those guides which tell you you don't need to book your baker until 3-4 months before the wedding - BOOK Shannon, your venue, DJ and florist first!!
Nothing else like her in Kansas City! Shannon is professional, warm and extremely talented! We felt like we were the only cake that mattered every time we spoke with her. I love th...
at she doesn't cram in as many cakes as possible so she can really make you feel special and spend more time on your cake. Book her NOW - you will not regret your decision!
Shannon is AMAZING!! Out of all my vendors, she was so responsive via email. She listened to what I wanted and made any changes when requested. She arrived early to display the cak...
e. The cake..looked phenomenal. It was so simple but oh so elegant. Both the flavors was delicious and moist. The last thing you would want is a dry cake and her cake is not dry at all. I heard from guests they really liked the cake. She is really sweet too. Just stop looking and book Shannon for your wedding day.
Shannon was amazing to work with and we knew immediately that she would be the perfect choice for us! I paid the down payment before meeting her because I didn't want anyone else ...
to snag our date before we could set up a meeting. We had already seen and tasted her cake at my cousin's wedding a year ago, so we knew it would be delicious and beautiful. Her style is everything we envisioned for own wedding and nothing like anyone else in Kansas City has to offer! She had a variety of different and amazing flavors. We chose four flavors because we couldn’t narrow it down to just one. We also loved how organized and detail oriented she was. She was prompt with responses and always very thorough with answering any questions or handling any revisions. We knew she was on the ball and we didn't have to worry about anything with our cake on our wedding day! Our wedding cake was everything we dreamed it could be. Shannon's the best and we couldn't be happier with our cake and all around experience!
Phenomenal baker and artist! I had a bit of a different experience with finding vendors as an out-of-town bride. Shannon made our cake easy with fantastic communication from settin...
g up a first meeting until our wedding day. I never had to wait more than a day for a response from her, most of the time it was even less. She designed the cake of my dreams and used our reception table decorations in our cake. The sketch was beautiful but the real cake was just even more phenomenal and deliciousness! We chose chocolate cake with salted caramel butter cream and vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream. We ordered more than our guest count and am glad we did because there was not a single slice leftover - everyone loved the cake! You will not second guess your decision if you use Shannon Bond - she's professional and outstanding at what she does!
I wanted to share our experience to help others who are just starting to plan their wedding. Bottom line - do not go the cheap route! I tried to go the less expensive route and it ...
came back to bite me not once but twice. First baker sudden;y quit and went out of business, second baker was refused by my venue because she didn't even have insurance! I guess that's why they were less expensive! I found Shannon Bond Cakes through Instagram and we set up our meeting. We loved every flavor we tried but decided on vanilla cake with salted caramel buttercream and lemon cake with strawberry buttercream for our spring wedding. It was amazing and so beautiful! Shannon made sugar flowers that no one believed were made from sugar - they were the talk of the evening and I still, 6 months later, have people commenting on how beautiful and delicious our cake was. I am SO glad we found Shannon and highly recommend her to everyone looking for a DELICIOUS and beautiful cake!
Our cake was beautiful and delicious! I really wanted a cake that tasted good and not just looked good. We arrived at our taasting with Shannon and were blown away and signed a con...
tract THAT DAY to make sure we woudn't lose her to someone else! I walked into the ballroom for our first look and was again blown away with what I saw with my cake. We had so many compliments through the evening about our cake, it was perfect -people will definitely remember A Shannon Bond cake! ;) I'm so excited because my cousin is getting married in April and is using Shannon - I'm looking forward to more cake! :)
We could not have had a better experience with our wedding cake! Shannon was attentive, professional, prompt with replies and out of this world amazing! I took pictres to other bak...
ers who were willing to recreate the pictures but Shannon was the only baker to create something custom pulling details I loved from my dress and our invitations. It tied the entire reception together in a way I could never have imagined! She's a true artist in every sense of the word. Thank you Shannon, for making our day so special and creating such a delicious, custom centerpiece! We LOVED our cake!
My original cake person did not work out and I was scrambling to find someone to do the cake for our wedding. Shannon was responsive, professional, kind, and oh my goodness the cak...
e!!!! It was beautiful, absolutely delicious, and everyone enjoyed the flavors. She is a kind and genuine person who has an incredible talent for cake design and baking delightful treats. I would hire her again in a heartbeat.
Our cake was so beautiful and delicious! Shannon is an artist! Amazing cake!
Shannon Bond Cake Design was incredible to work with. My husband had to work during our cake tasting and Shannon packaged up all of our tastings so he could try them too. It was ...
very sweet of her and worked out very well. My husband and I had both wanted something different so we went with his favorite of Pumpkin Spice Cake with Salted Caramel Butter Cream and my favorite of Almond Cherry Cake with Almond Butter Cream.
We went with a Rustic Naked design with an edible flower. It was simple and beautiful. Shannon rented us a cake stand and came out to deliver the cake and set it up beautifully. We had zero cake left as everyone ate it up!
Best cake in KC!!!! Seriously, the best cake I have ever eaten and Shannon is really easy to communicate with and get a hold of - especially those crazy busy times before the weddi...
ng. So happy with our decision - you will be too if you choose Shannon!!!!
I'm an art major and really wanted a cake to reflect my style. When I found Shannon on Instagram, I knew without a doubt I had found our cake baker! We had a tasting and sealed the...
deal because not only was her design perfect, but the cake was delicious. We are SO happy we chose Shannon to make our cake and am excited to have her make my parents 50th anniversary cake in a few months!
I have never had another cake like it - it's the best cake ever! Thank you Shannon, for making our beautiful cake and being so awesome to work with!
We actually got married in the winter 2017 but I feel really bad for forgetting to write a review until now! Shannon made our delicious wedding cake and since then has made our bab...
y shower and daughter's first birthday cakes. I will never have another cake in my life besides a Shannon Bond cake! She is extremely creative and every flavor we have tried is our new favorite. You just can't go wrong with anything on her menu!
The best decision we made for our wedding was choosing Shannon Bond to make our cake! We had some mishaps the day of our wedding and Shannon went out of her way to run errand for t...
he florist and help set up tables when our coordinator went into premature labor. We can not say enough good things about Shannon and her husband, they were so kind and willing to help make our day possible. Not to mention the cake was amazing in every way! Thank you Shannon (and husband) you are an angel!!!
We loved our cake! Shannon took our inspiration and totally reworked it into a cake that was specifically designed for us! I guess that's the difference between just copying a pint...
erest board and getting something unique! If you want unique, you will not be disappointed with Shannon Bond!
One word - fabulous! That's it - fabulous cake, fabulous design, fabulous person. We loved working with Shannon for both our engagement cake and wedding cakes. We had her pumpkin c...
ake with vanilla buttercream for our fall engagement party last year and chose her blueberry cake with lemon buttercream and chocolate cake with strawberry buttercream for our wedding cakes. She tool the vision that was locked in my head and knocked it out of the park with our cake, it was everything I hoped for and more! Thank you Shannon - we'll be back for an anniversary celebration cake soon! :)
We fell in love with Shannon the first time we met her and knew she was the one to create our wedding cake! Sh'e welcomed us into her home, very warm and inviting, professional and...
extremely talented. I'm not really a cake person, or at least I didn't think I was until I tried her cake samples! It was difficult to choose our flavors but went with vanilla cake with salted caramel buttercream and chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. We are so happy with our decision - it was beautiful and delicious!
Shannon was responsive and wonderful to work with. Not only are her cakes works of art, but they are also very delicious. We requested a steampunk-themed cake, and she definitely ...
delivered.
I cannot say enough fabulous things about Shannon Bond! The decision to have Shannon make our amazing wedding cake was easy, after meeting her and seeing her amazing cakes... and t...
hen once we had a tasting... decision was done! Her cakes are not only beautiful but delicious. All of our guests raved about the beauty and taste of our food cake! I would highly recommend Shannon Bond Cake Design!!
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From the moment I came across Shannon’s designs online, I was blown away by her design aesthetic and originality! We scheduled a tasting and were blown away by how delicious the ca...
ke was. I had an idea in my mind about what kind of cake I wanted, but I really let her take the reins on the overall design, and it turned out beautifully. Our guest numbers fluctuated in the weeks leading up to the wedding, and she quickly adjusted the numbers and met our needs! Everyone kept commenting on how it was the best cake they’d ever had, and it looked beautiful in the center of our venue. She was wonderful to work with, and I was amazed we had any left over!
I was looking for a cake baker that would create a modern and elegant cake for our wedding. I came across Shannon Bond and really loved her cakes. My now husband and I scheduled a ...
tasting with her, and she was such a pleasure! She has a great selection of cake and frosting flavors to mix and match, and she does some very creative design work! She sketched out our cake for us at the tasting and when wedding day arrived, it was even more beautiful than we were expecting. Also of importance, it was extremely delicious! We had more servings than guests, and almost the entire cake was devoured by the end of the night! I really love that she pre-boxes up your anniversary tier as well. That way you don't need to worry about saving the top tier. Our guests were so impressed with how beautiful the cake was. Shannon is great to work with and she is a true expert and sugar artist! You will not be disappointed if you choose Shannon Bond Cake Design. I will be recommending her to all my friends getting married! THANK YOU!
We were so happy with our amazing wedding cake! We highly recommend Shannon to anyone who wants a special cake that is beyond and above the every day ordinary!
I was looking for a wedding cake that our guests would actually enjoy eating. Shannon's style was beyond elegant, but I wondered if the taste would back it up, and boy did it. Here...
's how we rate our experience:
Professionalism: She was amazing to work with, patient, guiding, and was always motivated to get us what we actually need rather than up sell like others tried to.
Taste: Probably the best I've had, better yet, we got tons of compliments from guests, even my super picky mother in law loved it ;)
Delivery: Cake was delivered without a hitch, on time and my planner even complimented, she was impressed.
Design: Our cake could have been in a magazine, it was stunning and it was so perfectly done that we had to get up close to be sure it was real.
Step away Pinterest, Shannon showed you some tricks, haha.
overall, it was such a good value, not cheap, but every dollar was beyond well spent in quality. We will have our memories and amazing pictures to always remind us, but who would ever forget this. We recommended Shannon to all who have asked, and as we start a family will be coming back for birthday cakes and any other event we have. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts Shannon, you beyond exceeded our expectations.
I have loved Shannon's cakes on Pinterest for years, and was so excited when her class came out on Craftsy! I learned so much, and was worth every penny I spent to take it! Wish sh...
e was closer to where I live, I would love to buy one of her cakes!! Recommend her to anyone!
Can’t say enough about this business and the lovely owner. All my initial and follow up questions and concerns were addressed and resolved to my complete satisfaction. My cake desi...
gn was one of a kind and the taste was absolutely magical! I felt very special working with the baker. What a fantastic experience to take away as a customer! What more can you ask?! We will definitely be back and THANK YOU for all your hard work!
I'm a huge fan of everyting rustic but not yee-haw rustic and really wanted a naked cake. A few other vendors I talked with discouraged the idea and didn't really seem to understan...
d my vision for my reception. I saw that Shannon had several naked cakes on her website, I loved the way they still looked so elegant and chic and knew she was the one to make my cake! We loved the fact that we got to have multiple flavors and the naked cake design was exactly like I had pictured. The cake was absolutely gorgeous and almost too pretty to eat. I loved the sugar flowers and berries wreath that Shannon hand made to perfectly accent the design as well! It was definitely "rustic chic" as she called it, she was able to take what was in my head and translate it perfectly!
I cannot say enough great things about Shannon and her business. She is very passionate about her cakes and really takes the time to listen to what her brides/grooms want! We never...
felt rushed, really felt like we were her sole focus. Not to mention, her cakes not only taste incredible but are the most amazing cakes I have ever seen in my life! Very happy we chose Shannon to make our cake!
Awesome! Our guests raved about the cake even asking if it was real because it was just that perfect! Shannon was great to work with and communication was always so fast! We wanted...
a cake that would be a centerpiece and not like every other cake we had seen and she did just that. She designed a cake especially for us, using my dress and part of the inspiration. The cake was delicious, I only wish I would have ordered more so that we would have had leftovers! You will love your Shannon Bond cake!
We were very pleased with our beautiful wedding cake! It was definitely a work of art. Our guests kept asking if it was fake because of how beautiful and perfect it looked!! Shanno...
n really listened to our requests and made it happen. She was very easy to work with and responded very quickly when we had questions. The only reason I gave her 4 stars is because one of the flavors was not what I expected and I was a little disappointed in that one, but overall a perfect cake!! Your guests will rave about how great her cakes taste!
This woman is a saint!!! After my cake baker canceled on me six days before the wedding, Shannon and her team so graciously accepted to do our cake last minute. And it was BEAUTIFU...
L!! We asked for a marble looking cake and we actually had people ask us if it was even real because it looked like stone! And it tasted amazing! Highly, highly recommend.
Shannon was really creative and looking at her website instantly made us fall in love with her work. She drew us some gorgeous suggestions and we are so glad with the final resul...
t as it was really stunning and tasted amazing. I wanted to surprise the groom with a groom cake and sent over a picture of a 2D cake that I loved. She made it into the most amazing 3D cake that the groom didn’t realise at first it was a cake. I am so glad we chose her, she was really great with communication even with a 6 hour time difference and we would recommend her to anyone looking to be amazed with their wedding cake. We cant wait to have the anniversary cake which might not last long without being eaten.
From the minute we saw Shannon's cakes at Bridal Bash 2016, we knew we wanted to meet with her about designing our wedding cake. After sitting down and talking with her at our tast...
ing, we were 100% sure. Excellent service from day one, personal touches that went way beyond what I was expecting and most of all, delicious cake that was a stunning centerpiece of our reception!
We loved every minute we worked with Shannon creating our wedding cake. From the lovely tasting, to the final product which was the absolute most stunning 5-tier cake I have ever s...
een, she is just fantastic. Delicious cake, beautiful design and a friendly, professional.
I met with many cake bakers before my wedding and ultimately chose Shannon Bond because I liked the look of her cakes the best. My cake was so perfect, people were asking if it wa...
s fake! Shannon is easy to work with and we had so many compliments on how the cake tasted at the reception. Definitely worth the price!
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Five stars isn't enough to convey how happy we were with our cake! It was so beautiful, tasted amazing and we received so many compliments on the cake from our guests. Shannon Bon...
d did a wonderful job with our wedding cake and I cannot say enough good things about her!
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10981 S Barth Rd, Olathe, KS | Serving the greater Kansas City metro and Lawrence areas
Shannon Bond Cake Design