About this vendor
Design your dream wedding cake (and eat it too)!
Sugar Beats Bake Shop is located on the south side of the Windmill Square Shopping center at 97th and Metcalf in Overland Park, KS. Owner and operator Ashley is a talented baker who crafts delicious cakes and treats to the delight of her cherished customers. Every creation is both a work of art and an unforgettable culinary experience.
Since 2010, Ashley has served countless clients as they have prepared for their joyous day. With a background in graphic design and a degree in Fine Arts, she has the expertise to bring your vision to life. She works collaboratively with couples to ensure that every last bite is a dream come true.
Sugar Beats Bake Shop offers a wide range of services. Consultations and cake tastings are available by appointment, affording you the opportunity to share your ideas and inspirations with Ashley. Delicious menu items include custom wedding cakes, cupcakes, mini desserts, and groom’s cakes. You can opt to add on additional services, such as gold foil detail, painted silver or gold detail, and custom cake toppers.
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Business Attributes
- Woman-owned Business
Cakes & Desserts
- Cake Accessories
- Cake Stands
- Cake Toppers
- Cake Delivery & Setup
- Cake Tastings
- Cupcakes
Dietary Options
- Gluten Free
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Sugar Beats Bake Shop received overwhelmingly positive reviews for wedding cakes and desserts. Clients praised Ashley's professionalism, creativity, and delicious baked goods, with numerous guests describing the cakes as the best they've ever had at a wedding. Additionally, reviewers highlighted Ashley's helpfulness, responsiveness, and attention to detail, making the entire process from tastings to delivery seamless and enjoyable. The cakes were not only visually stunning but also flavorful, with unique options like red velvet, pumpkin spice, and pink champagne delighting guests. Customers highly recommended Sugar Beats Bake Shop for weddings and other special events, emphasizing the exceptional quality, service, and overall experience.Review photos
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We cannot recommend Sugar Beats Bakeshop enough--we absolutely loved our wedding cake and Ashley made the process so fun and easy! If you work with her for your wedding or other event you'll be in the best hands possible. From our cake tasting, to the design, the flavors, and the other dessert options to offer, Ashley offered great advice at every step of the way, and her advice was right on. We weren't sure how much cake our group would need, and she gently advised us that we could probably get away with a little less (I think we ended up doing a cake that yielded 130 slices instead of 154, which was perfect--we had maybe 10-12 pieces left, which our family happily ate in the day or two after the wedding). We also needed help figuring out what we wanted the cake for our New Year's Eve wedding to look like, and she came up with a beautiful design of different textures of buttercream with fun accents--gold spheres and flowers and feathers!--that we would never have dreamed up but absolutely loved! Thank you for everything, Ashley!!!
My now husband, my in-laws, and I met with Ashley early this year to complete a tasting and place our order for 100 guests. Throughout the process, Ashley was kind, informative, and incredible to work with. She dropped off the ordered cake and cupcakes herself, even though her shop is 30 minutes away from our venue, and made the cake table look amazing. We, and our guests, loved the cakes she made. I highly recommend Sugar Beats Bake Shop to anyone looking for a baker in the area.
We had several comments from various guests that the wedding cake was the best they have ever had at a wedding. I gave Ashley pictures of my vision for the cake and she nailed it perfectly- exceeded my expectations in terms of look and cake and was just beautiful- and so yummy!
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We used sugar beat for our wedding cake and they did an amazing job! The cake looked and tasted amazing. They showed up on time and were great to work with.
Ashley did an amazing job with our baked treats and cake for our October wedding. She was a dream to work with from the beginning. When we lost our original venue due to a foreclosure, Ashley was patient as we designed a new dessert vision for the new venue. We went with a three-tier cake (vanilla almond, red velvet and pumpkin spice - a crowd pleaser). Our guests LOVED the extra desserts - cup akes, Baked Apple Roses, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Shooters and Bailey's Cookies & Cream Parfaits. 10/10 recommend Sugar Beats Bake Shop! We're definitely ordering more from her for anniversaries and special events in the future.
Our cake for our wedding was a hit with all of our guests! The cake was beautiful and tasted absolutely amazing! The price we paid was 100% worth it for the delicious cake we received! Ashley was amazing to work with and so easy to communicate with! 12/10 would definitely use Sugar Beats Bake Shop again!
I selected Sugar Beats Bake Shop for our wedding and I definitely made the right choice! The cake flavor is out of this world and many guests told us it’s the best cake they have ever had. Along with that, Ashley is amazing to work with—professional and responsive! I highly recommend!
Ashley is incredible! She went above and beyond for our special day! The cake and cupcakes were so beautiful. She made everything perfect! Sugar beats bake shop is the place to get anything you could possibly think. She showed up on time and the table was perfect. I highly recommend getting any wedding, anniversary, or birthday treats from her. She will even set some cupcakes aside and ready to go after your busy day. Again I cannot say it enough thank you so much for making our day complete ❤️
Can't say enough good things about Ashley and Sugar Beats Bake Shop! We had Ashley bake our wedding cake and cupcakes and they were beautiful and absolutely delicious! She created exactly what we had talked about at our tasting. She has such an amazing selection of flavors and cake stands to fit any color scheme and vision. We were able to order our custom cake topper as well and not have to worry about that separately! I have had so many guests comment on how great the cupcakes were and ask for her info to use her themselves! We will definitely be using her for our dessert needs in the future! We had the best experience and would 10/10 recommend to anyone considering ordering from her for any event!!
Ashely is great to work with. Her shop is is a fun atmosphere. We brought some friends to the cake tasting and had great time. Easy and chill. So many flavors to choose from and all delicious.
The cake was beautiful and super cute cupcakes.
Thanks Ashely!
Ashley was more than amazing to work with. Between cake tastings, design, and day of display I couldn’t have been more pleased. My now husband and I will continue to come back each year for our anniversary.
10 days after our wedding, people are STILL telling us how amazing our cake was! Ashley did the most beautiful job executing our vision for our cake and worked with us when we needed to change our guest count. She responded quickly and offered suggestions and options on how we could arrange the cake to accommodate how much the wedding had grown. The cake tasted so good and I had complete confidence in Sugar Beats ability to get the cake to the reception and put our flowers on it without a hiccup. I would recommend them for any event, we loved our wedding cake!
We recently had the pleasure of working with Ashley for our wedding, and we couldn't be more thrilled with the experience! Sugar Beats provided an incredible assortment of seven different cupcake flavors for our wedding. Each cupcake was beautifully displayed and matched our wedding vision. We ordered more than one cupcake per guest, and there were no leftovers – a testament to how much our guests loved them! Thank you, Ashley, for the delicious cupcakes and exceptional service!
We absolutely loved our wedding cake from Sugar Beats! Ashley was so reliable and kind from our tasting to our big day. We knew we wanted a vintage-style Lambeth cake and she brought our vision to life and then some! The almond and pink champagne flavors were so delicious. I would highly recommend Sugar Beats to anyone looking for their perfect wedding cake.
Ashley has great skills and creativity with a delicious cake too, several guests have used her since! She had timely communication with straightforward pricing. She was even willing to transport items other than the cake to the venue when we were in a pinch! I will use her again for other celebration cakes!
Ashley has been a joy to work with. She walked me through everything step by step and helped me create my dream wedding dessert spread. Her cakes have so many delicious flavors, it was hard to choose just one. We opted for a small cake, mini desserts, and cupcakes.
The quality of service was exceptional. Timely responses to e-mails and delivery day of. The cake was delicious and we didn’t have any leftovers. I highly recommend!
Absolutely wonderful! We had lemon and pistachio cake that were absolutely to die for. The cake was exactly what I asked for and GORGEOUS!
Ashley did an excellent job on our wedding cake! We told her our vision and she executed it to perfection. Not to mention her cakes are absolutely delicious! We tried many different cakes and hers was by far and away the best. She is open about what she charges and her pricing is very reasonable. She is an amazing artist and baker. We are so grateful to have chosen her as our cake bakery!
What started as a search for a wedding cake vendor for our fantasy themed handfasting- has ended up as a likely lifelong relationship! We initially chose Sugar Beats for their prices, reviews, and beautiful decorated cakes, as well as the fact they offered a smaller cake and cupcake combo. We also appreciated the fact that they offered a tasting (which was more like a feast tbh! They had 4 mini cakes in our preferred flavors.) We were enamored by their Red Velvet (his favorite) and Pink Champagne (My Favorite!) We rounded it out with the ever popular white wedding almond to give our guests some cupcake variety! Ashley was super easy to work with and talk to, and was very receptive of our request to try and dye the red velvet purple, and the cupcakes blue/pink/ and purple as well. It was also a relief that although they were generally closed- that they were willing to do our Monday wedding. They rent a huge variety of beautiful stands, take care of the decorating of the cake table on the day of, AND allow you to leave cake toppers/flowers/signs with them in advance so you literally don't have to worry about a thing cake related. And speaking of cake- not only did it turn out gorgeous, it was DELICIOUS! We got so many compliments on the cupcakes and are still eating the leftovers. We super appreciate Ashley's offer to provide a small cake on her client's anniversary as well- vs freezing it. I truly want to appreciate her baking in it's best quality! Between our deposit and our wedding, I have either ordered cupcakes for other events or picked up a cup of cake crumbles a handful of times. I just know we will be back next year for our year and a day ceremony and then time and time again after that whenever we have a need for delicious cake! I truly regret that I don't have a photo of the cake table to add, but will have to add one once we get our professional photos back. Thank you Ashley- and see you soon!
The customer service was very accommodating to our needs. She helped us plan exactly what we would need for our wedding size. We showed her inspiration pictures and gave her creative freedom from there. The cake turned out beautiful. I would highly recommend booking with Sugar Beats for your weddings and events!!
Absolutely stunning cake!!! Ashley and her crew was wonderful to work with! The amount of professionalism and kindness was the perfect way to help ease the stresses of planning a wedding. We wanted a cake that was Gothic in style, but not gimmicky, and she was excited to take on the challenge without judgment. It was really hard to choose flavors because they all tasted delicious! We also allowed her the artistic freedom to design it and SHE NAILED IT!
Not only was SugarBeats amazing to work with, but upon the date of our wedding, a medical emergency occurred and they adjusted to help as much as they could. So THANK YOU SugarBeats!!!
With Love,
The Tamayo's
We had a great experience Sugar Beats Bakery for our wedding. The owner was very easy to work with and accommodated all our requests. She made us a special bride and groom cake, which was beautiful and delicious. She also did a great job setting up our entire dessert display, even though we had other desserts for our guests that my mom had baked. The price was very fair for tasting and for the cake itself.
Our wedding cake was so pretty and, more importantly, tasted great! We had two tiers (8” pink champagne and 10” red velvet), semi naked with cream cheese frosting for 100 guests. They were punctual with drop off, applied the flowers our florist left, and made the whole process so smooth. Since they offer to make couples a small cake for their 1 year anniversary, we didn’t have to freeze the top layer either. Highly recommend this place for any event needing a cake.
We found Sugar Beats Bake Shop through a google search and we could not be more pleased with our choice. The day of our cake tasting, Ashley was hard at work making cakes and was in the shop herself. Our cake and design was absolutely stunning and perfect. The mini desserts she provided are still raved about when we look back with our friends and family. I highly recommend Ashley and her cakes to anyone who want to make their event personal and memorable!
Sugar Beats did the cake and some mini cupcakes for our wedding. The whole process was smooth and could not have gone any better. From the cake tasting and consultation to them delivering and setting up at our venue it was an absolute pleasure to work with them. I was a little stressed out planning the wedding but Sugar Beats made the cake one of the least my worries because they had it all handled. We went with the white almond flavor and I’m not exaggerating when I say it is the best tasting cake I have ever had. We are very much looking forward to having it again at our anniversary!
These cakes/cupcakes are amazing! Ashley is great to work with and very fast responding. We changed our order so many times and she was always accommodating and nice. Thank you so much!
Sugar Beats did an amazing job with our wedding cakes! Ashley is so kind and incredibly talented. Her shop is adorable, and my husband, parents, and I had a wonderful time doing a cake tasting there. All of the flavors were so delicious that we ended up doing 6 different flavors of assorted cakes and cupcakes. Our guests raved that it was some of the best cake they had ever had! Ashley has an artistic background and designed a beautiful cake topper for us, too. She was very flexible when we wanted to make changes to flavors and quantities, and she was easy to communicate with. We will definitely go back to Sugar Beats for anniversary and birthday cakes in the future. I cannot recommend Ashley more!
The cake and desserts were fantastic! Everyone loved the cake shots and the cake itself was stunning!
Sugar Beats was amazing! I contacted them about doing our wedding cake and the response was very quick. Ashley is very good about answering any questions and providing details about the cake and delivery.
Our cake tasting was amazing, we ended up going with the white almond wedding cake and couldn't have been happier.
The day of the wedding day, the cake was beautiful and tasted amazing. I really do recommend if you are in or around the surrounding KC area to use this bake shop!
I ordered my wedding cake from Sugar Beats Bake Shop based on reviews -- I didn't do a tasting -- and it was BEYOND AMAZING. My guests kept coming back for seconds and even thirds!! I did three different flavors (red velvet, pumpkin spice, and white almond wedding cake), and each was moist and flavorful, and her buttercream icing is the perfect level of sweetness. The service was superb and Ashley will work with you to make sure the cake for your big day is everything you want and more. I will be recommending this cute little bake shop to everyone I know for any kind of event that they might need a cake, cupcake, or other dessert she offers because you will NOT be able to beat the deliciousness, service, beauty, and most of all, price. Stop your search now and go to her website, pick out what you want, and email her, then give her a few days. She WILL get back to you, and you will be over the moon with the results!!
Ashley at Sugar Beats was phenomenal from the start! Starting with the cake tasting to efficient communication. She exceeded our expectations. The cake was delicious, I ate the almond and red velvet. My husband LOVED the dark chocolate cake. I would highly recommend.
Ashley was great to work with - met with us for a personal and private tasting at her appointment only bakeshop. We got to try 4 flavors (and take home the decent size taster cakes!) and discuss our inspiration images, the colors we wanted, and the general vibe we were hoping to achieve. We came up with the perfect marriage of all our ideas - though she also gave us time to change our minds until closer to the wedding. She was kind to offer rentable cake stands, custom cake toppers, etc. Everything turned out amazing! The white wedding cake was fluffy, but not dry, with smooth buttercream (honestly the best one) and the red velvet was rich and decadent with thick cream cheese icing. Highly recommend!
Ashley was very receptive during our initial appointment, taking in our ideas to help us build our wedding dream cake which turned out excellent (tasty flavors).
Will not hesitate to use the Sugar Beat Bake Shop again and again for future events to order customized cakes.
Ashley was awesome! Such a simple process, which was such a relief during the wedding planning process. Ashley made a custom foundant sculpture of our dog for the back of our cake and it was spot on. The cake was such a huge hit at the wedding we didn’t even get a piece because all our guests ate multiple pieces !! I would recommend Ashley and her company to anyone. Most seamless process. Thanks again!
We had our wedding cake made by Sugar Beats. Ashley from Sugar Beats worked with us in a meeting to decide what kind of cake that we wanted (flavor, filling, color, etc). She was straightforward in what to expect and spoke in a professional manner. She also has a wide range of options available for what size/layers of cake we wanted. Sugar Beats delivered the cake on the day of our wedding without any problems. Ashley ensured that the stacking of the layers of the cake were nicely done. She was also flexible to accommodate the last minute headcount changes.
The cake was delicious and everybody loved it! It was also very beautiful and nicely decorated in icing!
We plan on coming back on future specials occasions!
Food: 5/5 | Service: 5/5 | Atmosphere: 5/5
First, the in person tasting we did was so delicious and fun! Ashley was always on top of keeping good communication up until the wedding day and had no issue making changes to our cake size just days before the big day to accommodate our larger than expected guest list. The way our cake was decorated was beautiful and the cake was delicious! We are still enjoying leftovers and can't wait for our 1 year anniversary cake from them as well!
Sugar Beats was the baker for my wedding. Sugar Beats is very accommodating and transparent. I have not worked with a vendor that is so transparent with their pricing. A bonus with Sugar Beats is that you can rent the cake stands. Also, their cakes are delicious.
Our experience with Ashley and Sugar Beats Bake Shop was absolutely spectacular! She made the process of creating our dream wedding cake a seamless process!
During the tasting, Ashley walked us through all of the dessert options, size options and pricing. It was a delight to sit and chat while eating some delicious cakes!
For our wedding, we had a 3 tiered cake with multiple mini desserts (Cookie Dough Shooters, Red Velvet Cake Shooters, Strawberry Cheesecake Parfaits, and Baked Apple Roses). Everything tasted amazing! Our only complaint is that we didn’t save more for ourselves!!
The process of designing our cake was so easy. She has so many options when it comes to the tier sizes and heights and the level of detail in her work is next level! When my now husband and I had picked out our design, I photoshopped photos of the designs in the size and shape of the cake we wanted and she made it happen! It was identical to what we wanted which was perfect!
Not only did Ashley and her team make choosing everything easy, they made the dessert table and setup at our reception look fantastic! She had everything we could have needed to present the desserts and our cake beautifully! This was a great bonus because we didn’t have to buy additional items on our own.
We could not have chosen a better bakery! Not only was everything delicious, but Ashley is an all around great person! I cannot wait for more special occasions to treat ourselves to another one of Sugar Beats Bake Shop’s cakes!
We worked with Ashley and she was amazing to work with! Her cakes were so good and were an absolute hit at our wedding! She made our cake look even better than what we had imagined, and she makes sure that she takes your vision and amplifies it to be even better than what you expect for your cake! We are so happy we got to work with her for our wedding and plan on working with her for many events to come in the future!
Everything about our wedding cake was perfect! Not only was it delicious, it looked amazing as well. Ashley did a great job and we are forever thankful. Her cake and icing recipes are great and she provided the beautiful wood cake stand and even made our topper for us customized with our two dogs. We highly recommend going with Sugar Beats Bakery and I am sure we will be getting cakes from her in the future.
I am just going to echo what i said on the Google Review here---- but I cannot stress enough how wonderful everything was!!!
What can I say, except PHENOMENAL!!
My wedding was just recently, and this cake and extra desserts were perfect in every way.
Our cake was 3 flavors, Pistachio for the top two layers, Mocha Chocolate for the 3rd and Red Velvet for the 4th. All absolutely delicious.
We also had Cookie Dough Bites and Key Lime Pie Shooters, and when I tell you I had about 5 of those each.... soooo good!!
But an added bonus, Ashley Westhoff was a delight to work with. She took time to get to know us and make sure we were all on the right page from the start.
Truly an amazing baker and person.
Can’t recommend more. Clear communication, smooth day of delivery and set up, and the cake was so delicious we did not have any leftover with multiple guest getting seconds.
Our cake was AMAZING. Ashley gave us an amazing experience from the beginning when we came in for a tasting. She went above and beyond with the yummy flavors as well as the beautiful designs on the cake. We even had cupcakes. Our guests loved it too because it was nearly gone! We plan to come back to the shop to get a cake made for our anniversary since we didn’t get to take any of it home! We recommend Sugar Beats to all of our friends who are wedding planning or even planning other events! Thank you so much for making our day so special ❤️
I'm a huge cake person so when I say this was by far one of the best I've ever had, I absolutely mean it!! Also, Ashley absolutely killed it with the naked cake design. It was seriously too good to cut into 😊 Thanks again for going above and beyond!
Our cake was amazing! We went in for a trial with Ashley, and it was the best tasting cake by far. We showed her a picture, and she made our cake exactly how we wanted it! We also rented a beautiful cake stand that pulled the entire look together! The cake delivery was on time and easy! Would highly recommend.
Nothing but perfection. From the start, we reached out and were able to schedule a super last-minute cake tasting. The flavors we tried were all so tasty, that it was hard to pick a flavor. We chose to do a lemon cake, which was absolutely delicious. I lost count of how many people said it was the best cake they ever had! Ashley really had a beautiful artistic eye. We handed her a box of Lego flowers and asked her to make it beautiful, and she knocked it out of the park.
Words cannot express how beautiful our wedding cake looked. The favor was amazing, people and everyone was complimenting how good the cake tasted. I had people calling after the wedding wanting to know who made the cake and and wanted the contact information. Ashley well done !
Ashley was fantastic to work with! She answered all our questions and was very flexible when we wanted to change from our original order. Not only are her cakes and cupcakes delish, she makes sure to decorate them to perfectly fit your theme! The rental also includes the cake/cupcake stands which was a huge cost saver for us! We highly recommend her and hope to get another cake or cupcakes from her soon!
Ashley was so wonderful throughout our whole wedding process! It was "icing on the cake" (pun intended) that she uses almond flour! It reminded me of how my grandparents used to bake and that bit of nostalgia really took it home for us! We loved working for her. Oh, and the desserts were DELICIOUS!
Ashley was incredible. Chase and I did a cake test with her and it was an obvious choice to go with her. We sent her what we wanted our cake to look like and she was so patient with us when we kept changing things up. The cake was delicious and we got tons of compliments on it!
We have nothing but good things to say about Ashley and the service provided by Sugar Beats Bake Shop. Ashley was extremely organized, communicative, and punctual. We got to taste several flavors in store before landing on a classic red velvet. I showed her an inspo pic and the cake she provided on our wedding day was spot on. She arranged the flowers provided by our florist beautifully and the cake topper was exactly what we were wanting. Overall we are extremely pleased with our decision to go with Ashley and can't wait to purchase an anniversary cake through her for years to come :)
Absolutely love this place!!! Ashley was able to squeeze us in and the cake looks beautiful and tastes even better. We also went with a wide variety from of cupcakes. Thank you so much
Edward Collins (Father if the Bride, Madison)
We used Sugar Beats for our wedding cake and literally could not be happier with our choice! Ashley was amazing to work with from scheduling a tasting to designing the cake to executing it. She made my literal dreams come true and it tasted amazing! Ashley was so responsive and helpful even when I changed the design. I could not recommend her or Sugar Beats more.
Phenomenal desserts! They were a huge hit and looked beautiful. Very upfront about pricing and fantastic to work with.
Ashley was easy to communicate with and made it extremely simple to order our wedding cake! We had three tiers, each with a different flavor. Each one we picked was delicious, and we got multiple compliments the day of. I did ask for to go boxes knowing we would have extra cake, but they seemed to be forgotten. I didn’t catch it until after I was done getting ready. That was the only con per se, but we made it work!
Ashley was so easy to work with and was very responsive with communication! We had so many compliments on our cake. We let her do her thing and the cake was more than beautiful! We did a 3 tier cake with 3 different flavors. All the layers were delicious and so moist! The presentation of the cake was so elegant which matched our wedding views. We couldn’t recommend Ashley and her business enough!
Was attending a wedding as was completely amazed by the cake, it’s decorations and taste. It wasn’t a cake it was a piece of art. It exceeded my expectations of what a wedding cake should taste like. Any couple looking for a baking artist look no further!
Ashley is alway very professional and her cakes are the best. Any detail that customers would like she makes sure to pay attention to detail and makes it even better.
Sugar Beat Bake Shop is comprised of the most talented bakers with the most customer service based team and the most creative artists. All items are top notch and I would recommend them to anyone for any occasion.
Ashleigh created the most amazing cupcakes for a shower my sisters threw for my daughters bridal shower. The theme was a garden party and each cupcake was a different color and type of flower: hydrangeas, roses, dahlias, etc. The colors were beautiful and the taste of the cupcakes was out of this world. I have dreams about her amazing frosting and perfect 'sponge' of her cakes. Her professionalism and timeliness is right on! I highly recommend Sugar Beats Bake Shop for your event. You won't be disappointed!
Ashley is amazing! She is so talented and her cakes are delicious! From the cake tasting to the final cake, I LOVED it. Perfection all the way around. Everyone at the wedding raved about the cake’s presentation and the taste! So moist and delicious! I have since ordered many cakes from her and will continue to use her in the future!
We’ve used Sugar Beats Bake shop three times in the past. Twice for birthday parties. The last was my parents 50th wedding anniversary.
She recreated their original 5 tier wedding cake from scratch using just a single picture! It was seriously impressive and all of our guests loved it!
Ashley made the most beautiful cake for a shower that I hosted. She made my vision come to life and designed a cake that made the guest of honor over the moon happy. The two layer cake was her traditional white cake on bottom and a strawberry layer on the top. I would highly recommend her again! Ashley was a delight to work with!
I have used SugarBeats for personal and business occasions and she never disappoints! If you are lucky enough to get on her calendar (pro tip: book early), you will not only get a beautiful product — you will fight over every last crumb. Owner Ashley is the perfect combo of skilled and creative — if you have a vision, she can meet (or exceed) it. And if you’re stumped on what you want, this is where she really shines. She is a creative at heart and the designs she comes up with are second to none. Last (but certainly not least), when I book with her I always know she’ll bend over backward to make me happy. She is customer-focused and really, truly wants your cake to be the highlight of the occasion. Run, don’t walk, to book SugarBeats.
Professional, passionate
Ashley is an amazing artist! Her cake blew me away!!
This was an easy 5 star. From the moment I reached out to Sugar Beats Bake Shop, Ashley was instantly helpful! Her knowledge of how much cupcakes, cookies, and cake we would need was spot on but the best part was after we got married and getting to see the cake of our dreams sitting at the venue ready for us to celebrate!! When we got to cut into the cake, I had to go back for another bite! We absolutely loved everything!! 😊
Ashley did an absolute amazing job on my wedding cake and dessert table. Everything was delicious and I got so many compliments. We loved working with her from the start when we went to her bakery for a taste test, YUM! She listened to what my vision was and was spot on, her communication with us was great and pricing is very reasonable. You wont be disappointed if you use Sugar Beats Bake shop!
After multiple tastings, we chose Sugar Beats. The cake was good, Ashley was great – she listened, came up with great design ideas - we left our tasting feeling we’d found our match. Everything went well up to the day of the wedding. The cake was delivered and set up by Ashley. Our planner returned to our venue and found the cake leaning, and furthermore – dowel rods were placed under the unfinished cardboard base, sticking out for all to see and the cardboard bending around it. Our reception was held at a high-end venue, and this “look” was obviously not fitting for its location. The cake table was not confirmed by Ashley prior to set and needed to be moved. It took 6 people to move this table to ensure that the cake wouldn’t fall due to its instability. The cake was not level on at least 3 tiers, the cakes weren’t centered on top of each other when stacked, so it was glaringly apparent why the cake was leaning. The gold accents on the cake were to be metallic, not a yellow/brown paint job. The edges of the cake weren’t sharp and crisp. I will give credit where due, the beading to mimic the beading of the wedding dress looked great. Everything else looked rushed. A call was placed by the planner to ask about the dowel rods and how we could make the appearance look better. Ashley immediately stated that the acrylic stand was the issue causing the cake to be crooked. Simply not true, the layers not being level, the cakes not being stacked evenly - basic fundamentals – was why the cake didn’t stand straight. While on speaker, with multiple witnesses, the MOB expressed her disappointment in the finished product. From a distance, if you disregarded the dowel rods, it was crooked, but didn’t look horrible. If you looked more closely, much of it was sloppy. We shared that we were surprised that Ashley would have been proud of the overall display of the cake she left. Ashley was upset that we were unhappy, and asked what she could do at that point. Obviously at that point there was nothing to be done. She offered – not asked by us - to make a refund, and we agreed to that, and appreciated her offer to do so. We were disappointed, but we didn't let the evening be derailed by that. We found some leftover florals to cover the base and dowel rods and made it look better. Ashley did post pictures of our cake on her Instagram page (minus the dowel rods - we have those) and went as far as to add some extra verbiage – not noted in other posts – regarding the time and effort, time spent away from family/interests, to provide a product – we can assume this passive aggressive message was directed at us. After the event, Ashley spoke with our planner. Her concern - would we be retaliative and what she should be expecting. Our planner assured her that we would not go that route because we felt Ashley handled things appropriately – or at least we took Ashley for her word. Ashley told our planner, multiple times, that she would be reaching out to us – almost a month, we’ve heard nothing. Ashley asked the planner for our address to mail us a check, almost a month, we’ve heard nothing. It’s very disappointing that this is how she’s chosen to handle the situation. Initially, we were impressed, we weren’t going to provide a less than stellar review, but we do feel it’s necessary that others understand her business approach. We have had wedding guests inquire for their upcoming wedding, and we've suggested other options.
Response from the Vendor on 07/09/2023
Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on your experience with Sugar Beats Bake Shop. We sincerely apologize for the issues you encountered with the cake and the subsequent handling of the situation. We appreciate your honest feedbac...
k, as it helps us improve our services and ensure that such incidents do not happen again in the future.
First and foremost, we want to express our deepest apologies for the cake not meeting your expectations. As a business, we take pride in delivering exceptional products and services to our customers. We strive to ensure that every aspect of our work, including design and presentation, meets the highest standards. We understand that your experience with these specific elements fell short of what you had hoped for, and for that, we apologize.
In light of your experience, we understand your decision to share your disappointment with others. We hope that future customers will understand that this incident does not reflect the level of service and craftsmanship we strive to provide. We were glad to hear that the cake was enjoyed to the extent that there was none left at the end of the night.
Once again, we sincerely apologize for the shortcomings you experienced with Sugar Beats Bake Shop. We value your feedback, and we are committed to learning from this incident to better serve our customers in the future. If there is anything else we can do to address your concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to us directly.
Run, don't walk to book Ashley at Sugar Beats Bake Shop for all your wedding sweet needs!! Wow, just wow! I'm a huge lover of wedding cakes; basically my favorite part as a guest. Ashley's cakes (multiple flavors) are the best I've ever had. We had soooo many compliments on our cake and cupcakes at our wedding in June of 2023. Ashley was so easy to work with and very reasonably priced. Her shop is the cutest to do a tasting at, and you can shop for all the little add on's you need. My mom told me the next day she'll never order a cake from anywhere besides Sugar Beats in the future! I cannot recommend Sugar Beats enough!!! Thank you, Ashley! 😊
Response from the Vendor on 07/09/2023
Thank you so much, Heather! Your support and feedback means so much to me. You were a joy to work with as well and I look forward to many more celebrations with you and your family in the future!
Ashley was so great and easy to work with for our wedding cake! The cake is absolutely delicious and the design was exactly what we wanted. We did a four tier cake and we received so many compliments about the cake during and after the wedding. Can’t recommend Sugar Beats Bake Shop enough!
Response from the Vendor on 07/09/2023
Thank you, Kathleen! I absolutely love how your cake fit with your venue and all of the gorgeous details you picked out for your wedding day! I'm so grateful to have been a small part of your special day and look forward to many more celebrati...
ons in the future!
Ashley was absolutely fantastic from beginning to end! We had a specific idea in mind of what we wanted our cake to look like and she took the time to sketch out our vision an ensure we had exactly what we wanted! In addition, the cake & cupcakes were DELICIOUS! We had a 2 tier cake and a variety of cupcakes, and it was all anyone could talk about for days after our wedding!
Overall we absolutely loved working with Ashley! She is the absolute best & I will be using her for all my baking needs going forward.
Response from the Vendor on 07/09/2023
Oh my gosh, Anna - you're the best! I'm so glad we were able to create your dream wedding cake and work so collaboratively. I just loved your crystal cake topper and all of the personal touches you included in your special day. I was so honor...
ed to be a small part of it and look forward to many more celebrations in the future!
We loved Sugar Beats Bake Shop! My husband and I used her for our summer wedding. Ashley is wonderful to work with! We ordered a traditional wedding cake as well as various flavors of cupcakes for our wedding. She included this all in a lovely dessert display and everything was delicious! My favorite were the strawberry cupcakes. :)
Response from the Vendor on 07/09/2023
Thank you so much, Emily! Strawberry is one of our favorites as well! Especially for summer! We look forward to many more celebrations with you in the future!
Ashley was fantastic from the cake tasting all the way until after the wedding!! She made sure everything went smoothly for us and the cake looked exactly how we envisioned. It tasted amazing and I couldn’t recommend Ashley enough for all your bakery needs, especially weddings!
Thank you so much for such an amazing cake. It was simple and so beautiful. The cake was also so delicious and got lots of feedback from the guest. We will be for sure be recommending sugar beats bake shop!!
If you’ve stumbled across Sugar Beats while looking for you cake, look no further. They are very easy to plan with, they were very patient and generous during the consultation, and the flavors and textures are just absolutely amazing. The styles they do are so beautiful you won’t even believe it’s your cake! They were on time for delivery and took care of business. Everyone I’ve had taste their stuff fell in love immediately. I have absolutely no complaints, everybody should try Sugar Beats!!
We chose Sugar Beats to do our wedding cake and our cupcakes. They were delicious! Everyone said their favorite was the red velvet with cream cheese frosting.
We had a few problems through communication over email for how we wanted our cake to be designed, but other than that it was great. She set up the cake/cupcake table beautifully.
We made a thousand decisions when planning our wedding. Hiring Sugar Beats Cake Shop to bake our cake was one of our very best decisions! Ashley is incredibly professional to work with. She made everything so easy for us, and gave us wise advice when we asked for guidance.
She made our “tasting” a truly lovely experience, letting us savor several flavors she’d made especially for us in her pretty shop. Honestly, it felt like a little tea party!
She helped us with our choices, and we left there feeling great confidence in her.
Over the next few months, we communicated through email because she always wanted to keep a record of everything we said. The week of the wedding, she communicated about exactly what time she would deliver the cake so we could let the venue know.
And the cake! Oh my. It was the most beautiful cake I’ve seen. And the taste? Amazing. My favorite was the dark chocolate, but several people said the white almond was the best white cake they’d ever tasted. It was very moist, which many white cakes are not.
If you are being married in the Kansas City Metro Area, you should absolutely choose Sugar Beats for your cake!
Everything was perfect and DELICIOUS! I had so many compliments from guests and asked who made our dessert and cake. Came on time and looked beautiful. Will definitely keep using Sugar Beats Bake Shop for other events as well.
Sugar Beats did an incredible job with my daughter's wedding cake. It was a birch bark tree with their initials "carved into" it. It looks amazing and also tasted incredible (pink champagne). They also perfected their gluten free version of this same cake for those who have celiac in our guest list. Everything was amazing!
Hands down the best cake! Ashley did an amazing job and we could not be happier with the results. From the moment we taste tested the cake samples we knew this was the shop we were going to use for our wedding cake. Our cake was beautiful and delicious. Our guest are still talking about the cake and several have asked for Ashley's contact information! Ashley was very easy to work with and was supportive throughout the process. Additionally she is a gay ally which was important to us. We highly recommend Sugar Beats Bake Shop!
Ashley was a dream to work with. My husband and I knew she was it when we sampled her cakes for our wedding. So much that we ended up with 4 different flavors at our wedding! :) People still talk about our wedding cake to do this day. If you’re wondering if Sugar Beats Bake Shop is the way to go, do it. You won’t regret it.
We LOVED our wedding cake from sugar beats!!! It is so moist and the icing is perfection! We have continued to order more cakes from her and they are amazing! We got white almond wedding cake, pumpkin spice, and chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes for our wedding and they were a huge hit!