Short Street Cakes

This is a review mainly of Short Street Cakes’ Mardi Gras King Cake, rather than of the entire bakery. Since we lived in New Orleans for about 10 years, we like to at least pay our respects to Carnival with a King Cake or two. We heard that Short Street Cakes had a good version, called and ordered one ($ 25 for a fairly large one, with cinnamon and sugar and a white cream cheese frosting.) It didn’t have cream cheese filling, which New Orleans has moved toward lately, but that didn’t bother me because I prefer the traditional style without the fillings.
I have to admit it didn’t quite live up to our expectations. For one thing, it wasn’t «New Orleans» enough — just a few tasteful little purple, green and gold sprinkle dots rather than the gaudy, glitzy bright blobs of the Mardi Gras colors that you normally see.
The King Cake did come with three bead necklaces in the cake box — throw me sumthin’, Mister!
It wasn’t bad. It just wasn’t quite New Orleans.
Still, Short Street is in West Asheville, and I like to support West Asheville businesses, so I’lll give it four stars.

I really love cupcakes & cake.
The cupcake I purchased was dry and the icing was sour.
I would still give it another try just to see if anything else will please my taste buds there.
However, my first experience wasn’t a pleasant one.

We got our wedding cake from Short Street Cakes. I was amazed at the detailing and I can tell the person who made it slaved for hours. Just look at the photo! They even posted it to their Facebook page before letting us take it home. I like a dense cake with real substance and it was just that. Everyone loved it.

I can’t rave enough about the cupcakes they whipped up for me on short notice! I was so grateful! The shop is cute, the staff is amazing, and mostly the cupcakes are supreme! I can’t wait to explore more of their selection soon!

Whenever we are in Asheville we come to this spot. If showing up later in the day be aware that they might be out of cakes so you’ll choose among cupcakes and cookies. Lesson: Call to order in advance.
But I have to say … yesterday’s counter service was a real letdown. The young woman who was working the counter could not have been less friendly or interested in helping us. I asked questions about ingredients (related to an allergy) and she seemed to blow them off. After I ordered a few cookies she handed me exactly the flavors I did not order. All in all it seemed as if she was doing me a favor by taking my order. Maybe she was having a bad day but the treatment seemed really unwarranted — and not what I would expect from a local business.

Have to stop here every time we are in Asheville. Strawberry rhubarb pie is the bomb! Good cupcakes too, but harder to find a yummy pie.
Very cute interior. Cheerful and helpful staff.

Yum. I got their velvet cake and it was delish. I’ve also been at events where their cakes were served and they have always been good. And checking out their instagram feed, their decorating is well done. It looks like they can do custom decorations all really well. I’d not even think twice about picking up a cake from here for any special occasion.

So the lovely owner of this business was SOOOOOO accommodating. I mean how often does a person leave a so-​so (not bad) review and have the owner contact them to change their mind???
Jodi made good on her promise for a free cake almost a whole year after I tried the Ashevelvet. Last time… Well… Read my last review.
This time! It was better. Now unfortunately almost everybody and their mama brought a dessert. Not just any dessert but a «mushy» one. You know dirt cake, Banana poke pudding cake, etc. oh and they were goooood. What is it with mushy desserts that make everyone mouth water? So unfortunately I didn’t get to the cake until the next day but when i tasted it…
Oh man it was sooooo moist. I mean really moist. Even 3 days later (yea we were still eating on it) it was still moist.
Now to be honest I didn’t get much chocolate from the cake and the cream cheese frosting… Well it needed more cream cheese. But hey I’m not going to knock it.
My rating is for toning down the sugar, making it moist, and overall just good customer service.
If you all are reading this Short Street Cakes: if you can make the frosting more cream cheesy and the cake a little more chocolately. You all will definitely be rockin the red velv… errrr Ashevelvet game.
Thanks for the free cake. Really appreciate it!
Peace.

We ordered a cake from them for a graduation online. It was totally fantastic!!! Price was great and the product was perfect.

I live out of state, was coming to Asheville to be married and wanted a special cake to be delivered to our restaurant for a small reception.
I found reviews of SSC online and went with them. I blindly decided, from out of state, which cake to order and set it up for delivery to the restaurant (salted caramel cake).
The cake was gorgeous, and it was truly the best thing I have ever had! It was so good it made my toes curl!!! Thank you Short Street Cakes!
PS– the little «scrape» you see on the picture happened at the restaurant as the server took it out of the box.

Short Street Cakes made the most beautiful and delicious cake for our wedding. It was like a dream come true. Everyone raved about it. I’ve had many of their other cakes as well and have never been disappointed. The salted caramel cake is like taking a step back in time and getting a hug from grandma. The pie cakes are out of this world! What? A pie inside a cake? Thank you for this delicious wonder! Everything is made from scratch using high-​quality ingredients, and you can really tell. Now I’m craving cake!

Not only super delicious, order the hummingbird cake if you can, but the girl that I spoke with on the phone, helped me create an order that fit perfectly to what I needed. The matchbook with the birthday candle is an extremely nice touch.

Ordered a cake from here for a Winter Wonderland baby shower. I had ordered a baby blue winter cake with a sleeping baby on top. Although the cake was decorated beautifully and to standards, the entire cake was purple! It was incredibly disappointing to have paid $ 80 for a cake and it to be the wrong color. The cake tasted moist and soft and the icing was a nice flavor (buttercream). Cake tasted amazing, but really disappointed.

Dear Short Street Cakes,
I just wanted to send you a message and let you know how awesome your staff treated me today. I called this morning hoping to have a treat delivered to a good friend of mine, a fellow RN, at the hospital. I now live out of town and I wanted to surprise her on her Bday. Your staff was happy to help despite my short notice. They delivered the cupcakes today — - and were turned away at the reception desk where my friend works because she wasn’t there! I was disappointed because I had called the floor ahead of time and notified them of my plans… these people are also my friends and former coworkers… but none the less a miscommunication meant the treat was not delivered. Your delivery person called me directly to rectify the situation and offered to try again and deliver them tomorrow when I know my friend will be there. Thank you and your staff so much. It is really hard being away from loved ones on special days and you have allowed me to surprise her with a delicious treat. Thanks again.

Come on this is Asheville and your a specialty cupcake shop… you don’t consistently have a gluten free vegan option!!!

I love and adore Short Street cakes with all my heart and soul. They have made every birthday cake I’ve had since they opened the store they even made my wedding cake. They can decorate your cake in any fashion you desire and they will impress you and all your friends. I dream about their cupcakes I wake up in a cold sweat tasting the Nommy goodness in my mouth. if you are visiting Asheville you should get a cupcake or or a pie or a whole cake sit down and devour the perfection. I will always get my birthday and any major functions cake from them. They have made my taste buds snobs.

Gluten-​free cupcakes were amazing
Cute boutique shop!
Loved it :)

Hubby & I have loved short street since it opened. Jody is a fabulous baker, business woman, and person. The ash-​velvet (red velvet) is amazeballs and my all time favorite cupcake ever is the fresh strawberry one. YUM. Don’t let the rather sketchy buildings attached fool or dissuade you, the shop is delightful and clean and they sell cups if milk if u feel the need to pound a couple of their tiny cupcakes while checking out.
For birthdays we order our cakes from here– Omg.

Lisa’s cupcake adventures continues (in pre-​production right now… soon to be on the air)…
Dang, glad I had a GPS because this place was OFF the beaten path and seemingly in the middle of nowhere (coming from someone that isn’t from Asheville).
The place wasn’t much to look at. It sorta appeared like a factory/​warehouse and the presentation of the cupcakes was certainly nothing special.
However, the actual cupcakes were wonderful – likely one of the best I have ever had.
We tried the salted caramel (which really didn’t have any salt and was only drizzled with caramel)…it basically tasted like a sweet version of vanilla-​vanilla. But very good regardless. We also tried the vegan blueberry/​lemon cupcake and it was amazing. You would never know it was vegan. It was super moist, fresh and enjoyable.
Lastly, we tried their gluten free sweet potato cupcake with cream cheese frosting. It was awesome. Excellent flavor, not too sweet, the cake was dense enough but also light and not too rich. It was a great balance of flavors.
You can just tell this cupcakery is in it to win it. They are the real deal. Real ingredients. Really fresh. Really skilled. They know what they are doing and they do it very, very well. I wish there were better flavors but it was a Monday so I’m sure they weren’t expecting much activity. There were only like 5 or 6 of each cupcake on display. The cupcakes are rather small but I am okay with that… sometimes the smaller ones trap in more flavor and tend to be moister.
I think they focus on their cakes more than anything. The menu looked absolutely heavenly… Raspberry Almond Cake, Italian Cream Cake, Mexican Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, etc. If I was local and needed a cake for an event there is no doubt I would hit this place up.

I just wanted to leave an update about how our wedding cake turned out. It was delicious! We ordered the Banana Fosters Cake with Spiced Cream Cheese icing and we were not disappointed. We received many compliments on the unique cake flavor.
I actually had a few guests ask if my grandma made the cake, which is exactly what I was going for. If you are looking for a picture perfect, sky high, fondant covered, country club cake… then this is not the place for you. But If you want a simple, natural, delicious wedding cake then this is a great place. We had a laid back, bbq wedding and our cake fit the bill.
I also enjoyed working with them. They didn’t call me a thousand times like a lot of the other vendors we worked with. I had my tasting, she called to confirm a few weeks before the wedding, and they showed up with the cake. There was no headache involved.
My maid of honor surprised me with one of their cakes at my bridal shower. It was the Chocolate Porter cake and as always, was great.