AvlCakeLady LLC
Restaurant, Bakery in Asheville, NC
- Address
- 34 New Leicester Hwy Ste C, Asheville, NC, 28806
- Phone
- (828) 412-3388
- Website
- avlcakelady.com
About AvlCakeLady LLC
AvlCakeLady LLC is a bakery and dessert shop at 34 New Leicester Highway in West Asheville specializing in scratch-made cakes, cupcakes, and Southern comfort desserts. Signature items include tres leches cake, carrot cake layered with cream cheese frosting, pound cake, and the shop's well-known banana pudding, alongside cookies and a rotating lineup of cupcake flavors such as red velvet, cookies and cream, double chocolate, and salted caramel. Custom cake orders are a core part of the business, ranging from decorated birthday cakes and character or novelty designs to multi-tier wedding cakes for weddings and other events, with owner Shana working directly with customers to design each order. The bakery also accommodates gluten-free requests. In addition to walk-in service, AvlCakeLady offers delivery through DoorDash and Uber Eats, making its desserts accessible beyond its West Asheville storefront. Customers consistently describe the desserts as moist, fresh, and reasonably priced for the Asheville market, with the shop earning a reputation for warm, hands-on customer service and close attention to detail on custom orders.
AvlCakeLady LLC is a small, owner-operated bakery run by Shana, who personally oversees the shop's baking and custom cake design work out of its West Asheville location. The business has built its identity around approachable, homestyle Southern desserts, with banana pudding and pound cake serving as signature items alongside custom celebration cakes. AvlCakeLady is recognized locally as one of Asheville's Black-owned businesses, appearing on community lists highlighting Black-owned shops in the area. The bakery has grown a loyal following largely through word of mouth and repeat custom cake orders for birthdays and weddings, and it maintains a strong reputation reflected in consistently high customer ratings across food quality, service, and atmosphere.
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