Sweet Rhi – Page 2 – Award winning Sweet Rhi offers Wedding Cakes, Specialty Cakes, Desserts, Pastries and more!

Baking up happiness, one bite at a time!

Award winning Sweet Rhi offers wedding cakes, specialty cakes, desserts, pastries and more!

Each order is hand-crafted using high quality ingredients. We pride ourselves on providing the best product, using local and seasonal offerings whenever possible.

Food brings us together, it’s a labor of love.

Chef & Owner Rhiannon Chandler Dillon, aka “Sweet Rhi,” has over 20 years experience in the food service industry. After studying culinary arts at AB Tech in Asheville, North Carolina, she began an extremely successful career as a pastry chef while nurturing her deep passion for food.

Rhiannon developed her talents while working at several restaurants around the US, where she had the opportunity to work under world-renowned chefs and study several different facets of the culinary world. Although her focus has primarily been in pastry arts and baking, she has also worked as a high-end caterer, a private chef, and even as a culinary teacher at a local art school.

From her Southern upbringing in the mountains of North Carolina, Rhiannon has lived and worked in Georgia, Arizona, Oregon, Northern California and Colorado. While working as a Pastry Chef for a boutique hotel in Telluride, CO, she began to receive personal requests for her cakes and services. These requests led her to branch out on her own, and in 2011 Sweet Rhi was born!

After leaving Colorado in 2014 to move back to her Southern roots, Rhiannon was thrilled to bring her business and passion to Charleston, South Carolina. Now going into her tenth year of business in Charleston she has become recognized for her talents and has open a Cake studio. At this time her Cake studio is by appointment only, but welcomes new and returning customers to pop in and say hello to add a little sweetness to your day!

“My passion for cooking and food comes from my family and my travels. As far back as I can remember food has influenced my life. From the age of 3, was making biscuits with my Grandmother Minne Mae. With southern influence from Dad’s family and Italian influence from Mom’s, food has been a way of life.”

Rhiannon Chandler Dillon

I love creating beautiful & delicious works of art, enjoy!

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Cake should be fun.

Here’s our signature flavor pairings, or customize your own!

*Nuts and berries are optional. All vanilla based cakes and chocolate cake can be made gluten free or vegan.

Signature Flavors

Oreo Cake – Vanilla Oreo cake with vanilla buttercream and crushed Oreo in between the layers

PB & J – Vanilla cake paired with raspberry or blackberry jam and pb buttercream

Tiramisu Cake – Vanilla cake soaked with a coffee simple syrup, layered with a mascarpone mousse filling, chocolate shavings with an espresso buttercream

Banana Pudding Cake – Vanilla cake w/ banana pudding, Nilla wafers, and vanilla buttercream

Lemon Chiffon Cake – Lemon cake layered with lemon curd, fresh berries and vanilla buttercream *berries optional

The Perfect Chocolate Cake – Simple, rich and not too sweet! Chocolate cake with a chocolate icing

* we like adding fresh raspberries or Raspberry jam to this one, or as is!

The Fluffer Nutter – Vanilla cake, Nutella filling with vanilla buttercream

The Royal Wedding Cake – Lemon cake, elderberry flower simple syrup, lemon curd with a vanilla buttercream *pairs nicely with blueberries

Smores Cake – Chocolate cake, ganache, vanilla buttercream with graham cracker crumbs

Fresh Strawberry Cake – Vanilla based cake with fresh strawberries folded and baked into the cake with vanilla buttercream-Nice and light for a Spring or Summer wedding!

Classic Wedding Cake – Vanilla cake with apricot jam with almond buttercream

Biscoff Cake – Coffee and cookies, my favorite! Vanilla cake soaked with a coffee simple syrup, crushed Biscoff cookies in between the layers with espresso buttercream

Red Velvet Cake – A Southern favorite, paired with cream cheese icing

Whiskey Caramel Pecan Cake – Vanilla caramel swirl pecan cake with a whiskey caramel simple syrup and salted caramel buttercream

Hummingbird Cake – Banana cake, pineapple and pecans paired with cream cheese icing

Italian Cream Cake – Coconut cake with cream cheese icing with toasted pecans layered inside

Carrot Cake – Carrot’s, pecans, pineapple and coconut paired with cream cheese icing

Chocolate PB Cake – Chocolate cake with ganache and pb buttercream

Peaches and Cream Cake – Vanilla cake, fresh peaches (seasonal) and vanilla buttercream

Caramel Apple Layer Cake – Taste of Fall! Vanilla spice cake layered with local apples with a Caramel buttercream

Pink Champagne Cake – With a white chocolate buttercream

Key lime Cake – with keylime curd, vanilla buttercream and Graham cracker crumb

Pumpkin Spice Cake – with cream cheese icing- Perfect for a Fall wedding!

Spicy Chocolate Cherry Cake – Chocolate cake w/ a hint of spice in the chocolate ganache with cherry Jam & our fudgy chocolate icing

Olive oil Pistachio Cake – Olive oil based cake with pistachios, lemon curd and vanilla buttercream

Holiday Cake – Citrus spice cake with cranberry jam & white chocolate buttercream

Or customize your own cake flavors. If you can dream up the flavor, we can make it!

Cakes

Vanilla

Chocolate

Yellow Butter Cake

Funfetti

German Chocolate Cake

Red Velvet

Marble

Chocolate chip cake

Fresh Strawberry

Coconut Cake

Carrot Cake

Almond Citrus Cake

Lemon Cake

Vanilla Hefeweizen Cake

Buttercream & Icing

Vanilla Buttercream

Almond Buttercream

Chocolate Icing

PB Buttercream

White Chocolate Buttercream

Nutella Buttercream

Cream Cheese icing

Chocolate Chip Cake

Strawberry Cream Cheese icing

Chocolate Stout Cake

Lavender Cake

Almond Cake

Keylime Cake

Chocolate Cream Cheese

Filings

Fresh jams: Raspberry, Blackberry, Peach, Strawberry Rhubarb, Apricot, Strawberry

Lemon Curd

Keylime Curd

Ganache

White Chocolate Mousse

Hazelnut Mousse

Chocolate Mousse

Cannoli filling

Mini Desert Menu

In addition to wedding cakes and specialty cakes we do offer mini desserts for your event. Here are our most popular items. Don’t see what you are looking, just ask! All items must be ordered by the dozen.

• Cupcakes Small or Medium size
• French macarons
• Crème brule
• Cheesecakes
• Tiramisu
• Chocolate mousse
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Sugar cookies

• Bourbon pecan truffles
• Oreo drops
• Strawberry shortcake
• Banana pudding shooters
• Seasoanl mini pies and tarts
• Cream puffs
• Cannoli’s
• Brownie bites
• Cake pops

• Cupcakes Small or Medium size
• French macarons
• Crème brule
• Cheesecakes
• Tiramisu
• Chocolate mousse
• Chocolate chip cookies
• Sugar cookies

• Bourbon pecan truffles
• Oreo drops
• Strawberry shortcake
• Banana pudding shooters
• Seasoanl mini pies and tarts
• Cream puffs
• Cannoli’s
• Brownie bites
• Cake pops

The Process

It all starts with the freshest ingredients!

Baked fresh from scratch, and NEVER frozen, we use the finest ingredients available. We strive to source ingredients that are local, natural and organic as possible. My studio kitchen is fill with unbleached flour, local eggs, homemade jams, local fruit and homemade vanilla.

Expect to find a taste of the South in every bite!

Cake Tastings

I would love to set up a cake tasting with you and chat about your special day! Cake tastings are by appointment only. At the tasting you can expect to talk about your wedding cake or dessert display ideas, colors, the feel or vibe of your wedding, and the location. This all will help me get to know you and your style, so we can design your dream cake together! Since I can’t bake every cake for you to try, you will sample a variety of our most popular cakes, fillings and icings-Unless there is something specific you would like to try. Cake tastings are $50. Tasting are made for two, but could be shared with a third person. You can always add an additional tastings for other family or friends that would like to join in the fun! If you are unavailable for a cake tasting, we can still move forward with the process without a formal meeting. I’m happy to set up a time to talk over the phone or through email about your special day.

Booking

We recommend booking at least 6-8 months in advance. Dates are on a first come first serve basis, since we can only take so many per week. When you are ready to “Save the Date”, we require a non-refundable deposit of $250 along with a signed cake contract. This deposit goes towards your balance that is due two weeks before your event. All changes must be finalized one month prior to your event.

Pricing

Every cake is custom made for your special day! Cakes are designed to reflect the personal style of the Bride and Groom, their décor and the “feel” for the wedding. So, no two cakes are alike! We do not have a set price list, and pricing varies based on the design of the cake and the flavors chosen. A good place to start is to determine if you want a Buttercream Cream or Fondant cake. Fondant cakes do require more work, so they tend to cost more. If you have a photo of a style of cake you like, feel free to email it to me. This will help me determine the look you are going for, and I can send you a quote. Although we do not copy others work, I can create a similar design, making it your own.

A small fee is required for day of set and delivery depending on the location of your event.

Cake stands and cake tables are available for rental.

Mini Dessert menu pricing is available upon request.

     Excellent  
     Based on 55 reviews 
    
 
 
   
 
 
        
   Alexandra Rivera 
 2024-02-22
 
 
  Hands down the best cake I've ever had! Sweet Rhi knocked it out of the park with our wedding cake (biscoff cookie and s'mores flavors) and so many of our guests agreed it was the best they've had. We're so excited to dig into our anniversary cake in a year!
  
 
       
   Madison Case 
 2023-12-17
 
 
  Used for our wedding day!! We had a variety of desserts as well as cake and everything was so delicious!! Guest loved every bite!
  
 
       
   Ashleigh Dickson 
 2023-12-12
 
 
  Rhi made our wedding day extra sweet with our wedding cake, a groom's cake, and mini cupcakes. I thought we ordered way too much, but everything was so good that we only had a few mini cupcakes left at the end of the night (plus the top of our wedding cake). Everything was delicious! Our wedding cake was the traditional wedding flavor, the groom's cake was smores cake, and the mini cupcakes were chocolate and caramel, lemon curd, and holiday spice. Highly recommend! We will post pictures of the cakes and cupcakes once we get them :)
  
 
       
   Alex Kramer 
 2023-11-29
 
 
  We got in touch with Rhi a few months before our wedding, and we’re so glad we did!! She was very easy to work with, and helped us stay within budget while delivering a gorgeous and delicious cake!

We had a great time at our tasting - the hardest part was selecting cake and icing flavors because they were all so good! We decided on strawberry for one tier, and lemon for the other.  We added fresh blueberries to the lemon layer on Rhi’s recommendation, and our guests loved it!

If you’re looking for a bakery in the Charleston area, look no further, hire Sweet Rhi!
  
 
       
   Lisa Pounds 
 2023-11-20
 
 
  Thank you for the beautiful wedding cake!  It was not only beautiful but very tasty.  You were able to match the boquet colors with the flowers on the cake.  Amazing!  Exactly what we wanted!
  
 
       
   Steven R 
 2023-11-12
 
 
  My wife and I recently held an intimate wedding ceremony in Charleston, SC for our immediate family, and we were looking for a cake / cupcake combination for the occasion.  Rhiannon was wonderful to work with!  She got us in for a last minute cake tasting and cupcake tasting and my oh my were they delicious!!  Our family loved the taste of everything, and we are so excited to pull out our cake on our anniversary to celebrate the memories. Thank you so much Rhiannon for being a part of our big day and surpassing any/all expectations that we had!!
  
 
       
   Rick Filippetti 
 2023-11-10
 
 
  We got a hummingbird cake for our wedding from Sweet Rhi, well worth it. Rhiannon was also able to  squeeze us in basically last minute. The cake came out perfect and tasted amazing. She also let us borrow a cake stand for a small deposit that she returned as soon as I brought it back. Highly recommend!!
  
 
       
   Alexandra Pettit 
 2023-06-22
 
 
  The whole process with Rhi was absolutely amazing! She made us an absolutely beautiful (and delicious) cake and dessert display for our wedding! The process was simple, easy, and fun from start to finish. She made a cake for my cousin's wedding as well, and they had wonderful things to say also. We would absolutely recommend her to anyone! Thank you, Rhi!!
  
 
       
   Mary Mullins 
 2023-06-13
 
 
  I chose Sweet Rhi for my wedding cake and desserts. She was beyond phenomenal through the entire process from start to finish. My wedding cake looked better than I could've imagined and she really caught what I was looking for. The desserts she did as well were a big hit and flew off the table at my reception! We even had a small to go box for my husband and I and the desserts were just as good just a few days later! I couldn't have asked for anyone better to make my cake for my wedding. I highly recommend Sweet Rhi for you wedding, or any other event for cakes and desserts! I know we will definitely be coming back for more in the future.