Megan Caris, left, Linda Phillips, center left, Brandi Phillips, center right, and Cindy Rowe, right, pose for a photograph Wednesday afternoon at Sugar Plum Sweets in Sylvania. The sweet shop started in owner Linda Phillips' home.
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Sylvania's Sugar Plum Sweets shop is located just off Monroe Street and West Alexis Road in Sylvania.
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Owner Linda Phillips says the shop's frosted cookies are some of their signature items. Phillips said the store goes through 40 pounds of butter a week.
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Sugar Plum Sweets owner Linda Phillips, center, talks with customers. "We just really enjoy what we're doing," Phillips said.
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Baker Brandi Phillips, left, jokes with cookie artist Cindy Rowe, right, while mixing up a batch of dough. The store has four full time employees and two additional part timers.
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Baker Megan Caris works on creating a cake. The shop bakes a number of cookies, cakes, pies and other sweets from scratch.
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Owner Linda Phillips works in the kitchen of her shop in Sylvania. "We're like an upscale bake sale," she joked. "All the things your mom used to make, we make them."
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Baker Megan Caris laughs while icing a cake.
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Baker Sami Dandar poses for a photograph as she ices a cookie.
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