Founded by former math teacher Sara Anderson as a summer 2012 hobby, Sara’s Sweets has grown into a Lima bakery with a storefront opened in December 2015. The bakery is known for its fresh daily baking and for making custom sweets for weddings, celebrations and other local events.
Lisa's Sweet Stop, LLCStarted as a cottage-food business in 2010, Lisa’s Sweet Stop is a family-owned bakery now operating a brick-and-mortar shop in its hometown, with Lisa Huck and Shanna Huck Clement at the helm. The Beverly bakery is known for gourmet cupcakes, fresh-made pies and specialty cakes, while its Cupcake Truck brings changing weekly flavors to communities around the Ohio Valley. Shanna, a self-taught cake artist, works with customers to turn celebration ideas into custom cakes.BEVERLY, OH
Sadie Baby SweetsFounded by Rachel Altiere in May 2014, Sadie Baby Sweets is a Columbus sweets shop that creates custom treats and styled dessert tables for celebrations. What began with family-and-friend orders and local farmers markets has grown into event work that included serving as the official baker for the 2018 NCAA Women’s Final Four Tournament. The Knot also selected Sadie Baby Sweets for its 2022 Best of Weddings award.COLUMBUS, OH
Geneva BakeryGeneva Bakery grew from Linda Rannels’s childhood baking at her parents’ produce stand into an East Petersburg bakery making cakes, pies, pastries and cookies from scratch. Rannels started the bakery in 2008 after converting her home garage into an inspected commercial kitchen, then moved in 2015 into the former church building where she worshiped as a child and where her parents were married. Today, the bakery is especially known for made-to-order cakes with creamy, not-too-sweet buttercream and fresh daily baked goods.EAST PETERSBURG, PA
Jjsweettooth bakeryIn Chester, Jjsweettooth Bakery turns custom cake ideas into celebration desserts, with owner Mikeysha Crawford—known locally as “Cakebossofchester”—bringing a pastry education from the Art Institute of Philadelphia to each order. Crawford says she began baking about 10 years ago and builds cakes around the customer’s style, from special-event designs to familiar favorites such as 7Up pound cake and pineapple cake.CHESTER, PA