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The name tells you where to find it: a small side-street shop just off Augusta Road, in one of the older neighborhoods south of downtown. It's a from-scratch operation that greets you with the smell before you're fully through the door, and regulars have leaned on it long enough that it reads as an Augusta Road staple more than a storefront. The case runs from cookies and tarts to sweet loaves, cupcakes, and cake pops, with a savory side a lot of folks don't expect: quiche and biscuits sit right alongside the sweets. The rosemary shortbread is the thing regulars name first, and the chocolate cookies aren't far behind. Custom work is a real part of it, from birthday cakes to wedding and groom's cakes built around whatever theme you bring in. Customers who love almond say the selection here beats most, gluten-free options are on hand, and it's common to find samples out on the counter, even for the kids who wander in. What people keep coming back to is that it's old-fashioned in the honest sense: the goods get made without the premixes and shortcuts many shops lean on. Whether you turn out to be a rosemary-shortbread person or an almond-cake person is something you settle one visit at a time.