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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/24/XVTuq.St.138.jpeg|411Kim Lisk of Norwood purchases $50 worth of Halloween bakery treats from employee Evelyn Bowen in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. For Food centerpiece on small-town bakeries. In the Albemarle Sweet Shop, they have a lot of old-fashioned things like clown cookies, creme horns, "pupcakes" and the like. The store is a town fixture and plays a big role in the community. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/ZQi9D.St.138.jpeg|484Leah Isenhour, 3, of Albemarle at the counter in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/19/QKFb5.St.138.jpeg|401Detail of treats in the Albemarle Sweet Shop, including Halloween treats and store specialty clown cookies at bottom. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/UtF7.St.138.jpeg|446Employee Evelyn Bowen waves goodbye to customers Rick Burris of Oakboro and granddaughter Kenadie Baker, 19 months, in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/19/xEGQ3.St.138.jpeg|435Clown cookies, a store specialty, in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/G30PJ.St.138.jpeg|495Anita Blair with her grandson Benjamin Fields looks over items in the Albemarle Sweet Shop as employee Brandon Harris helps her at the counter.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/1olTNo.St.138.jpeg|413Rick Burris of Oakboro asks his granddaughter Kenadie Baker, 19 months, what she wants and she points to the clown cookies in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/oZt1g.St.138.jpeg|525Employee Evelyn Bowen puts icing on cupcakes in the back kitchen in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/24/19X2QU.St.138.jpeg|479Employee Barb Pryor pulls out a tray of freshly baked clown cookies, one of the specialties of the Albemarle Sweet Shop, to put on the bakery shelves as one batch is sold out. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/24/RA2yY.St.138.jpeg|437Detail of treats, including one of the shop's specialties, "pupcakes," in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/24/89noM.St.138.jpeg|423Detail of Halloween-themed treats in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/24/o36tT.St.138.jpeg|453Detail of homemade cakes and pies using old time recipes in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/agQjJ.St.138.jpeg|525Customer Doris Hatley of Albemarle makes a purchase in the Albemarle Sweet Shop as employee Evelyn Bowen helps her at the counter. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/OXqwq.St.138.jpeg|450Bobbie and Mike Burleson, who have been coming to the Sweet Shop since they were kids, purchase a pineapple coconut custard pie from employee Barb Pryor in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/QsZ9f.St.138.jpeg|336Exterior of the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/23/J0CFd.St.138.jpeg|421Chris Yarborough and daughter Amelia Ann Yarborough, 9, get a peek at a birthday cake custom made for them from employee Evelyn Bowen in the Albemarle Sweet Shop. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/19/kqyxL.St.138.jpeg|425A customer is helped by Just Baked owner Maggie Salemme (behind counter) at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House,19901 S. Main St., Cornelius. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/19/Yrliq.St.138.jpeg|422Customer Veronica Byars of Cornelius points out what she wants to order at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House,19901 S. Main St., Cornelius. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/19/Wazp0.St.138.jpeg|493Owner Maggie Salemme at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/19/xtZmt.St.138.jpeg|449Exterior of Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House, 19901 S. Main St., in Cornelius. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/QK48R.St.138.jpeg|429Daphne Mullis, one of the owners (and she runs the shop) at Daphne's in Mint Hill, a family-owned bakery with lots of different types of baked goods. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/nz7Mi.St.138.jpeg|521Co-owner Daphne Mullis puts out cupcakes at Daphne's in Mint Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/r0ntR.St.138.jpeg|423Detail of "Ughlee Betty," one of the store's best seller cupcakes which is dark chocolate cake with old-fashioned caramel icing, at Daphne's in Mint Hill, a family-owned bakery. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/1dLwiI.St.138.jpeg|425Bella Kate Gardner, 2, points out to her mother Heather Gardner what she wants as at left store co-owner Daphne Mullis takes their order at Daphne's. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/aSiNs.St.138.jpeg|446Bella Kate Gardner, 2, inspects the bakery goods at Daphne's in Mint Hill, a family-owned bakery with lots of different types of baked goods. . DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/ELYQF.St.138.jpeg|274Tiffany Mullis, a sister of Daphne Mullis and one of the store's owners, works on homemade pie crusts at Daphne's. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/ejv5k.St.138.jpeg|504Store co-owner and decorator Connie Long (a cousin of the Mullis sisters), Daphne and the other Mullis sisters' great-grandmother Tommie Mullis, and Lib Honeycutt chat at a table at Daphne's in Mint Hill, a family-owned bakery with lots of different types of baked goods. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/rYpHz.St.138.jpeg|422Exterior of Daphne's in Mint Hill, a family-owned bakery. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/18/1cm5iN.St.138.jpeg|520Best-seller cupcakes include the wedding cake cupcake (with almonds), the pink lemonade cupcake (top), the key lime cupcake (right) and the chocolate cupcake with chocolate butter cream icing (front), at Daphne's in Mint Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/14/RA2te.St.138.jpeg|473Customer Donna Woodward of Charlotte is helped by Just Baked owner Maggie Salemme at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/14/89nnZ.St.138.jpeg|346Detail of baked goods for sale at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House,19901 S. Main St., Cornelius. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/o36rl.St.138.jpeg|413Flavia Lovatelli and Marynel Watters sit in the Bird Nest Boutique, an upstairs gallery and artists coop upstairs from Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House, where Just Baked customers can sip their coffee and eat their pastries while enjoying artworks. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/XVTnY.St.138.jpeg|398Customer Donna Woodward of Charlotte is helped by Just Baked owner Maggie Salemme at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House,19901 S. Main St., Cornelius. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/1olTEm.St.138.jpeg|525Owner Maggie Salemme with customer Marynel Watters at Just Baked Cupcakes & Coffee House. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/UtF5.St.138.jpeg|330Hard at work in the back making and decorating things are employees Tommy Coley and Brenda Elliott, owner Phyllis Carswell and employee Judy Robinson at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/G30Ll.St.138.jpeg|507Employee Brenda Elliott makes gingerbread cookies at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/ZQi3a.St.138.jpeg|417Employee Brenda Elliott makes gingerbread cookies at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/agQiI.St.138.jpeg|413Employee Brenda Elliott makes gingerbread cookies at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/OXqr7.St.138.jpeg|449Employee Judy Robinson decorates fish cookies at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/QsZ3T.St.138.jpeg|413Detail of some of the Carswell's best sellers: cheese rings and nutty fingers, at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill.
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http://media.charlotteobserver.com/smedia/2012/11/05/22/13/J0CAs.St.138.jpeg|455Owner Phyllis Carswell puts out a custom-decorated cake at Carswell's Bakery in Rock Hill. She says custom cakes count for over 50% of Carswell's business. DIEDRA LAIRD - dlaird@charlotteobserver.com
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