PHILADELPHIA — Every evening after Steph Johnson drives home from work, she spends roughly five hours baking in her kitchen. As Taylor Swift plays on loop, Johnson pipes ruffles onto tiers of “Bluey” and Batman-inspired birthday cakes and frosts sheets of shortbread cookies molded into tiaras, ice cream cones, and Swoop, the Eagles mascot.

But Johnson’s clients aren’t elementary schoolers. They’re dogs.

Johnson owns Manayunk’s Pet Friendly Dog Bakery, a confectionary at 4324 Main St. in Philadelphia that sells dog-safe pastries from Johnson’s kitchen. Her work ranges from pop tarts to custom heart-shaped Lambeth cakes.

Johnson purchased the bakery from its former owners in 2022, but said business took off the following year when an influx of pet parents started asking the same question:

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