Sugar, Butter & Flour
After baking her daughter’s wedding cake in 2019, Alanna Ti’a found a gap in the market and decided to open a home bakery — Sugar, Butter & Flour. In 2022, she closed her in-home daycare business and continued to bake.
“This is all I do now, and I’ve been growing ever since,” Ti’a said.
Ti’a has been in the area since 2002. Originally from Columbia, she returned when her husband relocated for his work. She prides herself on being a hometown bakery. She is primarily known for cakes for weddings, graduations, gender reveal parties, and baby/bridal showers. Additionally, she is known for her gooey butter cake and cookies.
Sugar, Butter & Flour is located on the north side of Columbia. Although it’s a home business, Ti’a likes to run her bakery like a brick-and-mortar business. She has set hours and a website where orders can be placed online.
“You can order online without ever talking to me,” she said. “While I don’t have products available on the same day, I can have just about anything ready the next day.”
573-226-6400 | sugarbutterandflour.com | Insta: @sugar.butter.andflour
Prewette Bookkeeping
If you’re a nonprofit, or a small business, taxes can often be a drag. That’s why businesses like Prewette Bookkeeping exist. Locally owned by Tim Prewette since 2023, Prewette Bookkeeping opened shop in Columbia to help business and nonprofit owners year-round. For twenty years, he has been doing bookkeeping on the side in the Pacific Northwest.
Prewette was born in Atlanta, Georgia, then moved to Portland, Oregon, for twenty years. That’s where he met his wife and later convinced her and their two sons to move to Columbia in the summer of 2023.
“In a new season of life, I had the opportunity to start this business which would enable me to better support my wife and two sons in numerous ways,” he said.
Although Prewette Bookkeeping does not have a physical location, you can find him at the REDI Hub in downtown Columbia.
“I love being involved in any type of community and bring with me a strong sense of loyalty, love for learning, appreciation of the beauty of mid-Missouri, gratitude for my family and new seasons of life, and passion for college football.”
971-373-7037 | Tim@prewettebookkeeping.com | prewettebookkeeping.com
