Photos: Meet the couple behind Mpls. bakery Sun Street Breads

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Baker Solveig Tofte, who owns and operates Sun Street Breads with her husband Martin Ouimet, checks on loaves of challah bread Friday morning, Feb. 8, 2013 at the Minneapolis bakery. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Martin Ouimet chats with a customer at Sun Street Breads, the Minneapolis bakery he owns with his wife Solveig Tofte. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Heart-shaped dulce de leche cookies available at Sun Street Breads in time for Valentine's Day. The Minneapolis bakery serves hot breakfasts and lunches daily, 6:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Baker Solveig Tofte also makes an assortment of fresh baked breads, pastries and cookies. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Solveig Tofte grates fresh nutmeg to make a Mardi Gras King Cake. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Solveig Tofte measures butter and other ingredients to make dough for Mardi Gras King Cakes. Tofte starts her baking shift in the early morning, then leaves work when her husband comes in to run the front of house. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Solveig Tofte divides and rolls out dough to make Mardi Gras King Cake. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Solveig Tofte's walnut buckwheat bread is a customer favorite. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Martin Ouimet pours an espresso drink while Solveig Tofte makes bread. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo

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Heart-shaped dulce de leche cookies at Sun Street Breads. (MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson) link to this photo