It's A Boy!

We were blessed with a baby boy, Ayaan, on October 29th, 2008. Ayaan and his big sisters are all doing well. Thank you for all the well wishes during this magical, yet exhausting time!

Maliha Creations will be on maternity leave until April 2009, but will be accepting orders for events after that time.

Also, I have not had a chance to update my blog with all the fun cakes I did before our son was born...I hope to get time to do so!

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Fancy Nancy!

I have been waiting for months to get an order for a Fancy Nancy cake. So when I received a call to do a cake in this theme for a five year old's birthday party, I just had to do it! If you have a little girl and have not yet read this book, run, do not walk, to the nearest bookstore to pick it up. It is a hoot!

My inspiration for this cake came directly from the book...some quotes....
"A princess is supposed to keep her tiara on."
"My favorite color is fuschia. That's a fancy way of saying purple."

The tiara and bow are hand made out of gumpaste and dusted with luster dust to make them extra fancy!

Happy 5th Birthday, Austin! I hope your day was especially fancy!

Tatiana and Justin are married!

When Jennifer Carroll brought Tatiana and Justin in for a tasting early this year, I just fell in love with them. They were both so excited about their wedding day, but also just seemed to be so content that they were spending the rest of their life together. After going through the many designs that they were drawn to and learning of their wedding colors of chocolate, lavender, sage green and ivory, we came up with a few designs. Tatiana AND Justin chose their favorite...I just love it when the groom-to-be has so much interest in the planning. In addition, I also wanted to add a few additional pics of this absolutely gorgeous wedding created by Jennifer Carroll. The breathtaking pictures are courtesy of Jen Fariello. Usually I have heard that the pictures do not do beautiful weddings such as this any justice, but Jen's pictures will change your mind!










Tatiana and Justin's wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty as well today. If you have not yet seen this blog, head over to find the word in inspiration for today's weddings! I am truly honored to be included with such a fine cast of wedding vendors!

C-ville Unions is Out and Maliha Creations is featured!

Pick up the latest copy of C-ville Unions this week and read about local vendors for your upcoming wedding! Featured are local jewelry makers, locally made favors, and local honeymoon spots right here in Virginia. In our family, we have tried to commit ourselves to buying more locally, by joining a CSA and patronizing local stores. What we have found is that in addition to feeling good about our purchases, we actually find some pretty wonderful and unique items.

Also, in this issue Maliha Creations was honored to be asked to provide three different cakes for three different types of weddings...casual, traditional and whimsical. I was up for the challenge and the three cakes are featured below...also here is a link to the article... http://cvilleweddings.com/misc/unions_content_cake.html







Thank you, C-ville Unions for featuring us!

Local Press

We get wonderful support from our local community and wanted to say thanks for recent press in The Hook Weddings edition. Thank you for recognizing our work!

A Surprise Wedding Cake???

Yes, you read that correctly...I never even met with the bride or the groom!!! This was a first for me and I loved every minute of it. The bride's sister called me a few months ago wanting a cake that was made fresh (check), all natural (check) and with no trans-fats (check)! She gave me some details about the bride, Kathy, but what I got most from our conversation was that the bride was fun-loving and carefree...obviously, since she gave so much of the planning over to her family. I was really touched by the love and trust in their family.

I met with Kathy's Dad, Eric, and friend, Jessica, a fabulous event planner with The Event Co. After filtering through the many designs that Kathy's sister sent me and utilizing the lovely linens that Kathy had chosen for her special day, we came up with a fitting design. All the cakes are carved and fitted together to create a unique puzzle-like design. The cakes were Vanilla Cognac with Navan infused buttercream, Chocolate Fudge cake with Amaretto Mocha buttercream and Yellow cake with berries and cream.



The lovely picture is courtesy of Marie Dennis of www.sweetlightphotography.net. Thank you, Marie, for brilliantly capturing the contrast of the red and white in the cake!

I also have to say that this family did not forget anyone on their special day...they made sure to include cupcakes for the littlest celebrants and even had me make a coordinating birhtday cake for those guests celebrating their birthdays on the day of the wedding...how thoughtful!

Erin and Joel

I met Erin and Joel late last year as they began their wedding planning. They are both artistic and creative and had definite ideas about their wedding and cake. Over the months we emailed back and forth and finally ended up using the delightful design from their wedding invite. They chose square cakes for a unique look, and we also offset the tiers. The cake had a simple, yet striking quality with the green branches against the white background. Congratulations Joel and Erin!