In Dushanbe, in honor of Victory Day, two sisters — 27-year-old Shahnoza and 24-year-old Mavlyuda Murodova — made a huge cake weighing about 100 kilograms and distributed it for free to the city’s residents. The unusual and heartfelt initiative quickly attracted the attention of city dwellers and social media users.
The sisters recently opened their own confectionery shop called “Shirinihoi_mayram”. Before this, they had been making cakes at home for many years and taking orders through the Instagram page “Noza Cake.”
According to Shahnoza, her love for confectionery began in her teenage years. She has professional training in confectionery and has been baking since she was 14 years old.
“We started by making them at home, gradually gained regular clients. Then we decided to open our small shop,” she says.
Today, the sisters work together and manage without assistants for now. Both are married, raising children, and balancing family life with their beloved work.
The idea to make a large cake for May 9 belonged to both sisters. They wanted not just to bake a dessert but to do something kind and memorable for the city’s residents. It took almost an entire day to make the cake.
Despite the scale, only Shahnoza and Mavlyuda worked on the cake. The cake’s dimensions were impressive: it was nearly 4 meters long, about 1.6 meters wide, and weighed approximately 100 kilograms. It was a sponge cake.
According to the sisters, the most challenging part was not the making but the assembling and transporting of such a large dessert.
The distribution was organized first near the Ismoil Somoni monument, and then near the houses close to Dushanbe Airport. The residents took the entire cake in about four hours.
“We did not expect such a reaction. People were very happy with our initiative and are still sending us voice messages and thanking us,” Shahnoza says.
Mavlyuda and Shahnoza admit that this was their first cake of such a large size. Despite the fatigue, they say they are happy to see people’s joy.
“We wanted to give people a good mood during the holiday. When you see people’s smiles, you realize it was all worth it,” they note.
The sisters plan to continue developing their confectionery business and are already thinking about new unusual projects for the residents of Dushanbe.
