Heather Malkani is a Cake Designer/Pastry Chef/Artist and owner of THE WEDDING CAKE ARTIST in Austin, Texas. Baking cakes has always been a passion for Heather. She was just 5 yrs old when she first started baking and won numerous awards at the local State Fairs. 

Her family moved to Arizona when she was a teenager. On graduating from High School she began her professional education at the SCC Culinary School in Scottsdale where she received her Professional Chef Certification. Heather apprenticed at the Upper Crust Bakery Phoenix, Arizona, where she got the opportunity to create a cake for Frank Sinatra. It was here where she made her professional mark in the Baking World. Heather went on to work at the Arizona Biltmore, a famous resort designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, where she created dessert painted plates, her passion for Baking led her to move to Albuquerque NM in 1996 where she opened her first Bakery.

This venture led to the bakery's expansion of 45 employees and winning awards from the Make a Wish Foundation for 4 consecutive years, as well at multiple local and statewide baking competitions. She capitalized on this venture and moved to Austin Texas in 2001.

Heather previously worked for All In One Bake Shop, Austin Texas as their Pastry Chef where she was noted for her many accomplishments relating to Wedding Cakes, Sculptured/3D Cakes, Birthday and Corporate Cakes. She is the first Pastry Chef in Austin that had created the concept of Cupcake Cakes. While at All in One Bake Shop She taught baking and decorating classes for children. Currently, Heather is a Pastry Chef Instructor at the Culinary Academy of Austin during the beginning of the week and operates The Wedding Cake Artist on weekends.

Most recently Heather Malkani has designed many cakes for the Austin Film Society, The Austin Chronicle, The Austin American Statesman, and KVUE. Her Cakes are pictured in The Mail Box News and American Cake Decorating Magazines. Currently Heather is a volunteer of the Austin Capital Confectioners Club and has won numerous awards for cake decorating in Austin.