Srinagar, April 30 -- On Shab-e-Qadr, the sacred night Muslims believe destinies are written, three Kashmiri women were not in prayer or rest. In a modest kitchen with flour-dusted hands and tired eyes, they were racing against time to fulfill their biggest cake order yet.

For Ahtisam Majeed Bhat from Rawalpora, Farheena Bashir Lone from Sopore, and Syed Rafia Lateef from Kupwara, that night was not a sacrifice-it was a beginning.

"We were physically exhausted," Ahtisam says, "but there was this energy that carried us. We felt like we were baking our future into those cakes."

That future took the shape of Bake O'Clock, a bakery brand born from resilience, friendship, and an unshakable work ethic. What started as a college stall is toda...