Welcome! I'm Julia, The Sugary Shrink. I am a Counselor, Wife, Mother, Educator, Recovering Alcoholic, and Baker living in Salt Lake City, Utah. Here, I share my experiences in the kitchen & the counselor's chair.
Pineapple Upside Down Cake I don’t know even where to begin. But let’s start with some truth: Pineapple Upside Down Cake is a comfort cake I can feel good about since there’s no buttercream guilt! Wha What!? There...
Single-layer Pineapple Upside Down Cake Over the holiday break, we gathered with our people. It was a marvelous time together – we’re all so different so things were always exciting! Anyway, in one of those...
Coconut Layer Cake with Coconut Buttercream & Pineapple Curd Filling and Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting garnished with Toasted Macadamia Nuts & Toasted Coconut Flakes Can you tell I’ve been craving a Coconut Cake?? The...
Triple-layer Hummingbird Cake, Cream Cheese Filling, and an Ombre Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting Hummingbird Cupcakes with double swirls of Cream Cheese Buttercream This is still one of my very favorite cakes: Hummingbird Cake...
Triple-layer Pineapple Cake, Coconut Cream Cheese Buttercream Filling & Ruffles, with a Toasted Coconut Garnish This cake looks like a party…and tastes like one, too! A Pineapple Cake is such a fun mid-century modern cake,...
Double-layer Pineapple Upside Down Cake This iconic Pineapple Upside Down Cake is crazy delicious and screams “mid-century modern.” Hardly a family reunion, picnic, or Sunday social was complete without this crowd favorite. Pineapple rings...
