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.
Chocolate Brownies with Vanilla Buttercream Sometimes a delicious, homemade, chewy brownie can solve the problems of the day. And sometimes they’re a celebration! These beauties look like they’re on their way to a party. ...
Double-layer Hummingbird Cake, Cream Cheese Filling, and Swiss Meringue Buttercream Frosting Oh the deliciousness that is the Hummingbird Layer Cake. I’ve said it before – pineapple, banana, and cinnamon are just too yummy together. This...
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...
Double-layer Red Velvet Cake, Cream Cheese Filling and Frosting, Crown of Red Currants Can there be a more dramatic cake than a classic Red Velvet?! Seriously, this cake has a history, a social media...
Marshmallow Treat Flower Pots with Swiss Meringue Buttercream Flowers It’s been a scorcher for two weeks and I just couldn’t turn the oven on again! “I need a no-bake idea that can also accommodate...
Lemon Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze and Fresh Raspberries This little stunning beauty is delicious and a cinch to prepare! Seriously, you want in on this! Late summer needs a good lemony lemon lemon...
Double-layer Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream Swans Down Cake Flour produced a series of advertisements in the mid-1950s… and they took a different approach to highlighting their product. Instead of focusing solely...
Double-layer Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream, and M&Ms Be still my heart… I love this Confetti Cake! There is so much about this Crisco vintage ad that leaves me with giggles and appreciation. The artist...
Vanilla Cake, Heavy Whipped Cream, and Canned Peach Halves These vintage ads are my jam. They’re the original Pinterest – images that could be cut from a magazine and saved in a file folder...
Chocolate Cupcakes, Vanilla Buttercream, and tinted Coconut I absolutely adore vintage advertisements – especially those ads focused on cooking, baking, and all things happening in the kitchen. From the 1920s through to the 1950s,...
