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.
Triple-layer, 8″ round Banana Cake with a middle layer of Nutella Cheesecake, Crumb-coated in Nutella Buttercream, Frosted with Banana Buttercream, & topped with Lindt BonBons Finding inspiration can sometimes be a...
Triple-layer White Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream & Fresh Blackberry Curd filling and frosted with tinted Vanilla Buttercream ruffles. Our most recent holiday to Venice, Italy was magical. The weather was sunny...
Triple-layer 8″ Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Fudge Filling, frosted with Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Garnished with Candy Bars and Dark Chocolate Drizzle It seems I’ve had an abundance of chocolate cake baking up in...
Triple-layer White Chocolate Cake with a White Chocolate Buttercream and Fresh Raspberry Curd filling, Cream Cheese Frosting, a drizzle of melted White Chocolate & a garnish of fresh Raspberries. Sometimes...
“Girl with the Red Hat” Bottom tier: Triple-layer Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Fudge Filling Top tier: Triple-layer Red Velvet Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Filling Hat: Sugar Cookie covered with tinted Vanilla Buttercream A couple...
Lemon Cake with Lemon Curd & Lemon Buttercream filling, iced with Lemon Buttercream and a Lemon Slice garnish. Nothing says summer like the sweetness and tartness of a lemony lemon dessert. As often as...
Triple-layer Blue and Yellow Ombre Vanilla Cake with Buttercream Roses I know! It seems like forever since I last filed a blog post…I have been traveling but that’s hardly an excuse. I have a...
Triple-layer 8″ round Chocolate Cake with a Chocolate Fudge and Vanilla Buttercream filling, Chocolate Buttercream frosting with a Vanilla Buttercream swirl and Milk Chocolate drizzle garnish “Chocolate! I haven’t baked with chocolate in...
Triple-layer Lemon Cake with a Lemon Buttercream and Lemon Curd Filling covered in a Fresh Raspberry Buttercream Frosting and a Raspberry Mascarpone with Fresh Raspberry Garnish Ok. I’m in love with...
Triple-layer Pineapple Cake with Coconut Buttercream and Pineapple Filling with Coconut Buttercream and Toasted Coconut Covering and Pineapple Flowers Garnish. This cake has 15 moving parts!…and it’s worth every step. I started with a...
