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 Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream, garnished with Raspberries and Currants I’ve been baking so much lately and that’s great! I love the creative process and baking these two cakes was a terrific way...
Triple-layer Maple Walnut Cake with Maple Buttercream with a Candied Bacon & Walnut Filling, tinted Vanilla Buttercream Frosting with a Candied Bacon & Walnut Crumble This cake is reckless! And delicious. And not for...
These chocolate cupcakes were so much fun to bake and decorate. Looking at a fresh-baked cupcake or a crumb-coated layer cake … it feels like I have a blank canvas, the possibilities are endless. So this is...
Carrot Cake + CheeseCake Middle, Salted Caramel Buttercream Crumb Coat, Cream Cheese Frosting, and a Garnish of Toasted Pecans and Salted Caramel I first fell in love with the idea of this...
7-Up Cupcakes with Lime Buttercream and a fresh Bing Cherry & slice of Lime This morning I woke up and couldn’t stop thinking of a 7-Up Cake. I baked one last year and...
Double-layer Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Filling, Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting in a Rustic Orange-tinted Ombre with a Toasted, Chopped Pecan Garnish Carrot Cake. It’s a classic and a personal favorite of my life partner. Of...
Vanilla Layer Cake with a Chocolate Cheesecake Middle Layer, Vanilla Buttercream, Dark Chocolate Ganache with Buttercream Swirls and Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies I still can’t believe I get to be creative with some of the...
Triple-layer Chocolate Cake with Strawberry Buttercream and Fresh Strawberry Filling, Strawberry Buttercream Frosting with Vanilla Buttercream Swirls and White & Dark Chocolate Drizzle What a fun and delicious “Welcome to Heidelberg!” cake. We have...
Triple-layer Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Filling Triple-layer Lemon Cake with Lemon Buttercream and Lemon Curd Filling Vanilla Buttercream Frosting, Tinted Vanilla Buttercream Ombre Ruffles, and Marzipan Flowers I baked and decorated this cake for...
Last week I was busy with a couple special order birthday cakes. I really do love baking and decorating cakes – each one is different from the next (even if the same flavors are...
