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.
Double-Layer Hummingbird Cake Filled with Vanilla Buttercream and Frosted with tinted Buttercream Hydrangeas with Leaves Hummingbird Cake is one of my favorites! It seems I’m often looking for an excuse to bake this traditionally...
Two Layers of Chocolate Cake with a Cheese Cake Middle Layer frosted with a Vanilla Buttercream and Whipped Chocolate Ganache Ruffled Ombré We scheduled dinner out with a wonderful group of friends in Heidelberg. ...
Almond Cupcake with a Pistachio Whip Creamed Filling, Pistachio Buttercream Frosting and a Chopped Pistachio and Shaved Chocolate Topping I’m back in the kitchen!! I love being back in the Test Kitchen after...
Chocolate Layer Cake with Peanut Butter Buttercream Filling, Whipped Chocolate Ganache Frosting, and topped with Vanilla Buttercream with Red Sugar Roses Chocolate Cupcake with a ring Whipped Chocolate Ganache, Chopped Salted Peanuts, Peanut Butter Buttercream...
Classic Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese Buttercream Filling and Frosting I’ve baked and blogged more than a couple Red Velvet Cupcake experiences (some successful and some were less successful, cake wrecks, err… interesting. Check...
Chocolate Cupcakes with Whipped Chocolate Ganache Buttercream I was asked to guest lecture in our youngest daughter’s chemistry class. The topic was the effect of alcohol and drugs on the brain. This is one of...
Vanilla Cake and Toasted Pecan Coconut Caramel Filling with Vanilla Buttercream Frosting This 6″ triple-layer Vanilla Cake is a gentle twist on an old favorite – The German Chocolate Cake (which isn’t German!) – Toasted...
Chocolate Cake Layered Around a Cream Cheese Cake Middle with Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Vanilla Buttercream Swirly Curves Inspired by my Red Velvet Valentine’s Day Test Kitchen Cake, blogged here, I decided to expand this...
Triple-layer Lemon Cake filled with Lemon Cream Cheese Buttercream and Blueberry Jam Frosted with Lemon Buttercream and Fresh Blueberry Compote Something got into me this weekend and I couldn’t take my mind away from...
Triple-Layer Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese filling and Vanilla Buttercream Frosting with White Chocolate Decorative Swirls Blue Velvet! It’s oh so yummy, even though it’s a test cake. First, Blue Velvet is the...
