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″ Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Cream Cheese Filling, Chocolate Ganache Buttercream and Dark Chocolate Ganache topped with Fresh Raspberries We were invited out to dinner and I naturally thought to bring a cake. We...
Triple-Layer Pumpkin Cake with Vanilla Buttercream and Caramel filling topped by a complete covering of Tinted Cream Cheese frosting. I’m back in Heidelberg after a ten-day holiday to the States! It was fantastic to visit family...
This past week I was so busy baking cake and cupcake orders. I managed to squeeze in a cake just for me…and wouldn’t you know, the middle sunk! Naturally. I decided to post just...
Triple-Layer Vanilla Polka Dot Cake and Tinted Vanilla Ombré Buttercream Chocolate/Vanilla Swirl Bundt Cake “LadyBug” covered in Marzipan w/Lollipop Antennae Chocolate Cupcake, Tinted Vanilla Swirl topped with Sugar LadyBug This was a special ordered...
Triple-Layer Apple Pecan Cake with Cream Cheese Buttercream, Dark Salted Caramel Sauce, and Chopped Toasted Pecans This cake is all about Fall. I’m so happy with how it looks and it has taste and...
Triple-Layer Apple Cake with Vanilla and Walnut Buttercream Filling and tinted Marzipan Leaves It was so rainy yesterday! The weather in Heidelberg this September has been rainy and cold and unseasonable. Boo. This left...
Chocolate Cupcake hosting a Cherry Pie Filling center and Vanilla or Chocolate Buttercream topped with a Delicious Cherry This is a cupcake I’ve been thinking about for a long time. In fact, several friends...
Triple-Layer, Vanilla Polka-Dot Cake with Vanilla Buttercream This was absolutely a test cake. I was asked about producing a very specific cake – red with white polka-dots. All the other cakes of this style...
Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting Autumn has rolled into Heidelberg and I’m excited to bake with pumpkin. The first order of business was finding and/or developing a delicious Pumpkin Cake recipe as the...
Hummingbird Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Filling and tinted Vanilla Buttercream Ombré Frosting Double-Layer, 6″ Round This Hummingbird Cake is simply moist and delicious; the Vanilla Buttercream is a perfect companion to the flavor profile...
