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.
Lemon Cake Base with a Raspberry Buttercream crumb coat and tinted Vanilla Buttercream Ocean Vanilla Land Cake with a Raspberry Buttercream crumb coat and Chocolate Buttercream Ocean bits of Marzipan, edible Chocolate Rocks...
Double-Layer Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter Buttercream filling, tinted Vanilla Buttercream frosting, sugar candy Lady Bugs I love the playfulness of this cake!! It makes me laugh every time I even think about it –...
Triple-layer 7Up Cake, Pineapple Buttercream with Pineapple Jam filling, Pineapple Buttercream frosting and Coconut This is a redo of the entertaining My Cake Looks Like a Hat post. The feedback on that cake was good…less...
Vanilla Cupcake with Vanilla Buttercream I know I’ve blogged about Vanilla cupcakes here and the intoxicating effects of Vanilla buttercream. And today I had to revisit this amazing combination. Perhaps it’s the way the...
Triple-Layer Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream & Chopped Hazelnut filling, Nutella Buttercream frosting, topped with Blueberries, Raspberries, and Strawberries Today I opened the cupboard…and staring me down – challenging me – was a half-eaten jar...
Cactus Cake Single-Layer Chocolate base w/Chocolate Buttercream Double-Bundt Red Velvet Cactus w/Vanilla Buttercream & Pink Coconut Macaroons We celebrated a friend’s return home to Cyprus with a Going Away Taco Night Party! And I...
TEST KITCHEN Red Velvet Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting So this is completely test kitchen…meaning…results may vary according to baker’s mileage. I need a Red Velvet Bundt cake (actually, I need two) for...
Vanilla Cake, Blueberry Buttercream and Blueberry Jam filling, Vanilla Buttercream frosting, topped with Fresh Blueberries Oh mercy, the blueberries are delicious this year and I couldn’t help myself! This classic vanilla cake is the...
Reese Cups Cupcake Snickers Cupcake Almond Joy Cupcake – what a mountain of fun! Peppermint Patty Cupcake Three Musketeers Cupcake I decided to have some fun with my chocolate cupcakes today…a candy counter seems...
Lemon-Lime Cake, Lime Buttercream filling, Pineapple Buttercream frosting and Coconut This 7Up cake is a family favorite, well… usually we buy it at the store. This particular cake is a new recipe I modified...
