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 Dark Chocolate Cake, Double-layer Banana Chocolate Chip Cake, Chocolate Fudge Filling, Whipped Dark and Milk Chocolate Ganache, Vanilla Buttercream Grass, Almond M&M Eggs, and a delightful Chocolate Bunny So much cake!! So amazing...
Vanilla Cupcakes with Tinted Vanilla Buttercream Springtime and Easter and pretty colors and the sun returning – these are the wonderful things that make this time of year so special. The darkness of winter...
Baker’s Chocolate and Swan’s Cake Mix Advertisement This over-the-top Easter Egg Layer Cake has so much going on – I felt like I was putting everything and the kitchen sink into recreating this design. ...
Single-layer Pineapple Upside Down Cake Over the holiday break, we gathered with our people. It was a marvelous time together – we’re all so different so things were always exciting! Anyway, in one of those...
Triple-layer Dark Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling & Frosting, with tinted Marzipan Cut-Outs We were traveling weekend before last and visited several of our favorite museums. At the first, Centre Pompidou, I was reminded how...
Hummingbird Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling and tinted Buttercream Frosting Nothing about this cake is predictable except for the giggles I get every time I look at him. This cake was inspired over the holidays...
Chocolate Cupcakes with Buttercream Christmas Trees & Sugar Pearls And the love continues for my favorite Christmas Tree! There isn’t much during the holiday season that makes me as happy as a bedazzled Christmas...
Rice Krispie Christmas Trees, Buttercream Garland, and Rainbow Sprinkles Nothing like a Christmas Tree this time of year! I’ve always been fascinated by a shiny tree. As a young sprout I loved the sparkliness...
Chocolate Cupcakes, tinted Vanilla Buttercream, and Kit Kat Bar Christmas Trees Have I mentioned that I love holiday baking? And the super fun items that can be created from everyday ingredients? Please know it...
