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, Mocha Filling, Chocolate Buttercream Frosting and Vanilla Bean Macaron Shells Wow! That flavor combination sounds outta this world. Seriously, why haven’t I been making this cake for years? I should...
Triple-layer Blueberry Lemon Cake with a Light Lemony Cream Cheese Buttercream and a Garnish of Fresh Blueberries & Lemon Slice Me: “I don’t know what to bake.” (extended back/forth discussion regarding cake) LP: ...
Four-layer Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter Cream Filling, Whipped Chocolate Ganache & Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting, with a Chopped Peanut & mini-Morsel Garnish Some of my very favorite flavors are in this cake – three kinds...
Vanilla Checkerboard Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling, and tinted Vanilla Buttercream Flowers This is a fun, fun cake to bake and build. Of course, attention to detail takes on a peculiar meaning with this...
Triple-layer Vanilla Bean Cake, Vanilla Buttercream and Blackberry Curd Filling, and a tinted Ombré Vanilla Buttercream Frosting This cake is just as sweet and simple and pretty as the day is long. I baked it...
Vanilla Cake with Vanilla Buttercream Ruffles and a Fresh Fruit Hair Bow A quick post to remember the Test Kitchen doesn’t always go as planned and when it doesn’t, it’s time to step back to...
Triple-layer Vanilla Bean Cake, Lindt Dark Chocolate Ganache & Fresh Cut Strawberries filling, Strawberry Vanilla Buttercream Ombre Roses, and a garnish of Fresh Strawberries & Sugar Pearls This was a birthday cake for a...
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler with Whipped Cream My final installation of this three part series takes us to a favorite classic: the Cobbler. Along with Apple Pie and Chocolate Cake, I think Peach Cobbler rounds...
Gluten-free Apple Raspberry Crisp with Heavy Whipped Cream, Caramel Sauce, and Toasted Pecans The next step in this fantastic exploratory journey is the Crisp. I grew up enjoying my grandmother’s Apple Crisp and from...
Apricot Blueberry Fruit Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream I know this is a departure from my very favorite triple-layer cake with buttercream…. and it’s exciting to try something new! When I received these four beautiful Fiesta Tapered...
