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 Chocolate Cake, Vanilla Buttercream Filling with a tinted Vanilla Buttercream Frosting and a garnish of Chocolate Candies A cake. That gets smashed by a one-year-old. And photographed in impossibly cute scenarios. This is...
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Milk or Whipped Cream You guys!! These little cookie cups are so approachable and very doable for home bakers! Here we have chocolate chip cookies with more chocolate and...
Triple-layer Dark Chocolate Cake, Peanut Butter Buttercream Filling, Whipped Chocolate Ganache and Peanut Butter Ombre, Lindt Chocolate Drizzle with Whipped Chocolate Buttercream Roses and a flurry of So Many Chocolates! This is a birthday...
I love holidays even if I don’t always get to the details of celebrating and acknowledging a celebration. When I was a wee sprout, St. Patrick’s Day was put in the ‘win’ column when...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Triple-layer Banana Chocolate Chip Cake, whipped Dark Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Filling and Frosting, Dark Chocolate Ganache Drizzle, and a garnish of Fresh Strawberries, Cookies, and Sees Chocolates Merry Christmas all month long! And this...
Classic Vanilla Layer Cake with Whipped Chocolate Ganache Filling and Frosting I’ve fallen in love with my Classic Vanilla Cake all over again. Despite having traveled the past week, I found time to bake...
