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 Butterscotch Cake, Cheesecake Center Layer, Cream Cheese Frosting, Caramel Leaves This was the cake on our Thanksgiving Dessert Table…next to the Pecan Pie and Pumpkin Pie. And our guests truly loved the balance...
Triple-layer White Cake, tinted Vanilla Buttercream Filling and Frosting with a Candy Cane Hershey’s Kiss garnish This little test-kitchen cake was all about me messin’ around in the kitchen. I was working on tinting...
Triple-layer Cranberry Orange Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Filling and Frosting This time of year, all the delicious tastes and aromas conspire to make for some amazing cake inspiration. And that’s exactly how this...
Butterscotch Cupcakes infused with Butterscotch Sauce, Vanilla Buttercream, and Caramel Leaves I love Butterscotch!! And my people do, too. It’s difficult for a few of us to pass up an opportunity for a slice...
Double-layer, Carrot Cake with Cheese Cake, Cream Cheese Crumb Coat, & Toasted Walnuts This cake is delicious…and perfect on most holiday dessert tables. Carrot Cake, recipe here, with cream cheese buttercream is a natural...
Triple-layer German Chocolate Cake with a Whipped Chocolate Ganache Buttercream Roses and a Caramel Coconut topping with Melted Chocolate Ganache Lattice work Even though we know German Chocolate Cake is not German (as reviewed in...
10″ Round, Double-Layer Almond Cake with Nutella Buttercream and a Pine Cone What says Fall more than a beautiful collection of pine cones? And this cake has just the perfect pine cone for holiday...
Two layers of Pumpkin Cake, a center layer of Cheesecake, and tinted Cream Cheese Buttercream This cake was incredible. These Fall flavors are a match made in heaven – they go together like peanut butter and...
Four-layer Walnut Cake with Berry Jam Filling, Blueberry Buttercream, & Fresh Blueberry Garnish Walnuts and Blueberries sound perfect for Fall, especially since the market still has many blueberries available. When I contemplated what “Fall Flavor” to...
Triple-layer Walnut Cake, Apple Pie Filling, and Maple Buttercream Continuing with more Fall baking, this little Walnut and Apple Pie Filling cake is perfect for any time of day…including breakfast since Maple Buttercream is...
