Birthday Cake Bread

---

In honor of That One Girl's 3rd birthday I have found a twist on an old classic.

​ PREP TIME: 20 MINUTES
 COOK TIME: 70-80 MINUTES
TOTAL TIME: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES

​INGREDIENTS:

​

• 1 cup of butter, softened at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp almond extract (optional)
• 1 tsp butter flavored extract (optional)
• 2 cups of flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/3 cup rainbow sprinkles

​DIRECTIONS:

• preheat the oven to 325 degrees
• spray a loaf pan with non-stick baking spray  (line pan with parchment to make removing the loaf easier)
• cream together the butter and sugar, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl, until light and fluffy (about 4 minutes)
• add egg yolk and whole eggs, one at a time, stopping to scrape the bowl in between additions
• add extracts, stir 1 miute, and then add flour and salt
• gently stir in the sprinkles, and pour into the prepared pan
• for the crumb topping combine 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup flour, and using your fingers, rub in 2 Tbsp cold butter until it is evenly distributed (texture should be like wet sand) stir in 1/4 cup sprinkles
• sprinkle the crumb topping evenly over the cake batter loaf
• bake 70 minutes and check for doneness (a pick inserted in the center should come out with just a few moist crumbs) my loaf took an extra 10 minutes
• when done, cool in pan 10 minutes, and then remove to a rack to finish cooling (bread slices much easier when completely cool)