Birthday Bread is dense, moist, filled with funfetti rainbow sprinkles and topped with a sweet sugary glaze. It’s perfect to enjoy as a birthday (or everyday) breakfast, snack, or after dinner dessert.
About this Bread
Did someone say pancakes? And banana bread? For breakfast??
I sure did. I’ve seen other bloggers manipulate boxed cake, waffle, and pancake mixes before, and I’ve always wanted to try it myself. When Birch Benders released their new Organic Confetti Pancake Mix filled with rainbow sprinkles, I knew I needed to create something incredibly delicious with it.
So, I’d like to introduce to you to this dense, moist, and wonderfully sweet and colorful Birthday Bread. It’s filled with fun rainbow sprinkles and topped with a sugary glaze, it’s perfect to enjoy as birthday (or everyday) sweet breakfast, snack, or after dinner dessert.
I love dunking a slice in a cold glass of almond milk, warmed up and doused in fresh maple syrup and powdered sugar, or toasted with butter! If you’ve got a celebration coming up, make this Birthday Bread!
Or if you’re looking for other quick breads, try this Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread, Healthier Pumpkin Banana Bread, Moist Blueberry Banana Bread, or Greek Yogurt Lemon Bread that I’m sure you’ll love, too! Or keep on the sprinkles these with these Birthday Bake Overnight Oats.
Recipe Ingredients
- Banana: You want in ripe and spotty to add sweetness! It also gives this birthday bread a little bit of banana bread flavors!
- Organic Funfetti Pancake Mix: Birch Benders is one of my favorite brands when it comes to baking mixes. They have SO many varieties of mixes that are so fun to try.
- Rainbow Sprinkles: Yes, there are sprinkles in the pancake mix but there’s always room for more! I suggest Cylinder sprinkles that won’t spread much or lose their color.
- Almond Extract: Brings a sweet, fruity flavor to the bread, more distinct than vanilla.
- Powdered Sugar: A baking staple to whip up a quick, delicious frosting and top your dessert with a little extra sweetness!
See the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.
How to Make This Recipe
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, mash the banana with a fork.
- Then, whisk in egg, almond extract, and water to create a fairly liquidy mixture.
- In another bowl, combine the funfetti pancake mix, all purpose flour, baking powder, sprinkles, and an optional pinch of salt.
- Then, fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until you achieve a batter consistency.
- Spray an 8”x4” loaf pan with cooking oil or line with parchment. Pour batter into the pan.
- Bake the bread for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While the bread bakes, combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl until a glaze has formed.
- Remove bread from the oven. Once slightly cooled, top with more rainbow sprinkles and frosting.
- Slice the birthday king or queen (or yourself) a nice big piece and enjoy!
Recipe FAQs
Absolutely! Birch Benders has an extensive line of other pancake mix flavors you could use in this recipe including chocolate chip, blueberry, and banana cinnamon. I haven’t tested any of them, but the different mixes won’t affect how the bread bakes.
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months. I like to cover individual slices with saran wrap before adding to the freezer so I can pull one out and heat in the microwave whenever I’m craving just a slice.
An 8×4 baking pan will result in a thicker, denser, low sugar pumpkin bread (my suggestion), while a 9×5 will be slightly more crumbly since the batter is spread a bit thinner and can bake more thoroughly. Either will work!
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Birthday Bread
Equipment
- Large mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Loaf Pan
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Fork
Ingredients
For the bread
- 1⅓ cup Birch Benders Confetti Pancake Mix
- 1¼ cup water
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 egg
- ½ cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp rainbow sprinkles
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp almond extract
- pinch of salt, optional
For the frosting
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- splash of almond milk, or another milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, mash the banana with a fork.
- Then, whisk in egg, almond extract, and water to create a fairly liquidy mixture.
- In another bowl, combine the funfetti pancake mix, all purpose flour, baking powder, sprinkles, and an optional pinch of salt.
- Then, fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture until you achieve a batter consistency.
- Spray an 8”x4” loaf pan with cooking oil or line with parchment. Pour batter into the pan.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- While the bread bakes, combine frosting ingredients in a small bowl until a glaze has formed.
- Remove bread from the oven. Once slightly cooled, top with more rainbow sprinkles and frosting.
- Slice the birthday king or queen (or yourself) a nice big piece and enjoy!
Nutrition
Notes
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My kids love this and said it was the best bread I have ever made. They love more than home made sour dough. 🤦🏽♀️
HAH – this made me chuckle. So happy to hear that – but homemade sourdough is hard to top in my book!
This funfetti bread is delicious! The almond extract adds a great taste, and the frosting adds a perfect sweet touch! Will be making it again.
This pancake bread is sooo good! I used swerve powdered sugar because my husband is diabetic. He asks when I’m making it again!
“This is a one bowl recipe…you’re welcome!”
“In a mixing bowl..”
“In another bowl…”
“..in a small bowl”
3 bowls though
Hi Sally! That header was accidentally copied from another recipe. If you’re looking for a one bowl recipe check out this Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Bread!
I actually had a bag of this mix at home and I’m not a huge pancake fan so this bread was the PERFECT way to use it. It didn’t even last a day in my house!
My family loves when I prep this for breakfast. Such a fun recipe!
Soooo yummy and the perfect amount of sweetness!