• Preheat oven to 350℉. Gather your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand. Coat inside of baking pans with cooking spray.

Prepare the Bread Batter

• In a large mixing bowl, sift together the all-purpose flour, sugar, poppy seed, baking powder, and salt.
  3 cups all-purpose flour, 2 1/4 cups granulated sugar, 1 1/2 tablespoons poppy seed, 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• Add in whole milk, vegetable oil, large eggs, vanilla extract, butter flavoring, and almond extract. Mix together until incorporated.
  1 1/2 cups whole milk, 1 1/8 cups vegetable oil, 3 large eggs, 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 1/2 teaspoons butter flavoring, 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• Pour into 2 prepared regular loaf pans or 4-6 mini loaf pans. Bake in preheated oven for 50-60 minutes until tops turn golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the middle of the loaves comes out clean.

Make the Glaze

• Using a small bowl, combine the powdered sugar, orange juice, vanilla extract, and almond extract. Whisk together until smooth.
  1 3/4 cups powdered sugar, 3 tablespoons orange juice, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
• Drizzle glaze over the tops of loaves while warm. Garnish with halved candied cherries and sugar sprinkles. Makes 2 regular loaves or 6 mini loaves.
  candied cherries, red and green sugar sprinkles