Birthday Cake Pancakes

Packed with rainbow sprinkles and topped with vanilla icing, these buttermilk birthday cake pancakes are the sweetest way to wake up in the morning. A stack of these colorful pancakes makes for an extra-special start to a birthday, a fun ending for a sleepover party, or any celebratory occasion that calls for sprinkles for breakfast!

Ingredients

Pancakes

• 6 Tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
• 2 and 1/4 cups (281g) all-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
• 1/3 cup (67g) granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups (480ml) buttermilk*
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract (or vanilla bean paste)
• 1/2 teaspoon almond extract*
• 1/2 cup (85g) rainbow sprinkles (not nonpareils)*
• for cooking: butter or nonstick spray

Icing

• 1/2 cup (60g) confectioners’ sugar, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract