Almond Tea Bread

This is another one of my favorite sweet treats, it's delightful bread with a sugary glaze.  I make mini loaves of this at Christmas time to pass out to people, it's really good with a cup of Russian tea.

Almond Tea Bread
2 and 1/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 and 1/8 cup vegetable oil
1 and 1/2 cup milk
3 cups flour
1 and 1/2 tsp. salt
1 and 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 and 1/2 Tbsp. poppy seeds
1 and 1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
1 and 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 and 1/2 tsp. butter flavoring

Cream together sugar, eggs and oil.  In another bowl, mix together flour, salt and baking powder.  Add the dry ingredients and the milk alternately to the egg/sugar/oil mixture.  Once all are combined, add the poppy seeds and flavorings.  Beat together.  Grease and flour loaf pans (2 standard size pans or 5-6 mini-loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes for standard pans, about 25-35 for smaller loaves. While bread is still hot, glaze with the below mixture.

Glaze:
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. butter flavoring
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tps. almond flavoring
 1/4 cup orange juice