Sara Lee's Carrot Square Cake

There are times you just want a small cake, Well thiis it !!!

So good !!!

 

Yield: 6 servings

2 Eggs

1 ts Vanilla

6 oz Oil

1 ts Salt

1 1/2 ts Baking powder

2 ts Cinnamon

1 c Sugar

1 1/4 c All-purpose flour

1 c Carrots; grate fine

1 c Walnuts; well-chopped

1/2 c Light raisins; optional

Cream cheese icing

6 oz Cream cheese; softened

1/4 lb Butter

1 lb Powdered sugar

1 1/2 ts Orange extract

1 ts Spice island orange peel

1 tb Light corn syrup or pancake

1 tb Cornstarch or flour

Combine first 8 ingredients with electric

 

 mixer on medium-high.

Beat 3 minutes scraping down sides of bowl often.

 

 Remove beaters.

Stir in last 3 ingredients.

 

 Grease and flour 9" square pan.

Spread batter evenly in pan.

 

 Bake at 325~ about 50 minutes.

 

Cool in pan about 30 minutes.

 

 Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting and
sprinkle with additional walnuts.

 

 ICING-Cream the cream cheese
with the butter until light and fluffy, using med-high spped of
electric mixer.

 

 Add half of the sugar, increasing speed to high.

Add extract and peel and beat about 1 minute. Scrape down sides
of bowl often.

 

 Resume beating adding remaining powdered sugar.
Beat smooth.

 

 Frost sides and top of cake.