Sara Lee's Carrot Square Cake

How to make Sara Lee's Carrot Square Cake Recipe

Ingredients:
2 Eggs
1 t Vanilla
6 oz Oil
1 t Salt
1 1/2 t Baking powder
2 t 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 t Orange extract
1 t Spice Island orange peel
1 T Light corn syrup (or pancake) syrup
1 T Cornstarch (or flour)

Method:
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 medhigh speed of electric mixer. Add half of the sugar, increasing speed to high. Add extract and peel and beat about 1 minute. crape down sides of bowl often. Resume beating adding remaining powdered sugar. Beat smooth. Frost sides and top of cake.