Sara Lee’s-style Carrot Square Cake
By Gloria Pitzer, from her cookbook, Secret Fast-Food Recipes (Secret Recipes, St. Clair, MI; March 1985, p. 94)
Cake ingredients:
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 6 oz. Oil
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Carrots (grated fine)
- 1 cup Walnuts (well-chopped)
- 1/2 cup Light Raisins (optional)
Icing ingredients:
- 6 oz. Cream Cheese (softened)
- 1/4 lb. Butter
- 1 lb. Powdered Sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp Orange Extract
- 1 tsp Spice Island Orange Peel
- 1 TB Light Corn Syrup (or Pancake Syrup)
- 1 TB Cornstarch (or Flour)
Cake instructions:
- 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 degrees F about 50 minutes. Cool in pan about 30 minutes. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting and sprinkle with additional walnuts.
Icing instructions:
- Cream the cream cheese with the butter until light and fluffy, using med-high speed 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.
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