Frosted Raisin Squares

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup raisins
• 2/3 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 cups icing sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk (or enough to make icing of spreading consistency)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or more, if you desire)

Recipe

• 1 pour boiling water over raisins.
• 2 sprinkle with instant coffee and cinnamon.
• 3 let cool.
• 4 meanwhile, mix all batter ingredients together.
• 5 pour liquid off raisins and add liquid to batter.
• 6 mix well.
• 7 add raisins to batter.
• 8 pour mixture into jelly roll pan and bake for 20 minutes at 320 degrees f.
• 9 let cool.
• 10 meanwhile, make icing: cream butter.
• 11 add icing sugar.
• 12 add milk, a little at a time, and blend well.
• 13 blend in vanilla.
• 14 when cake is cool, frost with icing.
• 15 sprinkle with chopped walnuts.
• 16 cut into squares.