Paula Deen's Pumpkin Bars

4 eggs
1 – 2/3 cups granulated sugar
1 cup oil
One 15 ounce can pumpkin
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine the eggs, sugar, oil, and pumpkin until light and fluffy. Stir together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda. Add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix until the batter is smooth. Spread the batter in a prepared 13 by 10 inch baking pan or muffin tins. Bake for about 30 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.

ICING
One pkg. cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
2 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

Combine the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until smooth. Add the sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again. Spread on cooled pumpkin bars.