Willard Scott's Christmas Cake

Ingredients

325 gr self rising flour
5 ml vinegar
300 gr sugar
5 ml soda
240 ml buttermilk
2 eggs
2 gr unsweetened cocoa
4 gr vanilla
350 ml cooking oil
1/4 food coloring
2 bottles
150 gr butter
375 gr powdered sugar
280 ml cream cheese
270 gr nuts

Instructions

Mix all cake ingredients together at medium speed in a mixer until well blended. Pour into 3 prepared 23 cm cake pans. Bake at 180ºC F for approximately 20 minutes. FROSTING: Beat first three ingredients together until fluffy. Fold in 1.5 cups pecans, reserving half cup to decorate the top of the cake. Frost cooled cake layers, then decorate the top. W.S. didn't say, but walnuts would also work fine. Chill cake one hour or more before serving. ----