Velvet Birthday Cake

Ingredients:
2 1/2 C AP Flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 T baking powder
1 tsp baking soda (reverse amounts with baking powder if close to sea level)
1 1/2 C white sugar
3/4 C vegetable oil
1 tsp distilled white vinegar
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 eggs
1 C buttermilk (or 1 C milk with 1 tsp vinegar and 1/2 tsp lemon juice)
2 ounces red food coloring (only needed if making red velvet cake)

Frosting*
1 1/2 (12 ounces) packages cream cheese softened
1 1/2 sticks butter, softened
6 C confectioners sugar (more or less to taste)
2 tsp vanilla extract
dash of salt
3/4 C chopped pecans (optional)

Instructions:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C)
2) Grease and flour three 8 inch round pans
3) In large bowl, mix together sugar, oil and eggs.
4) In separate container add food coloring, vinegar and buttermilk
5) Add baking soda, salt, baking powder and flour in third bowl.
6) Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk mixtures to the sugar mixture.  Mix well.  Stir 2 tsps vanilla into batter.
7) Pour batter into prepared pans, approximately 1 1/2 C per pan
8) Bake 20-25 minutes or until done.  Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.

Frosting:
Mix together butter and confectioners sugar.  Next add cream cheese and 2 tsp vanilla.  Stir in nuts.  Frost cooled cake.

*I usually can half the frosting and still have PLENTY.

Recipe found in the comments from this link: www.cakecentral.com/forum/t/758673/is-red-velvet-cake-without-cocoa-poweder-still-considered-a-red-velvet-cake