Ingredients
The following ingredients have 12 Servings
- 1-2 tablespoons each, butter and flour for preparing the cake tins
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened to room temperature)
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 eggs (at room temperature)
- 3 egg yolks (at room temperature)
- 1 1/4 cup buttermilk (at room temperature)
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or use the seeds from 1 vanilla bean)
- 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups unsalted butter (softened)
- 6 ounces cream cheese (plain, full fat, at room temperature)
- 6 to 7 cups powdered sugar (sifted to remove lumps)
- a pinch of salt
- up to 4 tablespoons heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste (or the seeds from one whole vanilla bean)
