Chocolate Buttermilk Layer Cake | Donna Hay

Ingredients

• 1½ cups (375ml) water
• 190g unsalted butter, chopped
• ½ cup (50g) cocoa, sifted
• 3 cups (450g) plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
• 1½ teaspoons bicarbonate of (baking) soda, sifted
• 3 cups (660g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 3 eggs
• ¾ cup (180ml) buttermilk
• 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 100g unsalted butter, softened
• 500g cream cheese, chopped
• 2 cups (320g) icing (confectioner’s) sugar mixture, sifted