Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2

Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans.

Step 3

Cream butter til fluffy and then add sugar and cream for about 8 more minutes.

Step 4

Add eggs, 1 at a time, and cream after each.

Step 5

Add flour and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour.

Step 6

Add vanilla and beat well.

Step 7

Divide among pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until set.

Step 8

Turn out of pans onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.

Step 9

Prepare Southern Caramel Icing as cakes are cooling then ice cake.