Peek-a-boo battenberg cake

Name: Peek-a-boo battenberg cake
Ingredients: 225g very soft salted butter , plus a little extra for greasing -; 225g golden caster sugar -; 225g self-raising flour -; 85g ground almond -; 3 large eggs -; ½ tsp vanilla extract -; ½ tsp almond extract -; 1 tbsp milk -; 225g very soft salted butter -; 1 tsp rosewater -; a little artificial pink food colouring (see tip, below) -; jar of apricot jam -; a little icing sugar , for dusting -; 2 x 500g packs white marzipan (you'll have trimmings, but better to have leftovers than leave yourself short) -

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Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease and line the base of 2 x 18cm round sandwich tins with baking parchment. Start with the almond sponge: put all the ingredients in a bowl and beat with an...

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Ingredients

225g very soft salted butter , plus a little extra for greasing -
225g golden caster sugar -
225g self-raising flour -
85g ground almond -
3 large eggs -
½ tsp vanilla extract -
½ tsp almond extract -
1 tbsp milk -
225g very soft salted butter -
1 tsp rosewater -
a little artificial pink food colouring (see tip, below) -
jar of apricot jam -
a little icing sugar , for dusting -
2 x 500g packs white marzipan (you'll have trimmings, but better to have leftovers than leave yourself short) -