Honey & almond layer cake - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 280g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
• 225g light muscovado sugar
• 140g clear honey, plus 2 tbsp
• 3 medium eggs, plus 4 medium egg yolks (reserve the whites for the buttercream)
• 280g plain flour
• 100g ground almonds
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 125ml milk
• 140g white caster sugar
• 75g blanched almonds
• 350g unsalted butter, softened
• 4 medium egg whites
• 250g golden caster sugar
• 2 tbsp clear honey