Cream together the sugar and butter.

Mix in the eggs, then add the essence, lemon and lime

Then fold in the sifted flour, baking powder and bicarb and ground almonds

Equally pop the mixture into two seperate round cake tins

Bake in a pre heated oven at aprox 150 - 160 for 20 mins. or until golden brown and cooked through. allow to cool on a wire rack.

Whilst your cake is cooking toast some alonds with a little icing sugar in a pan, do not over brown.

Next make your butter cream, mix together the butter and icing sugar then add the vanilla pod, then add the citrus juice. if the butter cream becomes too loose just add a little more icing sugar. mix for ages this will make a nice creamy butter cream.

Once the cake has cooled, spead one half with lemon curd and the other with half the butter cream and sanwich together. on top of the cake spread the remaining butter cream and sprinkle with the almonds and a bit of extra icing sugar. enjoy x