Vanilla celebration cake

350g butter, softened

330g caster sugar

6 eggs, lightly beaten

400g self-raising flour

100g ground almonds

2 tsp vanilla essence

zest of 2 oranges

2 tbsp milk

To decorate:

4 tbsp apricot jam

4 cake stabilizers

2 thin 6in cake boards

organic flowers

For the icing:

300g butter

500g icing sugar

4 tsp vanilla essence

zest of 2 lemons

1 tbsp milk