Orange and Almond Praline Marjolaine Cake

I have been taking on this week's Great British Bake Off techincal challenge. This is a marjolaine cake made of layers of almond dacquoise, orange curd, almond praline french buttercream and topped with more orange curd, butter cream and almond praline pieces.

The meringue is light and crisp with a lovely flavour of toasted almonds. I think the edges in the tin were slightly too thin so went a bit dark, but there was no overcooked taste in it. The buttercream is smooth and rich from the high butter quantity, but light with the perfect amount of praline to give a sweetness and depth of flavour. The orange curd is tangy and full of citrus, and tastes delicious with the almond praline. I am very surprised as to how well this turned out and definitely incredibly pleased!.