Burnt-orange Meringue Cake

Ingredients

2 1/4 c almonds
2 c sugar
2 tb cornstarch
1 c egg whites
1 pn salt
2 ts vanilla extract
1/2 ts almond extract
1/2 ts lemon juice
1 c milk
4 egg yolks
2 orange zest
1 1/2 c butter
1/2 c orange juice
1 gelatin
5/8 apricot preserves
2 oranges
1/2 tube to make three
10 disks
300 about
1/2 boiling milk them
10 diameter

Instructions

filling. Repeat with another layer and another 1/4 of the filling. Top with last layer and mask cake with another 1/4 of the filling. Use the remaining filling to make a border of rosettes on the edge of the cake and a circle of rosettes in the center. Press the sliced almonds against the side of the cake and fill in the center circle with them. Arrange orange slices on the rosettes.