Cherry cake with marzipan roses

Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 eggs , at room temperature
• 4 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 375-mL jar maraschino cherries , drained well and chopped

FROSTING

• 2 227-g pkgs marzipan
• 3 cups unsalted butter , at room temperature
• 8 cups icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp almond extract
• 2 tbsp milk
• red gel food colouring