Candied Apple Cake | Donna Hay

Ingredients

• 2 cups (500ml) water
• 250g unsalted butter, chopped
• 4 cups (600g) plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons bicarbonate of (baking) soda
• ⅔ cup (80g) almond meal (ground almonds)
• 4 cups (880g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup (250ml) buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup (220g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 1 cup (250ml) water
• 3 red apples, thinly sliced on a mandoline
• 375g unsalted butter, chopped and softened
• 3 cups (480g) icing (confectioner’s) sugar, sifted