Ghost Spice Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar (spice cake)
• 2 sticks butter, softened (spice cake)
• 4 eggs (spice cake)
• 3 cups flour (spice cake)
• 1 tsp baking soda (spice cake)
• 1 tsp baking powder (spice cake)
• 1 tsp cinnamon (spice cake)
• 1 tsp nutmeg (spice cake)
• 1 tsp ground cloves (spice cake)
• 1 cup buttermilk (or 1 cup of milk with 1 tbsp white vinegar) (spice cake)
• 3 lg apples (filling)
• 1 stick salted butter (filling)
• 1 tbsp cinnamon (filling)
• ½ tsp nutmeg (filling)
• ½ tsp ground cloves (filling)
• 5 tbsp brown sugar (filling)
• 1½ cups sugar (meringue)
• 6 large egg whites (meringue)
• 4 tbsp cold water (meringue)
• 2 tsp vanilla extract (meringue)
• Wilton Candy eyes (meringue)