Spiced apple stack with toffee apples | Women's Weekly Food

Ingredients

• 600 dried apple slices
• 1 1/2 litres (6 cups) water
• 1 cup (220g) firmly packed brown sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 250 grams butter, softened
• 2 cups (440g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 4 cups (600g) self-raising flour
• 2 cups (300g) plain (all-purpose) flour
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup (160ml) buttermilk
• 1 1/2 tablespoon icing (confectioners') sugar
• Toffee apples
• 3 cups (660g) caster (superfine) sugar
• 1/4 cup (90g) glucose syrup
• 1 1/2 cup (375ml) water
• 5 baby apples (500g)