Edible Christmas Village with Apple Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 box cake mix spiced
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1 cup milk
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
• 1 teaspoon canela
• 1 pinch ground cloves
• 3 eggs
• 3 ounces egg whites pasteurized
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract white
• 4 cups confectioners sugar
• 3 drops food gel coloring blue, red, green
• 6 sugar motifs tree, Santa Claus, or sprinkles
• 2 tablespoons sugar sparkly, can be white or colored
• 10 meringues