Fruity caramel baked apples

INGREDIENTS

• 4 good-sized eating apples
• 50 g butter
• 50 g brown sugar
• 2 handfuls dried fruit (chopped apricots, raisins and cherries)
• 1 piece stem ginger in syrup, chopped
• zest of 1 orange
• 2 tablespoons runny honey
• 284 ml double cream
• 1 tablespoon icing sugar
• 1 pinch mixed spice
• 1 splash brandy or whisky, optional