Invalid Apple Pudding

Name: Invalid Apple Pudding
Ingredients: 4 small cooking apples (I like Empire or McIntosh); 2 tablespoon water; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon sugar, for the apples; 1 pinch cinnamon, for the apples; 1 pinch nutmeg, for the apples; 1 cup heavy cream; 2 large egg yolks; 1 splash vanilla extract (optional); 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, for the custard; 1 pinch nutmeg, for the custard; 2 large egg whites; 1/4 cup granulated sugar, for the meringue; One 9 x 1 baked, round sponge cake in its cake pan