Spiced Apple-Walnut Cake with Cream Cheese Icing Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• Butter for greasing the pan
• Flour for dusting
• For the Cake
• 3 medium green apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and diced into 1/4 to 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 1/2 cups maple syrup
• 3 eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• For the Icing
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1/4 cup double cream
• 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoon water, plus extra, as needed
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract