Grandma Helen's Old Fashioed Apple Cake

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp apple juice
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 honey crisp apples, peeled, cored and sliced (if you can't find honey crisp, ask your grocer for alternatives suitable for apple crisp or pie)

Directions

1. In a medium bowl, beat egg and sugar until thick and light. Beat in oil, apple juice and vanilla.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add to egg mixture, stirring just until blended (batter will be thick).
3. In a small bowl, mix brown sugar with cinnamon. 
4. Arrange apple slices in a greased 8-inch (2 L) square or round metal cake pan. Sprinkle apples with half the brown sugar mixture. Carefully spread batter over apples; smooth top. Sprinkle with remaining brown sugar mixture.
5. Bake in centre of 350 oven until cake is firm and pulls away slightly from sides of pan, 35 to 40 minutes. 
6. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.