Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C and grease a 18 x 28cm baking pan.

Step 2

Sift flour with baking powder and salt.

Step 3

Cream butter and 200 g of sugar in a large mixing bowl until light.

Step 4

Beat in egg and vanilla until fluffy.

Step 5

Add sifted flour to butter mixture alternately with milk. Combine well.

Step 6

Spread batter into prepared baking pan.

Step 7

Peel and core apples and cut each apple into 8 wedges.

Step 8

Place apples in rows on batter and press in slightly.

Step 9

Combine 50 g of sugar with cinnamon and sprinkle over apples.

Step 10

Bake for 50-60 minutes or until the apples are tender and a wooden skewer pulls from the centre of cake cleanly.