Upside down apple cake

We bought apples the other day. They were just sitting there asking me to do something. So, I decided to bake a cake. We were running low on white sugar and I was far too lazy to nip out to the store close-by and buy some. We were also out of butter and stocks were not replenished as my hubby reminded me that too much saturated fat is bad for health. I made did with what I had at home. This was the result.



Ingredients

3/4 cup plain flour
1/2 cup Brown cane sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1/4 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
1 tsp Vanilla essence
2 small apples
Little butter to grease the baking pan

Method

1. Separate the egg yolks and whites. Set whites aside.
   
2. Beat the egg yolk with the sugar till well mixed.
   
3. Add in the oil to this mixture. Mix well.
4. Add vanilla essence.
   
5. Mix the baking powder, soda and flour together. If you want, you may sift them though this is not necessary.
   
6. Beat the whites and get as much air into them as possible. The reason for this is that we are not using butter and need the air trapped in the whites to make the cake soft and fluffy.
7. Add 1/3 rd of the flour mixture to the egg and sugar mixture. Fold in well. Add 1/3rd of the egg white to this mixture and fold in. In this manner, alternate between flour and egg white till over.
8. Peel, core and cut the apples into thin slices.
   
9. Grease the baking pan with a little butter and arrange the apple slices at the bottom
10. Pour the batter on top of the apples
11. Release excess air (if any) out of the baking pan by dropping the pan onto a flat surface like your counter top. Excess air might cause the cake to rise unevenly or fall flat in some places.
12. Bake in a preheated oven till cooked. You'll know this when a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. It would take about 20-25 mins.
    I'm not sure what the temperature is as my oven doesn't have a thermostat. But usually its 180 degrees.
    Try not to open the oven while baking at least for the first 10-15mins as the cold air would hinder proper baking.
    
    Once the cake is done, cool and invert onto plate. Cut and serve.