Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease an 8-inch square pan. In a mixing bowl combine sugar, oil, syrup, vanilla, and egg and mix until smooth. Don'tb overbeat. Add flour, salt and baking powder and stir just until smooth. Spread in prepared pan and bake 35-40 minutes, until toothpick = or cake tester inserted near center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in = pan before removing to cooling rack. Or, if you can't wait, cut into brown= ies while they're warm and enjoy. "If you use the same measuring cup to mea= sure first the oil and then the syrup you'll make this one even faster!" Formatted to Mm Ver 7.x '94