Gone With The Wind Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 3/4 cup cold water
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 egg whites
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Recipe

Cook Time: 50 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 50 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c).
• beat cold water and egg yolks together until mixture makes 1 quart--at least 10 minutes. slowly add sugar and vanilla to egg yolk mixture, beating for at least 7 minutes more.
• sift the cake flour, baking powder, and salt together. fold into the egg yolk mixture.
• beat egg whites until medium-stiff peaks form. fold one third of the egg white mixture into the batter to lighten; fold in remaining egg whites. pour batter into an ungreased tube pan.
• bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when lightly touched with a fingertip, about 50 minutes. turn upside down to cool in pan for 1 hour. loosen sides and coax from pan.