Gone with the Wind Cake

Ingredients

• 0.75 cups cold water
• 3 eggs yolks
• 3 eggs whites
• 1.5 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1.75 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 0.25 teaspoons salt

Instructions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. 2

   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.

3. 3

   Sift the cake flour, baking powder, and salt together. Fold into the egg yolk mixture.

4. 4

   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.

5. 5

   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.