This is a lovely sponge cake that is reminiscent of the Deep South. May be cut into layers and filled and iced with lemon filling, or with whipped cream.
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
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1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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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.
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Sift the cake flour, baking powder, and salt together. Fold into the egg yolk mixture.
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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.
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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.
Nutrition Facts
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