Ingredients for - Gone with the Wind Cake

1. Cold water ¾ cup
2. Egg yolks 3
3. Egg whites 3
4. White sugar 1 ½ cups
5. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon
6. Sifted cake flour 1 ¾ cups
7. Baking powder 1 teaspoon
8. Salt ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Gone with the Wind Cake

1 . Stage

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

2 . Stage

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 . Stage

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

4 . Stage

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 . Stage

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.