| • | Combine cake flour, baking powder, and salt in a big bowl, stir well and keep aside.
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| • | Beat 3 egg yolks in an electric mixer at high speed of for about 1 minute.
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| • | Add 3/4 cup sugar, beating constantly for about 5 minutes till the egg yolks are thick.
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| • | Combine vanilla and 1/4 cup water with it, beating at low speed till well blended.
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| • | Add flour mixture to the egg yolk mixture beating at low speed till blended, keep aside.
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| • | Beat egg whites in a bowl at room temperature at high speed till foamy.
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| • | Slowly add rest of the sugar, beating till peaks form.
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| • | Stir one fourth of the egg white mixture into the batter and gently fold in the rest of the egg white mixture.
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| • | Pour the batter into an ungreased 10 inch tube pan.
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| • | Bake at 350 degrees F for about 35 minutes till cake springs back when touched lightly in the centre.
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| • | Invert the pan and let it cool for about 45 minutes.
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| • | Now remove it from the pan. |
