genoise cake

The ingredients :

• 1 cup sifted cake flour
•  1 pinch salt
•  2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
•  2 tablespoons white sugar
•  4 eggs
•  1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup white sugar

Steps for preaparation:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease one 8 inch round cake pan. Line with parchment paper and grease it as well. Lightly flour pan and paper.
2. Sift together2 tablespoons sugar, the flour,   and salt onto a piece of wax paper.
3.  Into a mixing bowl,  Place the eggs set over a pan of hot (not boiling) water. Add the 1/2 cup sugar to the eggs and whisk until the mixture feels warm (not hot) to the touch, about body temperature. Place the bowl onto a mixer and beat on medium speed until the mixture becomes pale yellow in color and falls off the end of the whisk attachment in long ribbons. 
4. Add the vanilla. Add about 1/3 of the flour mixture to the beaten egg and fold in. Continue to add the remainder of the flour, folding it in each time.
5.  into the bowl containing the melted butter,  place about 1 cup of the batter  and combine the butter with the batter. After that, Add this back to the main batter and fold it in. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
6.  At 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) Immediately bake  for about 25 minutes or until the top is a light brown. After that, Cool in pan on a rack about 10 minutes and then invert onto a rack. It is best to invert it again onto another rack so that it cools with the top up.
7.  before cutting or frosting,  Let cool completely
8. serve & enjoy