Pre-heat the oven to 160C. A static oven (no fan) is best for this recipe.
Grease the cake pan with butter and place a cut-out disk of baking parchment in the bottom of the tin so the cake doesn’t stick.
Put the eggs, vanilla, and a pinch of salt in a bowl of a stand mixer. Start whisking the eggs on a medium speed and gradually add the sugar in 3 goes.
Whisk the eggs for 15-20 minutes until thick, pale and fluffy. You’ll know the eggs are whisked enough when you can draw a ribbon in the mixture without it disappearing.
Sieve both flours into the egg mixture a third at a time making sure to gently fold the flour into the egg so you don’t remove too much air. Doing this in three goes will also help avoid lumps in the batter.
Once the flour is fully combined transfer the batter to the cake pan and bake on the lowest shelf of the oven for 35-40 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the tin for 10 minutes, remove then let it cool completely on a cooling rack.