Separate the egg yolk from the white. Whisk the yolks well with the sugar.
In a separate bowl, mix the flour, starch, baking powder, and vanilla.
Add some flour and hot water to the whipped egg yolk and continue whisking.
In another bowl, whisk the egg whites well, adding a pinch of salt.
Add the egg white to the other ingredients in batches of two or three and mix together in one direction only with a spatula.
Put a mold on a tray and pour the mortar into the mold. Knock the tray on the worktop a few times to knock the air out of it.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ℃ (356 ℉) for 40 minutes.
Don’t open the open door at all before the 40 minutes, and then check with a knife. If it’s cooked, take it out of the oven and leave to cool.