Macedonian Syrup Cake II

Ingredients

• 12 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• ¼ cup water
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup cake flour
• 1 cup Wheat Hearts or farina (finer than cream of wheat)
• 3 tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp cream of tartar

Syrup

• 3 cups sugar
• 4 cups water
• juice and rind of ½ lemon

Directions

1. Preheat oven 350°F.
2. Separate eggs.
3. Beat yolks; add sugar and continue beating.
4. Add water and continue to beat until light lemon colour and creamy.
5. Add vanilla.
6. Sift flour, farina and baking powder together twice and set aside.
7. In a large mixing bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff.
8. Very slowly fold in the egg yolk mixture.
9. Equally slowly and carefully fold in flour.
10. Pour into a 10 inch x 15 inch ungreased cake pan (or equivalent) and bake about 30 to 40 minutes, until done.