Cream of Wheat Layered Cake

Description
In Romanian: Tort de gris

Ingredients

 * 6 level tablspoons cream of wheat,
 * 7 oz/210 g confectioner's sugar,
 * 6 eggs,
 * 4 oz/110 g walnuts,
 * 1 lemon,
 * 20 lumps sugar,
 * 1 tablespoon milk,
 * 4 tablespoons marmelade,
 * butter,
 * syrup

Directions

 * 1) Cream the sugar with the yolks, add the grated lemon peel, finely ground walnuts, then, gradually, the cream of wheat, alternating with the whipped egg whites.
 * 2) Butter the cake pan, pour the mixture in and bake at low heat.
 * 3) When done, halve crosswise and pour a little syrup (boiled water with sugar) on it.
 * 4) Fill with marmelade and glaze with the following icing:
 * 5) Cover 20 lumps of sugar with water and let boil as for sherbets.
 * 6) Mix the warm syrup, adding the lemon juice and 1 tablespoon milk.
 * 7) When it turns white, spread on the cake with a moistened knife.