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.