Ingredients:

• 1 cup of chopped walnuts
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 cup of orange juice ~ 1 cup of corn oil
• 4 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of cinnamon powder
• 1/2 tsp of glove powder
• 7 eggs

Ingredients for Syrup:

• 2 1/2 cups of water
• 2 1/2 cups of sugar
• 1 lemon cut in four
• 1 cinnamom stick

Cake mix:

• In a medium and a large bowl break the eggs and separate the yolks (large bowl) from the whites (medium bowl).
• Beat the whites until it becomes thick.
• Beat the yolks well and slowly start adding the sugar, oil and orange juice.
• As you are adding the ingredients keep stirring until the sugar is completely melted.
• Add the beaten whites and mix lightly.
• In another bowl mix all the dry ingredients. (Flour, cinnamon, glove, baking powder and walnuts)
• When all dry ingredients are mixed, slowly start adding the mixed liquid ingredients and stir until flour is well mixed.
• Lightly oil and flour a pan, 9 to 13 inches in diameter and pour the mix in it.
• Place in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for an hour.
• Do not open the oven for at least 40 minutes.
• If the oven is opened before is cooked, your cake will go flat.
• After 40 to 45 minutes you can open the oven and stick a knife in your cake to see if your cake is cooked all the way threw.

Syrup mix:

• Pouring the syrup over the walnut cake you have two choices.
• 1: You can let the cake cool down and pour the hot syrup on it or,
• 2: You can cool down the syrup and as soon as you take the cake out of the oven you pour it on.
• Both methods are sufficient enough for a successful walnut cake.
• Prepare your syrup according to the method you choose to use.

• Place all your syrup ingredients in a pot, bring to boil, stir until the sugar is dissolved and let them boil for about 5 minutes.
• Remove the 4 lemon pieces before you pour the syrup over the cake.