Instructions: Make the cake: Butter/oleo 13 X 9 X 2-inch pan. Preheat oven to 375F. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs and continue beating for 2 minutes. Add baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon; beat another 2 minutes. Slowly beat in the farina, flour, milk, walnuts. Pour batter into prepared pan. Smooth top w/spatula. Bake 40 minutes.

Make Syrup: Combine all ingredients in saucepan. Stir until it comes to a boil; reduce heat, simmer until cake is finished.

Remove cinnamon stick and orange slice from syrup. Pour very slowly, one cup at a time, over the entire cake. Wait for syrup to be absorbed before pouring the next cup. Allow cake to cool slightly before cutting into Greek-style diamond shapes (see below) Let sit for at least 4 hours before serving.

Greek style cuts: place the pan so that the longest sides go from left to right, and cut four to five even cuts horizontally. Cut the verticals on a 45-degree angle, and the hostess gets to eat the leftover triangular pieces!

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