Make the pastry cream first:

1. In a medium bowl,beat egg yolks well.
2. Stir in milk.
3. In a sauce pan,under medium heat,mix sugar,cornstarch and salt.
4. Gradually,stir in a small amount of milk of milk mixture.
5. Add the mastic powder,the vanilla extract and orange zest.
6. Keep on whisking until your cream gets nice and thick.

To make the cake:

1. Preheat oven at 350 F.
2. In a medium bowl,beat the egg yolks with 3.5 oz of the sugar,until you get that pale thick cream.
3. Add the almond flour,baking powder,coconut flakes and the all purpose flour.
4. In a different bowl,beat the egg whites with the remaining sugar until you get a stiff meringue.
5. Add the meringue into the egg yolk-sugar mixture in two batches and fold carefully. Be gentle,so the cake will not deflate.
6. Pour the batter into a well greased 8 inch cake pan and bake for 20-30 minutes until the top is golden brown.

For the syrup:

1. In a heavy bottom sauce pan, add all the ingredients for the syrup and bring it to a boil for 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
2. Take the cake out of the oven,don’t let both the syrup and cake cool. Pour carefully the syrup in the cake. It may seems a lot of syrup but it will absorb it fast.
3. Let it cool.
4. When it’s cooled down completely,topped it with the pastry cream and some whip cream.