Cake "Sans Rival"

Cake Sans Rival

Ingredients:
- 8 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups nuts, finely chopped

Filling:
- 8 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp corn syrup
- 1/3 pound fresh butter
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts

Procedure:
- Beat egg whites until stiff and foamy. gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating continuously, until soft peaks are formed. Add finely chopped nuts. Grease four 9" x 14" cookie sheets and dust lightly with flour. Pour mixture into four sheets and spread thinly. Bake in preheated oven (300^oF) until golden brown (about 30 min). Remove from cookie sheets. Set aside to cool.

- Put 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup water and 1 tsp corn syrup in saucepan and set to boil without stirring. When thick enough to form a soft ball when dropped in a saucer of water, remove from heat and cool.

- Beat egg yolks until lemon- colored. Add syrup little by little, beating well.

- Cream butter and when syrup mixture is sufficiently cool, add little by little while continuing to cream Spread layers with butter mixture and put together, one on top of the other, sandwich fashion. Spread top layer and sides with more butter mixture and sprinkle with chopped nuts. Chill before serving.