Sans Rival

Name: Sans Rival
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Filipino
Ingredients: 6 large egg whites, room temp; 1/2 tsp cream of tartar; 1 cup caster sugar; 2 cups cashews, chopped; 3/4 cup granulated sugar; 1/4 cup water; 6 large egg yolks, room temp; 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1 tsp vanilla extract

A classic Filipino dessert made of crisp cashew meringue layers filled and frosted with rich French buttercream and coated in toasted cashews.

75 minHardServes 8480 cal/serving

FilipinoDessertOven and StovetopVegetarianGluten-FreeSoy-FreeLow-SodiumPork-FreeNightshade-Free

Ingredients

6 large egg whites, room temp
1/2 tsp cream of tartar
1 cup caster sugar
2 cups cashews, chopped
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
6 large egg yolks, room temp
1 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 300°F (150°C) and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2

Whip 6 large room temp egg whites with 1/2 tsp cream of tartar until soft peaks form, then gradually beat in 1 cup caster sugar until stiff peaks form.
3

Fold three quarters of the 2 cups chopped cashews into the meringue, reserving the remainder for garnish.
4

Spread meringue into four equal rectangles on parchment and bake for 30 minutes until crisp, then cool completely.
5

Boil 3/4 cup granulated sugar and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan until syrup reaches 238°F (114°C).
6

Beat 6 large room temp egg yolks until pale, then stream in hot sugar syrup while beating continuously until cooled.
7

Whip in 1 cup softened unsalted butter one tablespoon at a time, then stir in 1 tsp vanilla extract to complete buttercream.
8

Layer cooled meringues with buttercream, coat outer surfaces, and garnish top with remaining 2 cups chopped cashews before chilling.

Questions

Can I make Sans Rival dairy-free?

Yes. The dairy in this entry is 1 cup unsalted butter, softened. Swap the butter for olive oil where it melts, or a plant-based block butter where it is creamed. The richness shifts slightly, but the method does not change.

How long does Sans Rival keep?

Store it airtight: two to three days at room temperature or up to a week refrigerated. It freezes for up to two months; thaw at room temperature.

Can I halve or double Sans Rival?

Yes. As written it serves 8. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. Doubled, split it across two pans and rotate them halfway; one crowded pan bakes unevenly.

Serve it with

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 3,876 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.