Walnut Torte No. 1

• 1 lb. English walnuts or almonds
• 1 cup sugar
• 9

Chop the nuts, reserving twenty-three halves for decorating the top. Mix the chopped nuts and chocolate. Beat yolks thoroughly with Dover beater, add sugar, and beat again. Then mix with the nuts, crumbs and chocolate, and stir well. Beat whites of eggs until stiff and add lastly, just as in sponge cake. Bake in moderate oven forty-five minutes in prepared spring form.