1 c. butter or lard
1/2 c. sweet milk
2 c. flour (after sifted)
1 1/2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter and sugar together, then add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add flour, then baking powder and milk. Bake in tube pan at 300 to 325 degrees until it turns loose from pan. Grease pan, don't flour it.