3 c. sugar
2 sticks butter
1/4 c. Crisco
6 eggs
3 c. plain flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
2/3 c. cocoa powder or 3 squares of block chocolate
1 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla extract

Cream butter, Crisco, and sugar well. Add eggs one at a time. Sift all dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk. Add vanilla last. Grease and flour large tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for approximately 1 1/2 hours. Cool about 10 minutes in pan before removing to cake plate. Serve plain or with Grandma Couch's Chocolate Fudge Frosting.