1 c. butter
1/2 c. Crisco or Spry
2 1/2 c. sugar
5 lg. eggs
1 c. milk
3 1/4 c. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla

Cream butter, Spry, sugar. Add eggs. Add remaining ingredients. Alternate flour and milk, starting and ending with flour. Grease and flour pan. Bake in tube pan for 1 1/4 hours at 325 degrees.