2 sticks lightly salted butter
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. sugar
1 c. evaporated milk
3 c. flour
1 (16 oz.) can chocolate syrup
1/2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. vanilla
6 eggs

Cream butter and Crisco until fluffy. Add sugar, one cup at a time, beating after each cup. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each one. Add chocolate syrup. Mix flour and baking powder together. Then add the flour mixture to other ingredients alternately with milk. Continue to mix. Pour into greased and floured tube pan. Put in cold oven and bake 1 hour and 10 minutes at 350 degrees.