3 sticks butter
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. cake flour
3 c. sugar (mix cocoa with sugar)
4 heaping tbsp. cocoa
5 eggs
1 c. milk
1 tbsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Cream butter, Crisco and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Add milk and flour alternately, starting with flour and ending with flour. Add baking powder and vanilla and beat well. Pour into tube pan and bake at 325°F for 1 hour and 20 minutes.