2 stick butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
2-1/2 c. flour, sifted
1 scant tsp. baking soda
1/8 tsp. salt
4 Hershey bars (regular size)
1 c. Hershey syrup
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. pecans

Cream butter and sugar; add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Melt Hershey bars over hot water and add Hershey syrup; add to sugar-egg mixture. Add baking soda to buttermilk and fold into sugar-egg mixture alternately with flour and salt. Add vanilla and pecans.

Bake in greased tube pan 325°F for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Ice with your favorite icing.