Ingredients

　　3 cups sugar

　　1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter

　　1/4 pound (1 stick) margarine

　　5 eggs

　　3 cups cake flour

　　4 tablespoons cocoa

　　1/2 teaspoon salt

　　1/2 teaspoon baking powder

　　1 cup milk

　　1 tablespoon vanilla

　　Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugar with butter and margarine; add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Mix together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to butter mixture, beginning with flour and ending with flour. Add vanilla. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for about 1 hour.

　　Paula Deen's Kitchen Classics