1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2

Melt chocolate bar in the top of a double boiler.

3

Cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

4

Stir baking soda in the buttermilk. Alternately add buttermilk and flour into creamed mixture. Add melted chocolate bar, chocolate syrup and vanilla.

5

Pour into a greased and floured tube pan (not a bundt pan).

6

Bake for 70 minutes. Remove from oven, cool, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.