Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and mix. Mix baking soda into buttermilk and stir. Alternately, add flour and buttermilk mixture to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla.

Bake in either a greased and floured large loaf pan or bundt pan for 45 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

We hope you enjoy this pound cake as much as Charles did!