Place softened butter and sugar into a large bowl or stand mixer and cream.
Add eggs, vanilla and chocolate extract.
Blend well. Stir baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder into the flour in a separate bowl.
Slowly add the flour mixture to sugar and egg mixture alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
Spoon batter into a buttered and floured 9 x 13 glass or ceramic baking dish.
Sprinkle top generously with chopped nuts.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for about an hour or until a toothpick comes out clean. NOTE: I bake in a convection oven at 325 degrees for one hour.
Recipe Notes
NOTE: You can make any substitutions you’d like, such as sweetener, fat, or liquid. If you’d like suggestions please email me at: toyourhealth (at) mon-cre . net