Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1                cup  unsaslted butter
     1/4           cup  unsweetened cocoa
  1                cup  water
  2                     eggs
     1/2           cup  buttemilk
  1           teaspoon  baking soda
  1           teaspoon  vanilla e xtract
  2               cups  sugar
  2               cups  flour
     1/2      teaspoon  salt
     1/4           cup  unsweetened cocoa
     1/4           cup  plus 2 tablespoons butter milk
  1              pound  powdered sugar
  1           teaspoon  vanilla extract
     1/4           cup  chopped nuts

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 350. Butter a 10 x 15 inch rimmed cookie sheet. Over low heat, melt together butter, cocoa and water. In large bowl of an electirc mixer, beat together eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Add butter/cocoa mixture to egg mixture. Slowly add sugar, then flour and salt. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 15 minutes. While bars are baking, prepare topping, combine and cook butter, salt, cocoa and buttermilk over medium heat. Remove pan from burner and add powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts, if desired. Slowly pour hot topping over cake while cake is still hot, spreading with a spatula if necessary. Cut into bars while still warm. Cool before serving

Nutritional Information:

4753 Calories (kcal); 36g Total Fat; (6% calories from fat); 53g Protein; 1074g Carbohydrate; 374mg Cholesterol; 2481mg Sodium