Buttermilk Chocolate Bread - Clabber Girl

Ingredients

• Bread
• 1/2 C. butter or margarine, softened
• 1 C. granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 C. all-purpose flour
• 1/2 C. cocoa powder
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
• 1 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 C. buttermilk
• 1/3 C. chopped pecans, optional
• Spread (optional)
• 1/2 C. butter (do not substitute), softened
• 2 Tbsp. honey
• 2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup