Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes

3/4 cup boiling water
3/4 cup cocoa powder
6 ounces butter
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 eggs
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup buttermilk
Ganache, recipe follows

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees

Whisk together boiling water and cocoa. Cover and set aside. With a mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, salt and vanilla extract. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and continue creaming until light and fluffy. Sift together the flour, baking soda and baking powder and add this mixture, alternately with the buttermilk. Add cocoa and water mixture and mix until thoroughly combined.

Scoop into cupcake pans filling the cup 1/2 full. Add one small scoop of ganache then top off with more batter filling each cup about 3/4 full.

Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Ganache

12 ounces chocolate
12oz heavy cream
Heat cream in pan and add chopped chocolate and mix together until chocolate in melted. Cool in frig for 24 hours or in the freezer for 30 min.
24 medium-sized cupcakes