Chocolate Cake Cupcakes

from "everything nice by sugar and spice" - http://everythingnicebysugarandspice.com/?p=662

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 12 cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1  lb  2 cups flour
• 2  cups sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 4  tablespoons  heaping  cocoa
• 1  cup butter
• 1  cup boiling water
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 2  whole beaten eggs
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Grease or line a muffin pan.
2. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
3. In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
4. Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
5. In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture.
6. Pour into a muffin pan and bake at 350-degrees for 18-20 minutes.