Cocoa Powder Ganache

Today I needed to make ganache to frost a cake. I didn't feel like dragging my girls out in the winter wonderland to buy chocolate and cream so I looked up online to see if it is possible to make ganache with cocoa powder. Someone said that it's the only way she ever makes ganache so I decided to give it a try. Here is what I ended up doing and I thought that it looked like and tasted like the real thing. 9 T cocoa powder 6 T butter, room temp. 9 T sugar 1/2 C evaporated milk. Combine cocoa powder and sugar. Add butter. Boil evaporated milk. Pour over cocoa mixture. Let stand 5 minutes. Whisk together. Let stand about 15 or 20 minutes to allow sugar to fully dissolve. Use. This was enough for the top of a 9 x 13 cake.