Belleau Kitchen Challenge.....

Dom's belleaukitchen challenge was really fun and easy.  You had to go to your bookcase pick a shelf and then pick the 18th cookbook on that shelf.  I made out like a bandit when I made the count to 18.  Lucky for me it was a  Martha Stewart Cupcake Cookbook.  I decide on the Red Velvet Cupcakes.  They were delicious and here is the recipe.
Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour( not self-rising) sifted
• 2 tbsp. unsweetened Dutch process cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2  cups vegetable oil
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1/2 tsp. red gel paste food color
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2  tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. distilled white vinegar
• Cream Cheese Frosting 

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line standard miffin tins with paper liners.  Whisk together cake flour, cocoa, and salt.
2. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, whisk together sugar and oil until combined.  Add eggs, one at a time,  beating until each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed.  Mix in food color and vanilla.
3. Reduce speed to low.  Add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with two additions of buttermilk, and whisking well after each.  Stir together the baking soda and vinegar in a small bowl(it will foam); add mixture  to the batter, and mix on medium speed 10 seconds.
4. Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three quarters full.  Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in the centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes.  Transfer tins to wire racks to cool completely before removing the cupcakes. 
5. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting.