Above freezing with a fantastic chocolate dessert recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have cloudy skies, followed by partial clearing. High will be 37ºF. Winds will be from the S at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have partly cloudy skies with a low of 32ºF. Winds will be from the SW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 74%, the dew point is 16ºF, outside it’s -2.2ºC and 29.9ºF.

The wind direction is South between 0.4 MPH and 1.3 MPH, generating a wind chill of 29.9ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.80 / HPA 1009.1 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is at 6:33 a.m. Sunset is 5:12 P.M. Moon rise is at 12:08 a.m., Moon set is 10:33 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous.   

The RAW METAR reading from the airport in Augusta, Maine is:

METAR KAUG 181153Z AUTO 25004KT 10SM SCT075 OVC090 M03/M13 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP079 T10281128 11028 21056 53003

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with scattered clouds to 7,500 ft / 2,286 m and overcast to 9,000 ft / 2,743 m.

We didn’t receive any rain or snow here over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today’s Solar flux is 80, the solar wind speed is 526 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Okay, okay folks, I get the message.  When it comes to chocolate stuff, make it the “real deal” or don’t bother.

So how about:

VOLCANO CAKE

1 box chocolate cake mix

1 can cherry pie filling

Chocolate cookie crumbs

Chocolate ice cream

Prepare a chocolate cake mix according to the package directions.  Bake in a bundt pan; invert onto serving platter and cool completely. Fill hole in the center of the cake with scoops of ice cream. Top with cherry pie filling (lava) and drizzle down sides of the cake. Sprinkle top of volcano with crushed cookie crumbs.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 132 Calories; 4g Fat (22.8% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 187mg Sodium. 

Exchanges: 1/2 Fat; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.

(By the way, to the person who insisted that “fake chocolate cake is as bad as fake sex” hey, I’m trying to be healthy here!)