Clouds, rain and a Chocolate Cream Pound Cake
This morning we have cloudiness with a 50% chance of rain showers. High around 70ºF. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight we'll have a 40% chance of Rain showers with mostly cloudy conditions overnight. Low around 50ºF. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
The readings from my weather instruments are:
Humidity is 72%, the dew point is 49ºF and outside it's 57ºF.
The wind direction is West Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.4 MPH, with a heat index of 59ºF.
The Barometric pressure is 29.88 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.
The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:56 a.m. Sunset is 8:18 P.M. Moon rise is 3:33 a.m., Moon set is 2:39 p.m., and the moon phase is waxing gibbous being 78% illuminated.
The RAW METAR reading from Augusta's airport this morning is:
METAR KAUG 041053Z AUTO 28004KT 10SM OVC080 12/08 A2992 RMK AO2 SLP133 T01220083
Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with overcast to 8,000 ft / 2,438 m.
We received a few drizzels of rain over the past 24 hours, but not enough to measure.
Space Weather for this morning is:
Today's Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 453 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.
For the Chocolate Pound Cake lovers out there, this one is for you!
CHOCOLATE CREAM POUND CAKE
1 cup heavy cream
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa
2 tsp. baking powder
¾ tsp. salt
Preheat oven to 350⁰
Butter and sugar-dust a 9"x5"x3" loaf pan
1. In a mixing bowl, beat cream until stiff.
2. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
3. Sift remaining ingredients together into cream mixture; stir to blend thoroughly.
4. Pour batter into the loaf pan.
5. Bake for 55 minutes or until cake just begins to pull away from edge of pan.
6. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
7. Turn out on rack to cool, or slice and serve warm (with ice cream!).
Cake will stay fresh and moist for as long as a week if wrapped in airtight container after thoroughly cooled.
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