Hot and muggy again and the final "Week of Chocolate" recipe posting

Good Morning Augusta

This morning it's a mix of clouds and sun out there with a slight chance of a rain shower. High 90ºF. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies and a low around 55ºF. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 87%, the dew point is 67ºF and outside it's  70.9ºF.

The wind direction is  South between 0.0 MPH and 0.3 MPH, with a heat index of 72ºF.

The Barometric pressure is 29.74 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 0 out of 16, Sunrise is 4:54 a.m. Sunset is 8:24 P.M. Moon rise is 11:16 p.m., Moon set is 8:34 p.m., and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 87% illuminated.

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta's airport this morning is:

METAR KAUG 130953Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 20/17 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP086 T02000172

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear and very  sunny skies again today.

We didn't receive any rain over the past 24 hours.

Space Weather for this morning is:

Today's Solar flux is 78, the solar wind speed is 503 Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

This recipe is the last one for the "Week of Chocolate" dessert recipe postings. Might as well be something upside down, right?

BROWNIE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Sift together:

1 cup flour

¾ cup sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

1 ½ tsp. cocoa

½ tsp. salt

Directions:

Combine and put in ungreased cake tin:

½ cup walnuts

Add ½ cup milk

1 tsp. vanilla

2 Tblsp. shortening

Combine and pour over cake:

½ cup sugar

½ cup brown sugar

3 Tblsp. cocoa

1 cup hot water

Bake ½ hour at 350.

 

Comments