Near freezing with snow and rain on the way - a good, basic Yellow cake recipe

Good Morning Augusta

This morning we have becoming cloudy with  roughly one inch of snow this afternoon. High around 35°F. Winds will be SE at 5 to 10 mph. 

Tonight we'll have a sloppy wintry mix for this evening. Clouds will linger late with a low of 31°F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 44%, the Dew Point is 2.5°F and the outdoor temp is 21.0°F.

The wind direction is   North Northeast between 4.6 MPH and 5.34.9 MPH, generating a wind chill of 21.0°F.

The Relative pressure is 30.56, the Absolute pressure is 30.36 and falling with a weather graphic indicating snow/rain.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:26 a.m. Sunset is 5:19 p.m., Moonrise is 10:49 a.m., Moonset is 12:39 a.m. and the moon phase is Waxing crescent being 52% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

METAR KAUG 231153Z AUTO 03005KT 10SM CLR M06/M13 A3072 RMK AO2 SLP409 T10611128 11039 21067 50003

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies for the time being.

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

Space weather for today is:

Today's Solar flux is 70, the solar wind speed is 552  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

Everyone likes a good Yellow Cake, especially if you add in chocolate chips or top it with chocolate frosting. Why not both? 

YELLOW CAKE

1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

½ Tblsp. baking powder

¼ tsp. salt

½ cup milk

½ tsp. vanilla

1 stick butter, very soft

1 cup sugar

2 eggs, room temperature

Preheat oven to 350⁰.

In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and salt.  Add milk, vanilla, softened butter, sugar, and eggs.  Stir until smooth, pour into an 8"x8" greased baking pan.

Bake 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from middle of cake.

Frost as desired.  Sweetened whipped cream with crushed strawberries is really good as a frosting.

Options:  add chocolate chips (any size), nuts, etc.  Or split and fill with vanilla pudding, top with chocolate frosting.

This recipe can easily be doubled.  Bake in two 8" cake pans, or one 9"x13" pan.  Check baking time accordingly.