Sun, below freezing temps and a basic cake recipe

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have sunny skies with a high of 26°F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight we'll have clear skies and a low of 9°F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Humidity is 22%, the Dew Point is -19.5°F and the outdoor temp is 12.2°F.

The wind direction is   West Northwest between 0.1 MPH and 0.2 MPH, generating a wind chill of 5.0°F.

The Relative pressure is 29.64, the Absolute pressure is 29.43 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 6:45 a.m. Sunset is 6:48 p.m., Moonrise is 7:37 a.m., Moonset is 8:07 p.m. and the moon phase is a New Moon being 1% illuminated.

The RAW METAR readings from Augusta's airport are:

METAR KAUG 181053Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR M13/M22 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP091 T11331217

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

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

Space weather for today is:

Today's Solar flux is 72, the solar wind speed is 516  Kilometers per second and the chance of a solar storm is 1%.

How about a basic cake recipe for a change?

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. Of course there is always chocolate frosting, nice and thick on top.

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.