#MEwx Sun, drying out and chocolate cream pound cake

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Good morning Augusta

The Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox yesterday afternoon 9-2. We are now 17 and 18.

A direct, real-time feed from my personal weather station is available for you here.

This morning we have mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid 60s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight we'll have mostly clear skies with lows in the lower 40s. South Winds will be 10 mph, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The outdoor temperature is 51.6°F, the humidity is 81% and the Dew Point is 46.0°F.

The wind direction is North Northwest between 2.5 MPH and 4.9 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.93, the Absolute pressure is 29.73 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

Visibility is 10.0 Miles / 16.1 Kilometers with clear skies.

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:23 A.M., Sunset is 7:48 P.M., Moonrise is 6:42 A.M., Moonset is 9:42 P.M. and the moon phase is waxing crescent.

Augusta's RAW METAR readings are:

METAR KAUG 061053Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR 08/07 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP156 T00780072

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

I don't know about you, but I've been chocolate deprived lately. Let's change that.

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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