#MEwx Warm and sunny with Chocolate Zucchini Cake

Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox lost to the California Angels yesterday evening 12-4. We're 62 and 56.

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

This morning we have partly sunny skies with highs in the mid 70s. West winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy conditions with lows in the upper 50s. West winds around 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 61.5°F, the humidity is 79% and the Dew Point is 54.7°F.

The wind direction is West between 0.9 MPH and 2.5 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 29.82, the Absolute pressure is 29.62 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 5:37 AM, Sunset is 7:50 PM, Moonrise is 5:31 PM,  Moonset is 1:50 AM  and the moon phase is waxing gibbous.

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

The RAW METAR reading from Augusta's airport is:

METAR KAUG 111053Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP120 T01440117 $

I'm getting a lot of vegies out of my garden, so time to mix some of it with chocolate so I'm eating healthy.

CHOCOLATE ZUCCHINI CAKE

½ cup butter

1 ¾ cups sugar

½ cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

½ cup buttermilk or sour milk

½ cup cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla

½ tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 ½ cups flour

2 cups grated zucchini

½ cup chocolate chips (or more!)

½ cup chopped nuts

Directions:

1.         Cream together butter, oil, and sugar.

2.         Blend in egg, buttermilk, vanilla.

3.         Stir in dry ingredients, zucchini, and some chocolate chips.

4.         Pour into a greased and floured 9"x13" baking pan.

5.         Sprinkle the remaining chips and nuts over top of cake.

6.         Bake at 325⁰ about 50 minutes.