#MEwx Warm, less humid and Chocolate Cream Pound Cake

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Good morning Augusta

The Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians last night 7-6. We're 63 and 59.

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

This morning we have patchy fog that has already burned off, partly sunny skies with Highs in the upper 70s. Light and variable winds.

Tonight we'll have partly cloudy skies with lows in the mid 50s. Light and variable winds.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

Our outdoor temperature is 63.2°F, the humidity is 69% and the Dew Point is 52.2°F.

The wind direction is North Northeast between 4.3 MPH and 5.3 MPH. 

The Relative pressure is 29.83, the Absolute pressure is 29.63 and rising with a weather graphic indicating sun.

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

The UV rating is 1 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:40 AM, Sunset is 7:45 PM, Moonrise is 7:45 PM,  Moonset is 4:31 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 141053Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM BKN060 16/11 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP120 T01610106

I've always loved Pound cake, haven't you?

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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