#MEwx Snow, colder anda good old fashioned Yellow Cake

Good morning Augusta.

I've put up an Ambient WS 5000 weather station where you can view real time weather readings from my location online by clicking here.

This morning we have snow accumulating  6 to 10 inches. Highs around 30°F. winds are North around 10 mph gusting to 25 mph. 

Tonight we'll have clouds with a chance of snow showers this evening, then partly cloudy after midnight. Lows around 16°F. North winds around 10 mph gusting to 20 mph.

We've received rouoghly 3 inches of snow here over the past 24 hours (so far).

The  wind is North between  1.3 MPH and 5.8 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 29.45, the Absolute pressure is 29.25 and falling with a weather graphic indicating sun and clouds.

Augusta's humidity is 98%, the  outdoor temperature is 26.4°F, the dew point is 25.9°F and the wind chill is 26.4°F.  

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with overcast and snow..

The UV index is 0 placing the average person at low risk and the solar radiation reading is 6.5W/m2. Sunrise is 7:08 AM, sunset is 4:32 PM, moonrise is 6:29 AM, Moonset is 2:48 PM. The moon is waning crescent and is 2.8% illuminated. We'll have 9 hours 24 minutes of daylight today.

The next Full Moon is on February 5, 2023 with our next new moon being on January 21.

 

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.