#MEwx Colder with wind and Chocolate Cream Pound Cake

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Good morning Augusta

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This morning we have sunny skies with expected highs around 30°F. Winds are North 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph. Wind chill values as low as zero this morning.

Tonight we'll have clear skies with lows around 14°F. Winds will remain North 10 to 15 mph gusting to 25 mph.

The outdoor temperature is 17.1°F, the dewpoint is 8.1°F and the wind chill is 5.1°F.

We didn't have any snow or melting here over the past 24 hours.

Today's sunrise is 6:55 AM, sunset is 4:52 PM and we'll have 9 hours 56 minutes of daylight today. Moonrise is 2:22 AM and Moonset is 11:07 AM. The moon phase waning crescent and is 34% illuminated. Our next Full Moon is on February 24 and our next new moon will be on February 9.

The wind velocity is between 7.1 MPH and 16.3 MPH from the North Northwest.

The Relative pressure is 29.76, the Absolute pressure is 29.56 and steady with a weather graphic indicating sun and scattered clouds.

The Humidity is 65%, the UV index is 0 placing the average person at no risk and the solar radiation reading is 14.1W/m2.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 Kilometers with partly Cloudy skies.

 

I confess to having a soft spot for this particular chocolate cake recipe.

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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