Cakes
Belongs to:
Biscuits and cakes, Sweet snacks, Snacks
Contains:
- Almond cakes
- Black Forest gâteau
- Breton cakes
- Canelés
- Carrot cakes
- Cheesecakes
- Chocolate cakes
- Chocolate soft cake
- Clafoutis
- Dorayaki
- Doughnuts
- Fairy cakes
- Filled cakes
- Filled sponge cake slices
- Financiers
- Fresh cakes
- Fruit cakes
- Kouign-amann
- Lemon cake
- Madeleines
- Marble cakes
- Muffins
- Plum cakes
- Pound Cake
- Soft cake filled with chocolate
- Soft cake filled with fruit paste and coated with sugar icing
- Soft cake filled with fruits
- Soft cake with nuts
- Soft fruit cakes
- Spit cakes
- Sponge cakes
- Stollen
- Walnut and almond cake
- es:Rosquillas fritas
- it:Ciambelle e ciambelloni
- nl:Roze koeken
Cake is a form of sweet food that is usually baked. The most commonly used cake ingredients include flour, sugar, eggs, butter or oil or margarine, a liquid, and leavening agents, such as baking soda or baking powder. Common additional ingredients and flavourings include dried, candied, or fresh fruit, nuts, cocoa, and extracts such as vanilla, with numerous substitutions for the primary ingredients. Cakes can also be filled with fruit preserves, nuts or dessert sauces -like pastry cream-, iced with buttercream or other icings, and decorated with marzipan, piped borders, or candied fruit.
Nutrition facts
Average nutrition facts for the 24608 products of the Cakes category for which nutrition facts are known (out of 26212 products).
Nutrition facts | As sold for 100 g / 100 ml |
Standard deviation | Minimum | 10th centile | Median | 90th centile | Maximum |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Energy |
1,640 kj (393 kcal) |
221 kj (53 kcal) |
0 kj (0 kcal) |
1,210 kj (291 kcal) |
1,670 kj (400 kcal) |
1,950 kj (465 kcal) |
213,000 kj (51000 kcal) |
Energy from fat |
263 kj (63 kcal) |
191 kj (46 kcal) |
0 kj (0 kcal) |
21 kj (5 kcal) |
335 kj (80 kcal) |
586 kj (140 kcal) |
1,050 kj (251 kcal) |
Fat | 17.6 g | 6.71 g | 0 g | 4.65 g | 18.7 g | 27 g | 3,000 g |
Saturated fat | 6.67 g | 4.19 g | 0 g | 1.2 g | 5.95 g | 14.2 g | 1,300 g |
Monounsaturated fat | 4.33 g | 2.06 g | 0 g | 1.1 g | 4.26 g | 7.69 g | 20 g |
Polyunsaturated fat | 2.9 g | 2.1 g | 0 g | 0 g | 2.56 g | 7.06 g | 17.2 g |
Alpha-linolenic acid | 0.936 g | 1.4 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0.15 g | 4 g | 66 g |
Trans fat | 0.002 g | 0.018 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 17 g |
Cholesterol | 23.4 mg | 24.4 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 18 mg | 71 mg | 127,000 mg |
Carbohydrates | 52.6 g | 10.5 g | 0 g | 36 g | 52 g | 73 g | 6,100 g |
Sugars | 29.3 g | 9.02 g | 0 g | 14 g | 29 g | 44.4 g | 4,300 g |
Added sugars | 23.7 g | 13.7 g | 0 g | 0 g | 22 g | 55 g | 91.9 g |
Starch | 15.3 g | 8.42 g | 0.3 g | 4.49 g | 15.4 g | 39.6 g | 47.6 g |
Polyols (sugar alcohols) | 13.6 g | 9.85 g | 0 g | 0 g | 13 g | 29 g | 67.7 g |
Fiber | 1.76 g | 1.32 g | 0 g | 0 g | 1.6 g | 4.2 g | 800 g |
Soluble fiber | 0.277 g | 0.46 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 1 g | 40 g |
Insoluble fiber | 1 g | 1.25 g | 0 g | 0 g | 1 g | 4 g | 21 g |
Proteins | 5.08 g | 1.5 g | 0 g | 2.65 g | 5.1 g | 7.6 g | 700 g |
Salt | 0.692 g | 0.34 g | 0 g | 0.195 g | 0.667 g | 1.3 g | 1,100 g |
Alcohol | 0.075 % vol | 0.252 % vol | 0 % vol | 0 % vol | 0 % vol | 0.6 % vol | 29 % vol |
Vitamin A | 33.3 µg | 60.6 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | 177 µg | 60,000,000 µg |
Vitamin D | 0.586 µg | 1.7 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | 4.44 µg | 3,330,000 µg |
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) | 0.152 mg | 0.53 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 1.4 mg | 1,320 mg |
Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) | 0.211 mg | 0.402 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 1 mg | 40,000 mg |
Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) | 0.3 mg | 0.237 mg | 0 mg | 0.043 mg | 0.227 mg | 0.773 mg | 324 mg |
Vitamin B3/PP (Niacin) | 3.19 mg | 2.41 mg | 0 mg | 0.351 mg | 2.79 mg | 8 mg | 41.5 mg |
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxin) | 0.453 mg | 0.323 mg | 0 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.364 mg | 0.909 mg | 46,500 mg |
Vitamin B9 (Folic acid) | 74.6 µg | 47.1 µg | 0 µg | 12 µg | 63 µg | 182 µg | 380 µg |
Folates (total folates) | 80.8 µg | 70.7 µg | 0 µg | 14 µg | 63 µg | 251 µg | 351 µg |
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) | 0.782 µg | 0.766 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0.48 µg | 2.25 µg | 2,200 µg |
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) | 2.95 mg | 5.68 mg | 0.286 mg | 0.286 mg | 1 mg | 18.9 mg | 18.9 mg |
Potassium | 115 mg | 81.8 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 99 mg | 280 mg | 45,500 mg |
Calcium | 48.8 mg | 50.1 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | 35 mg | 160 mg | 66,700 mg |
Phosphorus | 265 mg | 176 mg | 0 mg | 38 mg | 231 mg | 574 mg | 2,700 mg |
Iron | 1.71 mg | 0.954 mg | 0 mg | 0.44 mg | 1.57 mg | 3.6 mg | 4,500 mg |
Magnesium | 31.2 mg | 27.5 mg | 0 mg | 6 mg | 17 mg | 89 mg | 560 mg |
Zinc | 0.961 mg | 0.62 mg | 0 mg | 0.4 mg | 0.8 mg | 2.14 mg | 43.3 mg |
Copper | 0.437 mg | 0.275 mg | 0.1 mg | 0.1 mg | 0.444 mg | 0.857 mg | 1 mg |
Manganese | 1.02 mg | 0.369 mg | 0.2 mg | 1 mg | 1 mg | 2 mg | 2 mg |
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils | 10.7 % | 12.7 % | 0 % | 0 % | 4.1 % | 35.5 % | 99 % |
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (manual estimate from ingredients list) | 12.3 % | 7.66 % | 0 % | 4.3 % | 10 % | 28 % | 87.7 % |
Cocoa (minimum) | 8.23 % | 10.8 % | 0.1 % | 0.7 % | 3.5 % | 44 % | 100 % |