Nutritional Facts: Pound Cake

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  2 cups (454g)
unsalted butter
2 cups (400g)
sugar
8 large (136g)
egg yolks
2 teaspoons (8g)
vanilla
4 cups (548g)
cake flour
8 large (264g)
egg whites
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.1 n/a 1.4 1.9 n/a 0.0 4 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Arginine (g) 0.1 n/a 1.5 n/a 1.7 1.7 n/a 0.0 5 1
Ash (g) 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.0 2.1 1.7 0.6 3.0 10 1
Aspartic acid (g) 0.3 n/a 2.1 n/a 1.9 3.2 n/a 0.0 7 1
Beta-sitosterol (mg) 18.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 2
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 109.0 4.0 175.4 0.9 76.7 18.5 0.1 0.7 385 39
Calories 3,255.2 1,548.0 437.9 24.2 1,983.8 137.3 3.9 0.0 7,390 739
Calories (kj) 13,615.5 6,472.0 1,830.6 101.2 8,302.2 570.2 16.2 0.0 30,908 3,091
Campesterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.3 399.9 4.9 1.1 427.6 1.9 0.9 0.0 837 84
Cholesterol (mg) 976.1 0.0 1,475.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,452 245
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.0 n/a 0.4 n/a 1.0 0.8 n/a 0.0 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 1
Folate (mcg) 13.6 0.0 198.6 0.0 1,019.3 10.6 0.0 0.0 1,242 124
Folate, DFE (mcg) 13.6 0.0 198.6 0.0 1,545.4 10.6 0.0 0.0 1,768 177
Folate, food (mcg) 13.6 0.0 198.6 0.0 257.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 480 48
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 756.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 756 76
Fructose n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.9 n/a n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 0.8 n/a 2.7 n/a 14.9 4.1 n/a 0.0 22 2
Glycine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.7 n/a 1.5 1.1 n/a 0.0 3 0
Histidine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.6 n/a 0.9 0.8 n/a 0.0 2 0
Iron (mg) 0.1 0.2 3.7 0.0 40.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 44 4
Isoleucine (g) 0.2 n/a 1.2 n/a 1.7 1.7 n/a 0.0 5 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 0.4 n/a 1.9 n/a 3.1 2.7 n/a 0.0 8 1
Lysine (g) 0.3 n/a 1.7 n/a 1.6 2.1 n/a 0.0 6 1
Magnesium (mg) 9.1 0.0 6.8 1.0 87.7 29.0 0.0 0.0 134 13
Maltose n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 0
Methionine (g) 0.1 n/a 0.5 n/a 0.8 1.1 n/a 0.0 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 95.4 0.0 16.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 112 11
Niacin (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 37.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 38 4
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.5 0.0 4.1 0.0 2.5 0.5 0.0 0.0 8 1
Phenylalanine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.9 n/a 2.1 1.8 n/a 0.0 5 1
Phosphorus (mg) 109.0 0.0 530.4 0.5 465.8 39.6 0.1 0.0 1,145 115
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 13.8 0.0 5.7 0.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 22 2
Potassium (mg) 109.0 8.0 148.2 12.4 575.4 430.3 247.5 0.2 1,531 153
Proline (g) 0.4 n/a 0.9 n/a 5.0 1.1 n/a 0.0 7 1
Protein (g) 3.9 0.0 21.6 0.0 44.9 28.8 0.0 0.0 99 10
Retinol (mcg) 3,046.3 0.0 504.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,551 355
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.0 2.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 4 0
Saturated Fat (g) 233.2 0.0 13.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 247 25
Selenium (mcg) 4.5 2.4 76.2 0.0 26.9 52.8 0.0 0.0 163 16
Serine (g) 0.2 n/a 1.8 n/a 2.4 2.1 n/a 0.0 6 1
Sodium (mg) 49.9 4.0 65.3 0.8 11.0 438.2 0.8 1,162.7 1,733 173
Stigmasterol (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 399.2 0.1 n/a n/a 0.2 n/a n/a 399 40
Sugar (g) 0.3 399.2 0.8 1.1 1.7 1.9 0.0 0.0 405 40
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 1
Threonine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.9 n/a 1.2 1.2 n/a 0.0 4 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 10.5 0.0 3.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 14 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.0 n/a 1.8 n/a 0.4 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Total Fat (g) 368.2 0.0 36.1 0.0 4.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 410 41
Tryptophan (g) 0.1 n/a 0.2 n/a 0.6 0.3 n/a 0.0 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.2 n/a 0.9 n/a 1.3 1.2 n/a 0.0 4 0
Valine (g) 0.3 n/a 1.3 n/a 2.0 2.1 n/a 0.0 6 1
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 11,345.5 0.0 1,961.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,307 1,331
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 3,105.4 0.0 518.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,624 362
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.8 0.0 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 4 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 272.4 0.0 296.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 569 57
Water (g) 81.4 0.1 71.1 4.4 68.6 231.2 0.0 0.0 457 46
Zinc (mg) 0.4 0.0 3.1 0.0 3.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 7 1

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