Nutritional Facts: Simple Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting(Cook's Illustrated

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  2 1/2 cups (313g)
unbleached all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons (6g)
baking powder
1 teaspoon (5g)
baking soda
1 1/4 teaspoons (3g)
ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
ground nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon (0g)
ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
table salt
1 lb (454g)
carrots
1 1/2 cups (300g)
granulated sugar
1/2 cup (110g)
light brown sugar
4 large (200g)
eggs
1 1/2 cups (327g)
vegetable oil
1 to taste (0g)
cream cheese frosting
8 ounces (227g)
cream cheese
5 tablespoons (71g)
unsalted butter
1 tablespoon (12g)
sour cream
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups (150g)
confectioners' sugar
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 1.5 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1 0
Arginine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 1.6 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Ash (g) 1.5 4.1 1.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.4 0.0 0.5 2.1 0.0 n/a 3.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 21 1
Aspartic acid (g) 1.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.9 n/a n/a 2.7 0.0 n/a 1.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 6 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.8 n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 46.9 423.4 0.0 32.7 2.0 1.8 0.7 149.8 3.0 91.3 112.0 0.0 n/a 222.7 17.0 13.2 0.2 1.5 1,118 75
Calories 1,137.5 2.9 0.0 8.1 5.8 0.9 0.0 186.1 1,161.0 418.0 286.0 2,890.7 n/a 777.0 509.1 23.2 6.0 583.5 7,996 533
Calories (kj) 4,759.4 12.2 0.0 33.8 24.2 3.7 0.0 785.4 4,854.0 1,749.0 1,198.0 12,095.7 n/a 3,251.2 2,129.3 97.1 25.3 2,440.5 33,459 2,231
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 238.5 1.4 0.0 2.6 0.5 0.2 0.0 43.5 299.9 107.9 1.4 0.0 n/a 9.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 149.7 856 57
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 744.0 0.0 n/a 249.9 152.7 6.2 0.0 0.0 1,153 77
Copper (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 8.4 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 23 2
Folate (mcg) 571.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 86.3 0.0 1.1 94.0 0.0 n/a 25.0 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 782 52
Folate, DFE (mcg) 909.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 86.3 0.0 1.1 94.0 0.0 n/a 25.0 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 1,120 75
Folate, food (mcg) 90.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.0 86.3 0.0 1.1 94.0 0.0 n/a 25.0 2.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 301 20
Folic acid (mcg) 481.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 481 32
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 2.5 0.0 1.2 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 4 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 2.7 0.0 1.5 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 5 0
Glutamic acid (g) 10.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 1.7 n/a n/a 3.3 0.0 n/a 3.0 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a 19 1
Glycine (g) 1.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Histidine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 14.5 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.2 0.8 3.5 0.0 n/a 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 22 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 1.3 0.0 n/a 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 7.3 n/a 0.4 n/a 0.0 8 1
Leucine (g) 2.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 2.2 0.0 n/a 1.5 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 6 0
Lysine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 1.8 0.0 n/a 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Magnesium (mg) 68.8 2.2 0.0 2.0 2.0 0.7 0.0 54.5 0.0 9.9 24.0 0.0 n/a 20.4 1.4 1.2 0.3 0.0 187 12
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 0
Methionine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.8 0.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 7.3 90.2 n/a 19.6 14.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 133 9
Niacin (mg) 18.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.1 3.1 0.0 n/a 1.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 1.4 0.0 n/a 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Phosphorus (mg) 337.5 570.3 0.0 2.1 2.3 0.3 0.0 158.9 0.0 4.4 396.0 0.0 n/a 240.8 17.0 13.8 0.1 0.0 1,744 116
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 3,165.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3,168 211
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.8 178.8 n/a 3.3 2.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 190 13
Potassium (mg) 334.4 0.3 0.0 14.1 3.9 3.0 0.2 1,452.8 6.0 146.3 276.0 0.0 n/a 313.5 17.0 16.9 3.1 3.0 2,591 173
Proline (g) 3.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 n/a 1.5 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 7 0
Protein (g) 32.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.1 25.1 0.0 n/a 13.5 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 76 5
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 320.0 0.0 n/a 815.6 476.4 20.9 0.0 0.0 1,633 109
Riboflavin (mg) 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.0 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 6.3 42.3 n/a 43.8 36.5 1.4 0.0 0.0 131 9
Selenium (mcg) 105.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 1.3 61.4 0.0 n/a 5.5 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.9 178 12
Serine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.9 0.0 n/a 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 5 0
Sodium (mg) 6.3 453.8 1,258.6 0.3 0.2 0.7 1,162.7 313.3 3.0 30.8 284.0 0.0 n/a 729.3 7.8 9.6 0.2 3.0 4,264 284
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a 1.9 9 1
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 16.3 299.4 104.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 420 28
Sugar (g) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 21.5 299.4 106.7 0.7 0.0 n/a 7.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 146.7 584 39
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Threonine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.9 n/a n/a 1.1 0.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 46.8 n/a 0.7 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 55 4
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 3.9 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 5 0
Total Fat (g) 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 19.0 327.0 n/a 77.8 57.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 488 33
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 n/a 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Valine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 1.7 0.0 n/a 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 6.3 0.0 0.0 9.6 1.1 1.5 0.0 75,845.2 0.0 0.0 1,080.0 0.0 n/a 3,051.3 1,774.3 74.8 0.0 0.0 81,844 5,456
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 3,790.9 0.0 0.0 320.0 0.0 n/a 831.6 485.6 21.1 0.0 0.0 5,450 363
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 n/a 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 26.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 27 2
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 164.0 0.0 n/a 56.8 42.6 1.7 0.0 0.0 265 18
Water (g) 37.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 400.8 0.1 1.5 152.3 0.0 n/a 123.7 12.7 8.9 1.1 0.3 739 49
Zinc (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 n/a 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 0

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