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Cake or cupcake calories per cup: 227–455 across all 26 named USDA examples

Across all 26 named USDA examples, a cup contains 227–455 calories. Their listed weights span 75–120 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Preparation and portion

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Estimated for 1 piece/slice, any size · 200 g

752calories

Cake or cupcake, apple

Protein
4.8 g
Carbs
105 g
Fat
35 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS) · FDC 2707855 Full nutrition profile →

Compare all 26 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 26 exact records in this guide report 197–758 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 228–410 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Cake or cupcake, begin by separating “Cake or cupcake, apple” from “Cake or cupcake, zucchini.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

Showing the first 6 of 26 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How cake or cupcake records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 26 cited records: minimum, 25th-ranked, median-ranked, 75th-ranked, and maximum. Weight is held at 100 grams; source-serving weights are listed in the table.

  1. Minimum: Cake or cupcake, Black Forest 228 kcal
    228 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, from mix 341 kcal
    341 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Cake or cupcake, white with white icing, from mix 353 kcal
    353 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Cake or cupcake, zucchini 371 kcal
    371 kcal
  5. Maximum: Cake or cupcake, spice 410 kcal
    410 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 26 named USDA records in view: 26 direct matches. All sit within “Cakes and pies.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 26 records together under the exact grouping key “cake or cupcake.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Cake or cupcake, this page can compare 26 named records from FDC 2707855 through FDC 2707897. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

65–200 g before composition

The largest source amount is 3.1× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

182 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “Black Forest”; the higher is “spice.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

2.0 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “lemon” (0.4 g) and “gluten free” (2.4 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every cake or cupcake.

Important: “Lower” begins with Cake or cupcake, chocolate, no icing; “higher” ends with Cake or cupcake, banana, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every cake or cupcake meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Cake or cupcake, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Cake or cupcake nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Cake or cupcake, apple Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 752 kcal 376 4.8 g 1.8 g 560 mg FDC 2707855 ↗
Cake or cupcake, banana Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 758 kcal 379 4.9 g 2 g 560 mg FDC 2707856 ↗
Cake or cupcake, Black Forest Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 456 kcal 228 7 g 3.4 g 428 mg FDC 2707857 ↗
Cake or cupcake, carrot Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 748 kcal 374 5 g 2.2 g 576 mg FDC 2707859 ↗
Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, bakery Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 604 kcal 345 5.8 g 2.8 g 516 mg FDC 2707866 ↗
Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, from mix Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 512 kcal 341 5.2 g 2.6 g 458 mg FDC 2707867 ↗
Cake or cupcake, chocolate with white icing, bakery Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 621 kcal 355 4.9 g 2.1 g 518 mg FDC 2707864 ↗
Cake or cupcake, chocolate with white icing, from mix Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 524 kcal 349 4.6 g 2.1 g 459 mg FDC 2707865 ↗
Cake or cupcake, chocolate, no icing Direct name match 65 gUSDA reference amount 197 kcal 303 3.3 g 1.5 g 252 mg FDC 2707868 ↗
Cake or cupcake, coconut Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 736 kcal 368 5 g 2.6 g 622 mg FDC 2707860 ↗
Cake or cupcake, German chocolate Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 720 kcal 360 7.4 g 4.8 g 594 mg FDC 2707869 ↗
Cake or cupcake, gingerbread Direct name match 115 gUSDA reference amount 317 kcal 276 4.2 g 1.2 g 473 mg FDC 2707876 ↗
Cake or cupcake, gluten free Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 718 kcal 410 8.5 g 4.2 g 208 mg FDC 2707870 ↗
Cake or cupcake, lemon Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 593 kcal 339 4.2 g 0.7 g 532 mg FDC 2707879 ↗
Cake or cupcake, marble Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 607 kcal 347 5.4 g 2.1 g 534 mg FDC 2707880 ↗
Cake or cupcake, peanut butter Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 669 kcal 382 10.7 g 3.5 g 581 mg FDC 2707881 ↗
Cake or cupcake, pumpkin Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 746 kcal 373 5 g 2.2 g 560 mg FDC 2707883 ↗
Cake or cupcake, red velvet Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 710 kcal 355 5.6 g 2.4 g 592 mg FDC 2707884 ↗
Cake or cupcake, spice Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 718 kcal 410 4.7 g 1.6 g 544 mg FDC 2707885 ↗
Cake or cupcake, strawberry Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 571 kcal 326 3.9 g 0.9 g 495 mg FDC 2707887 ↗
Cake or cupcake, white with chocolate icing, bakery Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 611 kcal 349 5.1 g 1.4 g 548 mg FDC 2707893 ↗
Cake or cupcake, white with chocolate icing, from mix Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 518 kcal 345 4.6 g 1.1 g 486 mg FDC 2707894 ↗
Cake or cupcake, white with white icing, bakery Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 628 kcal 359 4.2 g 0.7 g 548 mg FDC 2707891 ↗
Cake or cupcake, white with white icing, from mix Direct name match 150 gUSDA reference amount 530 kcal 353 3.9 g 0.6 g 488 mg FDC 2707892 ↗
Cake or cupcake, white, no icing Direct name match 65 gUSDA reference amount 202 kcal 310 2.8 g 0.4 g 272 mg FDC 2707895 ↗
Cake or cupcake, zucchini Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 742 kcal 371 5 g 1.8 g 560 mg FDC 2707897 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 65 to 200 grams—a 135-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 197 calories for “chocolate” to 758 for “banana.” At a fixed 100 grams, “Black Forest” is 228 calories and “spice” is 410—a fixed-weight separation of 182 calories. For Cake or cupcake, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “apple”, “chocolate with white icing, bakery”, “lemon”, “strawberry”, and “zucchini”. The source formulations contain 28 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include frostings, vanilla, creamy, ready-to-eat, cake or cupcake, chocolate, no icing, cake or cupcake, white, no icing, and frostings, chocolate, creamy, ready-to-eat. On this Cake or cupcake page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Cake or cupcake” cannot resolve the differences between Cake or cupcake, apple and Cake or cupcake, zucchini. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 65–200 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “apple”, “chocolate with white icing, bakery”, “lemon”, “strawberry”, and “zucchini”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    28 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Cake or cupcake, apple” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Cake or cupcake unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that cake or cupcake is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“apple”, “chocolate, no icing”, “red velvet”, and “zucchini”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Cake or cupcake source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 26 exact records behind Cake or cupcake source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Cake or cupcake, gluten free is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Cake or cupcake, gluten free reports 2.4 g versus 0.4 g for Cake or cupcake, lemon: a 2 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, from mix is denser; Cake or cupcake, lemon is higher in its source amount

Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, from mix reports 341 kcal per 100 g and 512 kcal in USDA source amount (150 g). Cake or cupcake, lemon reports a lower 339 kcal per 100 g but a higher 593 kcal in USDA source amount (175 g).

Choose the record before reading the number

Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, from mix and Cake or cupcake, white with chocolate icing, from mix are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes the exact source description the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Cake or cupcake source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Compare two records on this page Cake or cupcake, chocolate with chocolate icing, from mix vs Cake or cupcake, white with chocolate icing, from mix

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Dietary fiber: 1.7 versus 0.7 g per 100 g; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 26 context records in this source topic Cakes and pies

Cake or cupcake, apple and Cake or cupcake, banana belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Beverages, water, tap, drinking

USDA input 14411 appears in 5 of 26 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 6–39 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Cake or cupcake, chocolate, no icing

USDA input 53105275 appears in 9 of 26 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 25–60 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Dietary fiber: density and serving context

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0.4 g in Cake or cupcake, lemon to 2.4 g in Cake or cupcake, gluten free, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Potassium: density and serving context

In this page’s records, potassium runs from 43 mg in Cake or cupcake, white with white icing, bakery to 217 mg in Cake or cupcake, gingerbread, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Cake or cupcake, apple

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707855 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path