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Cake calories per cup: 129–492 across all 12 named USDA examples

Across all 12 named USDA examples, a cup contains 129–492 calories. Their listed weights span 50–150 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 · 60 g

154calories

Cake, angel food

Protein
3.7 g
Carbs
35.2 g
Fat
0.2 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 2707854 Full nutrition profile →

Compare all 12 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 12 exact records in this guide report 154–572 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 214–410 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

Match my meal

Start with the description closest to what you ate

For Cake, begin by separating “Cake, angel food” from “Cake, tres leche.” 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 12 linked records.

Equal-weight view

How cake records compare at 100 grams

Five rank landmarks are shown from all 12 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, strawberry shortcake 214 kcal
    214 kcal
  2. 25th-ranked landmark: Cake, Boston cream pie 252 kcal
    252 kcal
  3. Median-ranked landmark: Cake, pineapple, upside down 273 kcal
    273 kcal
  4. 75th-ranked landmark: Cake, sponge 290 kcal
    290 kcal
  5. Maximum: Cake, chocolate, flourless 410 kcal
    410 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 12 named USDA records in view: 12 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 12 records together under the exact grouping key “cake.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Cake, this page can compare 12 named records from FDC 2707854 through FDC 2707889. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

Read the shared calculation, provenance, and uncertainty method →

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

60–200 g before composition

The largest source amount is 3.3× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

196 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “strawberry shortcake”; the higher is “chocolate; flourless.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.5 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “angel food” (0.2 g) and “fruit cake” (3.7 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.

Important: “Lower” begins with Cake, angel food; “higher” ends with Cake, cream, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every cake meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Cake, 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 nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Cake, angel food Direct name match 60 gUSDA reference amount 154 kcal 257 3.7 g 0.1 g 307 mg FDC 2707854 ↗
Cake, Boston cream pie Direct name match 115 gUSDA reference amount 290 kcal 252 2.8 g 1.6 g 292 mg FDC 2707858 ↗
Cake, chocolate, flourless Direct name match 115 gUSDA reference amount 472 kcal 410 5.6 g 2.8 g 137 mg FDC 2707871 ↗
Cake, cream Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 572 kcal 286 7.7 g 0.8 g 468 mg FDC 2707872 ↗
Cake, fruit cake Direct name match 115 gUSDA reference amount 373 kcal 324 3.3 g 4.3 g 116 mg FDC 2707875 ↗
Cake, jelly roll Direct name match 100 gUSDA reference amount 285 kcal 285 3.1 g 0.8 g 357 mg FDC 2707878 ↗
Cake, pineapple, upside down Direct name match 115 gUSDA reference amount 314 kcal 273 2.7 g 0.8 g 246 mg FDC 2707890 ↗
Cake, pound Direct name match 115 gUSDA reference amount 406 kcal 353 5.8 g 0.7 g 434 mg FDC 2707882 ↗
Cake, sponge Direct name match 65 gUSDA reference amount 189 kcal 290 3.5 g 0.3 g 405 mg FDC 2707886 ↗
Cake, strawberry shortcake Direct name match 175 gUSDA reference amount 375 kcal 214 5.8 g 1.6 g 548 mg FDC 2707896 ↗
Cake, torte Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 482 kcal 241 6.6 g 1.8 g 546 mg FDC 2707888 ↗
Cake, tres leche Direct name match 200 gUSDA reference amount 540 kcal 270 12.8 g 0.6 g 142 mg FDC 2707889 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 60 to 200 grams—a 140-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 154 calories for “angel food” to 572 for “cream.” At a fixed 100 grams, “strawberry shortcake” is 214 calories and “chocolate; flourless” is 410—a fixed-weight separation of 196 calories. For Cake, 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 “angel food”, “cream”, “pineapple, upside down”, “sponge”, and “tres leche”. The source formulations contain 25 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include sugars, granulated, cake or cupcake, white, no icing, cream, whipped, cream topping, pressurized, and butter, stick, unsalted. On this Cake 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” cannot resolve the differences between Cake, angel food and Cake, tres leche. 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 60–200 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 “angel food”, “cream”, “pineapple, upside down”, “sponge”, and “tres leche”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    25 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, angel food” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Cake 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 is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“angel food”, “fruit cake”, “pound”, and “tres leche”—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 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 12 exact records behind Cake 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, tres leche is higher in vitamin D per 100 g

Cake, tres leche reports 1 µg versus 0 µg for Cake, angel food: a 1 µg difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Cake, angel food is denser; Cake, torte is higher in its source amount

Cake, angel food reports 257 kcal per 100 g and 154 kcal in USDA source amount (60 g). Cake, torte reports a lower 241 kcal per 100 g but a higher 482 kcal in USDA source amount (200 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Cake, angel food” from “Cake, tres leche”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

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

12 context records in this source topic Cakes and pies

Cake, angel food and Cake, Boston cream pie 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 Sugars, granulated

USDA input 19335 appears in 4 of 12 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 2–18 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, white, no icing

USDA input 53121275 appears in 3 of 12 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 50–65 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 Vitamin D: density and serving context

In this page’s records, vitamin D runs from 0 µg in Cake, angel food to 1 µg in Cake, tres leche, all per 100 g.

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 0.2 g in Cake, angel food to 3.7 g in Cake, fruit cake, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Cake, angel food

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707854 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path 12 records share this broad food family Snacks & desserts: broader category context

Cake, angel food and Cake, Boston cream pie, plus 10 more are assigned to Feast’s Snacks & desserts editorial category. Use the category page to compare nearby foods at a broad level; keep the exact USDA descriptions on this page for record-level decisions.

Follow this evidence path