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Cake or cupcake, chocolate with white icing, from mix: calories and nutrition

Cake or cupcake, chocolate with white icing, from mix has about 524 calories per USDA reference amount in the cited USDA reference record. Use the portion controls and preparation factors below to interpret the estimate.

What this number means

A portion-aware estimate, not a promise

A USDA reference amount weighing 150 grams has about 524 calories in the cited source record.

The listed household measures span roughly 24–785 calories across the listed portions. That range describes the source portions below; it is not a confidence interval and does not capture every recipe.

Calculated from the smallest and largest usable household measures listed by USDA for this exact FNDDS record; not a confidence interval.

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Calories
524 kcal
Protein
4.6 g
Carbohydrate
79.7 g
Total fat
21.6 g

Household measures

Compare listed portions

These values scale the source nutrition by gram weight. Rounding keeps the comparison readable.

1 miniature/bite size

87 kcal

25 g

1 regular cupcake

262 kcal

75 g

1 regular or small piece/slice, 1 layer cake

349 kcal

100 g

1 regular or small piece/slice, 2+ layer cake

524 kcal

150 g

1 large piece/slice, 1 layer cake

524 kcal

150 g

1 large piece/slice, 2+ layer cake

785 kcal

225 g

At a glance

Nutrient highlights per source serving

The strongest supplied Daily Value signals, shown without extrapolating missing values.

Carbohydrate

79.7 g≈ 29% Daily Value

Total fat

21.6 g≈ 28% Daily Value

Cholesterol

70.5 mg≈ 24% Daily Value

Source-serving signals

What stands out in this record

These observations are calculated from the cited USDA reference amount. They describe the database serving, not a measurement or recommendation for your plate.

  • The representative USDA portion contains 459 mg sodium, about 20% of the Daily Value used on U.S. labels.

Nutrition facts

Compare the source serving with 100 grams

Values are rounded for readability. The source serving is 150 g.

NutrientAmountApprox. % Daily Value
Calories 524 kcal
Protein 4.6 g
Carbohydrate 79.7 g 29%
Total fat 21.6 g 28%
Dietary fiber 2.1 g
Sugars 57.3 g
Sodium 459 mg
Saturated fat 4.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat 7.5 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 8.3 g
Cholesterol 70.5 mg 24%
Potassium 126 mg
Calcium 109.5 mg
Iron 1.9 mg
Magnesium 27 mg
Vitamin C 0 mg
Vitamin D 0.5 µg
Vitamin A 31.5 µg
Caffeine 9 mg
Alcohol 0 g
Water 41.6 g

Daily Values appear only when they are supplied by the reviewed data record. Individual needs differ.

Inside the source record

Source formulation behind this USDA record

USDA links this survey-food entry to 2 source inputs used to calculate the reference nutrition. Publishing those inputs makes the record easier to inspect and helps explain why two similarly named foods can have different values.

How to read this

2 listed components

The largest listed inputs by source weight are Cake or cupcake, chocolate, no icing, Frostings, vanilla, creamy, ready-to-eat. The order and weights below come from the standardized USDA formulation, so they offer context for this exact database entry.

100 g total listed input weight across the formulation.

#USDA inputListed amountInput weightShare of listed input weight
1 Cake or cupcake, chocolate, no icingUSDA ingredient 53105275 60 GM 60 g 60%
2 Frostings, vanilla, creamy, ready-to-eatUSDA ingredient 19230 40 GM 40 g 40%

Use this formulation to choose a closer record—not to reverse-engineer a recipe. If your meal adds, removes, or substantially changes one of these components, another source entry or a photo-based estimate may fit better.

What changes the estimate most?

This is a standardized USDA survey-food profile, not a measurement of every preparation. Actual nutrition can change with piece or portion size, recipe or brand, fillings or frosting, added fats and sugars.

Food estimates can be sensitive to portion weight, preparation, ingredient ratios, and additions that are difficult to judge from appearance alone.

  1. 01

    piece or portion size

  2. 02

    recipe or brand

  3. 03

    fillings or frosting

  4. 04

    added fats and sugars

How we estimated this

Traceable back to the source record

This profile uses FoodData Central Survey Foods (FNDDS). It reports the source serving, calculates the 100-gram comparison from the same record, and scales household portions by their listed gram weights.

About the serving label: USDA describes the underlying portion as “Typical reported amount.” We display it as “USDA reference amount” to make clear that it is a database comparison point—not a suggested portion or a claim about what most people should eat.

Data cycle: 2021–2023, published 2024-10-31

FoodData Central ID: 2707865

FNDDS food code: 53105264

It does not reconstruct every possible recipe or infer your plate’s weight. Preparation and recipe differences belong in the uncertainty explanation, not hidden decimal places.

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Source release 2024-10-31. Read the full nutrition methodology.

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