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Three Holiday Cakes That Will Blow Your Diet To Smithereens
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Three wise men have more developing news - this time on cakes. Stop. Three cakes that will blow your diet to Mars and back again. Stop. Here is the scoop:
1. Carrot Cake - You would think that anything made with healthy carrots would be light on the waistline. Not at 650 calories per slice. The cream cheese and butter in the icing is a Diet Killer.
2. Cheesecake - More cream cheese. A good alternative is to substitute light cream cheese or the fat-free cream cheese (which normally tastes TERRIBLE on its own, but it bakes up very tasty!). (You can use any leftover fat-free cream cheese to paint your living room or den.)
3. Better Than Sex Cake - Even the name is naughty and rightly so with 500 to 800 calories per decent slice. Sorry, but 1/24th of a cake isn't a serving size - and that's what you'll get for 250 calories to 400 calories. Just goes to show that when dealing with anything sex-related, one usually gets the short end of the stick....
Let's delve deeper into the Calorie Pie - or rather cake by examining the nutrition facts. First we'll look at a carrot cake. The following nutritional data is for the dry cake mix; oil, water and eggs will be required to be added before baking. One 18 ounce package generally serves 12. The amount of oil required to be added to the mix is 1/2 cup for an additional 964 calories. Three eggs that will added to the mix contain about 240 calories. The water contains zero calories. So far we have a total of 3,320 calories. But wait - we're not finished. We must frost our lovely carrot cake.
Our cream cheese frosting contains 137 calories per two Tablespoons. Our cake is going to require 2,192 calories worth of frosting - and that is the minimum amount we can use. It's going to be sparse, so generally more would be added. However, we're trying to see how many calories a basic carrot cake contains without 'sweetening' the pot.
Our caloric total is now 5,512. Let's divide that number by 12 servings and we get 459.33 calories per slice. If we choose to add more frosting which our current cake requires - the caloric content will rise much higher very quickly. Keep in mind that our example is a commercial cake mix; restaurant and homemade versions of carrot cake will be much higher in caloric and fat content, along the lines of 650 calories per serving.
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CARROT CAKE Nutrition Facts Carrot Cake Commercial Dry Mix Only | Units | 1 oz ------- 28.35g | 1 package (18 oz) ------- 510g |
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| Calories, Energy |
kcal
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118
|
2116
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| Protein |
g
|
1.45
|
26.01
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| Total lipid (fat) |
g
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2.78
|
49.98
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| Ash |
g
|
0.68
|
12.24
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| Carbohydrate, by difference |
g
|
22.45
|
403.92
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| Minerals | |||
| Calcium, Ca |
mg
|
49
|
877
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| Iron, Fe |
mg
|
0.51
|
9.18
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| Magnesium, Mg |
mg
|
2
|
41
|
| Phosphorus, P |
mg
|
70
|
1260
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| Potassium, K |
mg
|
48
|
862
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| Sodium, Na |
mg
|
161
|
2892
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| Zinc, Zn |
mg
|
0.06
|
1.02
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| Copper, Cu |
mg
|
0.014
|
0.255
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| Manganese, Mn |
mg
|
0.150
|
2.693
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| Selenium, Se |
µg
|
4.2
|
76.0
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| Vitamins | |||
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid |
mg
|
0.3
|
6.1
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| Thiamin |
mg
|
0.075
|
1.352
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| Riboflavin |
mg
|
0.048
|
0.867
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| Niacin |
mg
|
0.625
|
11.245
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| Pantothenic acid |
mg
|
0.083
|
1.499
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| Vitamin B-6 |
mg
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0.022
|
0.403
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| Folate, total |
µg
|
19
|
342
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| Folic acid |
µg
|
15
|
270
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| Folate, food |
µg
|
4
|
71
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| Folate, DFE |
µg_DFE
|
29
|
530
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| Vitamin B-12 |
µg
|
0.01
|
0.20
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| Vitamin A, RAE |
µg_RAE
|
27
|
495
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| Retinol |
µg
|
0
|
0
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| Vitamin A, IU |
IU
|
547
|
9843
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| Lipids | |||
| Fatty acids, total saturated |
g
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0.417
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7.507
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| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated |
g
|
1.144
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20.584
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| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated |
g
|
1.050
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18.880
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| Cholesterol |
mg
|
0
|
0
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As with all recipes the caloric and nutritonal values of the recipe will vary depending upon the amount and type of ingredients used. We have the caloric content of a commercial cheesecake below which is quite high in calories and fat content per serving but not as high as a slice served at Starbucks. Their Thrilla From Vanilla Cheesecake contains a whopping 720 calories per tiny slice and 52 grams of dietary fat.
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CHEESECAKE Nutrition Facts Cheesecake, Commercially Prepared | Units | 1 oz ------- 28.35g | 1 piece (1/6 of 17 oz cheesecake) ------- 80g | 1 piece ------- 125g |
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| Energy |
kcal
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91
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257
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401
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| Protein |
g
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1.56
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4.40
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6.88
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| Total lipid (fat) |
g
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6.38
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18.00
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28.12
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| Ash |
g
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0.26
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0.72
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1.12
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| Carbohydrate, by difference |
g
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7.23
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20.40
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31.88
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| Fiber, total dietary |
g
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0.1
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0.3
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0.5
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| Sugars, total |
g
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6.18
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17.44
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27.25
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| Minerals | ||||
| Calcium, Ca |
mg
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14
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41
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64
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| Iron, Fe |
mg
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0.18
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0.50
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0.79
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| Magnesium, Mg |
mg
|
3
|
9
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14
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| Phosphorus, P |
mg
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26
|
74
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116
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| Potassium, K |
mg
|
26
|
72
|
112
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| Sodium, Na |
mg
|
59
|
166
|
259
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| Zinc, Zn |
mg
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0.14
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0.41
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0.64
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| Copper, Cu |
mg
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0.006
|
0.016
|
0.025
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| Manganese, Mn |
mg
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0.040
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0.112
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0.175
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| Selenium, Se |
µg
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1.5
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4.2
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6.5
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| Vitamins | ||||
| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid |
mg
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0.1
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0.3
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0.5
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| Thiamin |
mg
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0.008
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0.022
|
0.035
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| Riboflavin |
mg
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0.055
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0.154
|
0.241
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| Niacin |
mg
|
0.055
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0.156
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0.244
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| Pantothenic acid |
mg
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0.162
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0.457
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0.714
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| Vitamin B-6 |
mg
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0.015
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0.042
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0.065
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| Folate, total |
µg
|
5
|
14
|
22
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| Folic acid |
µg
|
1
|
2
|
4
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| Folate, food |
µg
|
4
|
12
|
19
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| Folate, DFE |
µg_DFE
|
6
|
16
|
25
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| Choline, total |
mg
|
13.0
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36.7
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57.4
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| Vitamin B-12 |
µg
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0.05
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0.14
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0.21
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| Vitamin B-12, added |
µg
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
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| Vitamin A, RAE |
µg_RAE
|
43
|
122
|
191
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| Retinol |
µg
|
43
|
120
|
188
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| Carotene, beta |
µg
|
9
|
24
|
38
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| Carotene, alpha |
µg
|
0
|
0
|
0
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| Cryptoxanthin, beta |
µg
|
1
|
2
|
2
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| Vitamin A, IU |
IU
|
155
|
438
|
684
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| Lycopene |
µg
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0
|
0
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0
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| Lutein + zeaxanthin |
µg
|
18
|
50
|
78
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| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) |
mg
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0.16
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0.45
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0.70
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| Vitamin E, added |
mg
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
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| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) |
µg
|
0.1
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0.4
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0.6
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| Vitamin D |
IU
|
5
|
14
|
22
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| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) |
µg
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1.2
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3.5
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5.5
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| Lipids | ||||
| Fatty acids, total saturated |
g
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2.813
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7.937
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12.401
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| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated |
g
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2.448
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6.907
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10.793
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| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated |
g
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0.454
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1.282
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2.002
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| Cholesterol |
mg
|
16
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44
|
69
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In Summary your best choices are cakes without icing or frosting. Omit if you prepare a cake at home and dust the top with powdered sugar. Cakes containing nuts are also going to be higher in calories than the same cake without the nuts.
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