Nutritional Facts: Aunt Mary's Southern Cake

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  3 cups (375g)
flour
3 cups (600g)
sugar
1 cup (205g)
shortening
6 large (300g)
eggs
1 cup (245g)
buttermilk
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
baking soda
1 teaspoon (4g)
vanilla
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 2.2 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 1 0
Arginine (g) 1.6 n/a 0.0 2.5 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Ash (g) 1.8 0.1 0.0 3.2 2.2 3.0 0.4 0.0 11 1
Aspartic acid (g) 1.6 n/a 0.0 4.0 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 6 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 56.3 6.0 0.0 168.0 284.2 0.7 0.0 0.5 516 52
Calories 1,365.0 2,322.0 1,812.2 429.0 98.0 0.0 0.0 12.1 6,038 604
Calories (kj) 5,711.3 9,708.0 7,583.0 1,797.0 414.1 0.0 0.0 50.6 25,264 2,526
Carbohydrates (g) 286.2 599.9 0.0 2.2 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 900 90
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,116.0 9.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,126 113
Copper (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 10.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10 1
Folate (mcg) 686.3 0.0 0.0 141.0 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 840 84
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,091.3 0.0 0.0 141.0 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,245 124
Folate, food (mcg) 108.8 0.0 0.0 141.0 12.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 262 26
Folic acid (mcg) 577.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 578 58
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a 1.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 13.0 n/a 0.0 5.0 1.6 0.0 n/a n/a 20 2
Glycine (g) 1.4 n/a 0.0 1.3 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Histidine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 0.9 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Iron (mg) 17.4 0.3 0.0 5.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 23 2
Isoleucine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.5 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 2.7 n/a 0.0 3.3 0.8 0.0 n/a n/a 7 1
Lysine (g) 0.9 n/a 0.0 2.7 0.7 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Magnesium (mg) 82.5 0.0 0.0 36.0 27.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 146 15
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.6 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Methionine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 91.2 11.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 103 10
Niacin (mg) 22.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 23 2
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.6 0.0 0.0 4.6 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 1
Phenylalanine (g) 2.0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Phosphorus (mg) 405.0 0.0 0.0 594.0 218.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 1,217 122
Phytosterols n/a n/a 410.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 410 41
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.5 0.0 53.5 5.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 61 6
Potassium (mg) 401.3 12.0 0.0 414.0 370.0 0.2 0.0 6.2 1,204 120
Proline (g) 4.5 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.8 0.0 n/a n/a 7 1
Protein (g) 38.7 0.0 0.0 37.7 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 85 8
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 480.0 31.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 512 51
Riboflavin (mg) 1.9 0.1 0.0 1.4 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.6 0.0 51.3 9.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 63 6
Selenium (mcg) 127.1 3.6 0.0 92.1 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 228 23
Serine (g) 1.9 n/a 0.0 2.9 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 5 1
Sodium (mg) 7.5 6.0 0.0 426.0 257.3 1,162.7 314.6 0.4 2,175 217
Sucrose n/a 598.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 599 60
Sugar (g) 1.0 598.8 0.0 1.1 11.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 613 61
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Threonine (g) 1.1 n/a 0.0 1.7 0.4 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 12.6 3.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 16 2
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.3 n/a 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a 31.5 0.2 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 32 3
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.4 n/a 66.2 1.5 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 69 7
Total Fat (g) 3.7 0.0 205.0 28.5 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 239 24
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.5 n/a 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.3 0.0 n/a n/a 3 0
Valine (g) 1.6 n/a 0.0 2.6 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a 5 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,620.0 115.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,735 174
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 480.0 34.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 514 51
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 246.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 248 25
Water (g) 44.7 0.1 0.0 228.5 220.8 0.0 0.0 2.2 496 50
Zinc (mg) 2.6 0.1 0.0 3.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8 1

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