Nutritional Facts: Layer Cake

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  2 cups (250g)
flour
1 1/3 cups (267g)
sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons (12g)
baking powder
1 teaspoon (6g)
table salt
1/2 cup (103g)
shortening
7 fluid ounces (214g)
milk
1 1/2 teaspoons (6g)
vanilla
2 (100g)
eggs
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.7 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 2 0
Arginine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.8 2 0
Ash (g) 1.2 0.0 8.3 6.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.1 18 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 1.3 3 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 37.5 2.7 846.9 1.4 0.0 254.1 0.7 56.0 1,199 100
Calories 910.0 1,031.7 5.9 0.0 906.1 136.6 18.1 143.0 3,151 263
Calories (kj) 3,807.5 4,313.6 24.5 0.0 3,791.5 572.2 75.9 599.0 13,184 1,099
Carbohydrates (g) 190.8 266.5 2.8 0.0 0.0 9.9 0.8 0.7 472 39
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.9 0.0 372.0 402 33
Copper (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.3 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 1
Folate (mcg) 457.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 0.0 47.0 515 43
Folate, DFE (mcg) 727.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 0.0 47.0 785 65
Folate, food (mcg) 72.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.7 0.0 47.0 130 11
Folic acid (mcg) 385.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 385 32
Fructose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.4 0 0
Glutamic acid (g) 8.7 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 1.5 n/a 1.7 12 1
Glycine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.4 2 0
Histidine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.3 1 0
Iron (mg) 11.6 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.8 15 1
Isoleucine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 0.7 2 0
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.7 n/a 1.1 4 0
Lysine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.6 n/a 0.9 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 55.0 0.0 4.5 0.1 0.0 27.8 0.8 12.0 100 8
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Methionine (g) 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.4 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 45.6 2.3 0.0 3.7 52 4
Niacin (mg) 14.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 15 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 1.5 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.7 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 270.0 0.0 1,140.6 0.0 0.0 198.6 0.4 198.0 1,808 151
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 205.0 0.0 n/a n/a 205 17
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.8 0.3 0.0 1.9 30 2
Potassium (mg) 267.5 5.3 0.6 0.5 0.0 322.4 9.3 138.0 744 62
Proline (g) 3.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.7 n/a 0.5 4 0
Protein (g) 25.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 0.0 12.6 45 4
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 66.2 0.0 160.0 226 19
Riboflavin (mg) 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.6 4.9 0.0 3.1 34 3
Selenium (mcg) 84.8 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.3 0.0 30.7 121 10
Serine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a 1.0 3 0
Sodium (mg) 5.0 2.7 907.7 2,325.5 0.0 104.6 0.6 142.0 3,488 291
Sucrose n/a 266.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 266 22
Sugar (g) 0.7 266.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.8 0.4 268 22
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2 0
Threonine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.6 2 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 n/a 0.0 1.1 7 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 0.5 n/a n/a 0.0 1 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 15.7 n/a n/a 0.1 16 1
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.0 n/a n/a n/a 33.1 n/a n/a 0.5 35 3
Total Fat (g) 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 102.5 7.8 0.0 9.5 122 10
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.2 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a 0.5 2 0
Valine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.9 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 294.6 0.0 540.0 835 70
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.5 0.0 160.0 230 19
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.9 2 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.0 3 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 82.0 82 7
Water (g) 29.8 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 187.2 3.3 76.2 297 25
Zinc (mg) 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.3 4 0

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