Nutritional Facts: The Very Best Pound Cake

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  4 cups (500g)
all-purpose flour
1 lb (454g)
unsalted butter
10 large (500g)
eggs
3 cups (600g)
sugar
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.7 0.1 3.7 n/a 5 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 2.1 0.1 4.1 n/a 6 0
Ash (g) 2.4 0.2 5.3 0.1 8 0
Aspartic acid (g) 2.2 0.3 6.6 n/a 9 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a 18.2 n/a n/a 18 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 75.0 109.0 280.0 6.0 470 29
Calories 1,820.0 3,255.2 715.0 2,322.0 8,112 507
Calories (kj) 7,615.0 13,615.5 2,995.0 9,708.0 33,933 2,121
Campesterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 381.6 0.3 3.6 599.9 985 62
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 976.1 1,860.0 0.0 2,836 177
Copper (mg) 0.7 0.1 0.4 0.0 1 0
Cystine (g) 1.1 0.0 1.4 n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 13.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 14 1
Folate (mcg) 130.0 13.6 235.0 0.0 379 24
Folate, DFE (mcg) 130.0 13.6 235.0 0.0 379 24
Folate, food (mcg) 130.0 13.6 235.0 0.0 379 24
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a 1.9 0.0 2 0
Glutamic acid (g) 17.4 0.8 8.4 n/a 27 2
Glycine (g) 1.9 0.1 2.2 n/a 4 0
Histidine (g) 1.2 0.1 1.5 n/a 3 0
Iron (mg) 5.9 0.1 8.8 0.3 15 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.8 0.2 3.4 n/a 5 0
Lactose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Leucine (g) 3.6 0.4 5.4 n/a 9 1
Lysine (g) 1.1 0.3 4.6 n/a 6 0
Magnesium (mg) 110.0 9.1 60.0 0.0 179 11
Maltose n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 3.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 4 0
Methionine (g) 0.9 0.1 1.9 n/a 3 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 95.4 18.3 0.0 114 7
Niacin (mg) 6.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 7 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.2 0.5 7.7 0.0 10 1
Phenylalanine (g) 2.6 0.2 3.4 n/a 6 0
Phosphorus (mg) 540.0 109.0 990.0 0.0 1,639 102
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.1 13.8 9.6 0.0 25 2
Potassium (mg) 535.0 109.0 690.0 12.0 1,346 84
Proline (g) 6.0 0.4 2.6 n/a 9 1
Protein (g) 51.7 3.9 62.8 0.0 118 7
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 3,046.3 800.0 0.0 3,846 240
Riboflavin (mg) 0.2 0.2 2.3 0.1 3 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.8 233.2 15.6 0.0 250 16
Selenium (mcg) 169.5 4.5 153.5 3.6 331 21
Serine (g) 2.6 0.2 4.9 n/a 8 0
Sodium (mg) 10.0 49.9 710.0 6.0 776 48
Stigmasterol n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a 0.0 598.8 599 37
Sugar (g) 1.4 0.3 1.9 598.8 602 38
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 1 0
Threonine (g) 1.4 0.2 2.8 n/a 4 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.3 10.5 5.3 0.0 16 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.3 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.0 2.5 n/a 3 0
Total Fat (g) 4.9 368.2 47.6 0.0 421 26
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 0.2 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.6 0.1 0.8 n/a 2 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.6 0.2 2.5 n/a 4 0
Valine (g) 2.1 0.3 4.3 n/a 7 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 11,345.5 2,700.0 0.0 14,045 878
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 3,105.4 800.0 0.0 3,905 244
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.8 4.5 0.0 5 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 272.4 410.0 0.0 682 43
Water (g) 59.6 81.4 380.8 0.1 522 33
Zinc (mg) 3.5 0.4 6.5 0.1 10 1

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