Nutritional Facts: Good Eats Pound Cake - Alton Brown

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  1 to taste (0g)
butter
1/3 cup (42g)
flour
1 lb (454g)
butter
1 lb (454g)
sugar
9 large (450g)
eggs
1 teaspoon (4g)
vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
kosher salt
1 lb (454g)
cake flour
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 3.3 n/a 0.0 1.1 5 0
Alcohol n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.0 0.0 1 0
Arginine n/a 0.2 0.1 n/a 3.7 n/a 0.0 1.4 5 0
Ash n/a 0.2 9.6 0.0 4.8 0.0 3.0 1.8 19 1
Aspartic acid n/a 0.2 0.3 n/a 6.0 n/a 0.0 1.6 8 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a 18.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 18 1
Caffeine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium n/a 6.2 109.0 4.5 252.0 0.5 0.7 63.6 436 27
Calories n/a 151.5 3,255.2 1,755.4 643.5 12.1 0.0 1,643.5 7,461 466
Calories (kj) n/a 633.9 13,615.5 7,339.1 2,695.5 50.6 0.0 6,878.1 31,213 1,951
Campesterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates n/a 31.8 0.3 453.5 3.2 0.5 0.0 354.3 844 53
Cholesterol n/a 0.0 976.1 0.0 1,674.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,650 166
Copper n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.6 1 0
Cystine n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 1.2 n/a 0.0 0.8 2 0
Dietary Fiber n/a 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.7 9 1
Folate n/a 76.2 13.6 0.0 211.5 0.0 0.0 844.4 1,146 72
Folate, DFE n/a 121.1 13.6 0.0 211.5 0.0 0.0 1,280.3 1,627 102
Folate, food n/a 12.1 13.6 0.0 211.5 0.0 0.0 213.4 451 28
Folic acid n/a 64.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 626.5 691 43
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1.7 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Glutamic acid n/a 1.4 0.8 n/a 7.5 n/a 0.0 12.3 22 1
Glycine n/a 0.2 0.1 n/a 1.9 n/a 0.0 1.3 3 0
Histidine n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 1.4 n/a 0.0 0.8 2 0
Iron n/a 1.9 0.1 0.2 7.9 0.0 0.0 33.2 43 3
Isoleucine n/a 0.1 0.2 n/a 3.0 n/a 0.0 1.4 5 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 0.3 0.4 n/a 4.9 n/a 0.0 2.5 8 1
Lysine n/a 0.1 0.3 n/a 4.1 n/a 0.0 1.3 6 0
Magnesium n/a 9.2 9.1 0.0 54.0 0.5 0.0 72.6 145 9
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.9 3 0
Methionine n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 1.7 n/a 0.0 0.6 3 0
Monounsaturated Fat n/a 0.0 95.4 0.0 16.5 0.0 0.0 0.3 112 7
Niacin n/a 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 30.8 34 2
Pantothenic acid n/a 0.2 0.5 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 2.1 10 1
Phenylalanine n/a 0.2 0.2 n/a 3.1 n/a 0.0 1.8 5 0
Phosphorus n/a 45.0 109.0 0.0 891.0 0.3 0.0 385.9 1,431 89
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat n/a 0.2 13.8 0.0 8.6 0.0 0.0 1.7 24 2
Potassium n/a 44.5 109.0 9.1 621.0 6.2 0.2 476.7 1,267 79
Proline n/a 0.5 0.4 n/a 2.3 n/a 0.0 4.1 7 0
Protein n/a 4.3 3.9 0.0 56.5 0.0 0.0 37.2 102 6
Retinol n/a 0.0 3,046.3 0.0 720.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,766 235
Riboflavin n/a 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.0 2.0 4 0
Saturated Fat n/a 0.1 233.2 0.0 14.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 248 15
Selenium n/a 14.1 4.5 2.7 138.2 0.0 0.0 22.2 182 11
Serine n/a 0.2 0.2 n/a 4.4 n/a 0.0 2.0 7 0
Sodium n/a 0.8 3,241.6 4.5 639.0 0.4 1,162.7 9.1 5,058 316
Stigmasterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 452.7 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 453 28
Sugar n/a 0.1 0.3 452.7 1.7 0.5 0.0 1.4 457 29
Theobromine n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 4.0 5 0
Threonine n/a 0.1 0.2 n/a 2.5 n/a 0.0 1.0 4 0
Tocopherol, alpha n/a 0.0 10.5 0.0 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 15 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a 2.3 n/a n/a 0.4 3 0
Total Fat n/a 0.4 368.2 0.0 42.8 0.0 0.0 3.9 415 26
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a 13.5 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 14 1
TransFatty acids n/a n/a 14.9 n/a 0.2 n/a n/a n/a 15 1
Tryptophan n/a 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.8 n/a 0.0 0.5 1 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.1 0.2 n/a 2.2 n/a 0.0 1.1 4 0
Valine n/a 0.2 0.3 n/a 3.9 n/a 0.0 1.6 6 0
Vitamin A, IU n/a 0.0 11,345.5 0.0 2,430.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13,775 861
Vitamin A, RAE n/a 0.0 3,105.4 0.0 720.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,825 239
Vitamin B-12 n/a 0.0 0.8 0.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5 0
Vitamin B-6 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 0
Vitamin C n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D n/a 0.0 272.4 0.0 369.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 641 40
Water n/a 5.0 72.0 0.1 342.7 2.2 0.0 56.8 479 30
Zinc n/a 0.3 0.4 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 2.8 9 1

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