Nutritional Facts: Nigella's Buttery Cream-Cheese Frosting

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  5 7/8 cups (705g)
icing sugar
9 tablespoons (131g)
cream cheese
9 tablespoons (128g)
unsalted butter
1 teaspoon (5g)
cider vinegar
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Arginine n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0 0
Ash (g) 0.1 1.7 0.1 0.0 2 0
Aspartic acid n/a 0.7 0.1 0.0 1 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a 5.1 n/a 5 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 7.1 127.9 30.7 0.3 166 7
Calories 2,742.5 446.3 916.3 1.0 4,106 171
Calories (kj) 11,470.4 1,867.5 3,832.7 4.4 17,175 716
Campesterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 703.4 5.3 0.1 0.0 709 30
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 143.6 274.8 0.0 418 17
Copper (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Cystine n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Folate (mcg) 0.0 14.4 3.8 0.0 18 1
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 14.4 3.8 0.0 18 1
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 14.4 3.8 0.0 18 1
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Glutamic acid n/a 1.7 0.2 0.0 2 0
Glycine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 0
Histidine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 0
Hydroxyproline n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 1 0
Isoleucine n/a 0.4 0.1 0.0 0 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 4.2 n/a 0.0 4 0
Leucine n/a 0.9 0.1 0.0 1 0
Lysine n/a 0.7 0.1 0.0 1 0
Magnesium (mg) 0.0 11.7 2.6 0.2 15 1
Maltose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Methionine n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 11.2 26.9 0.0 38 2
Niacin (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 0
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0 1 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.4 0.1 0.0 0 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 138.3 30.7 0.4 169 7
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 1.9 3.9 0.0 6 0
Potassium (mg) 14.1 180.1 30.7 3.6 228 10
Proline n/a 0.9 0.1 0.0 1 0
Protein (g) 0.0 7.7 1.1 0.0 9 0
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 468.5 857.5 0.0 1,326 55
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 25.2 65.6 0.0 91 4
Selenium (mcg) 4.2 3.1 1.3 0.0 9 0
Serine n/a 0.5 0.1 0.0 1 0
Sodium (mg) 14.1 418.9 14.1 0.2 447 19
Starch (g) 8.9 0.5 n/a n/a 9 0
Stigmasterol n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Sugar (g) 689.6 4.2 0.1 0.0 694 29
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Threonine n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 0.4 3.0 0.0 3 0
Tocopherol, beta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a 0 0
Total Fat (g) 0.0 44.7 103.7 0.0 148 6
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0 0
Tryptophan n/a 0.1 0.0 0.0 0 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.4 0.1 0.0 0 0
Valine n/a 0.5 0.1 0.0 1 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 1,752.6 3,193.7 0.0 4,946 206
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 477.6 874.2 0.0 1,352 56
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 32.6 76.7 0.0 109 5
Water (g) 1.6 71.0 22.9 4.6 100 4
Zinc (mg) 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.0 1 0

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