Nutritional Facts: Tender, Moist Yellow Cake from Scratch.

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  4 cups (548g)
cake flour
2 teaspoons (9g)
baking powder
2 teaspoons (9g)
baking soda
1 teaspoon (6g)
salt
1 cup (227g)
unsalted butter
2 cups (400g)
sugar
2 teaspoons (8g)
pure vanilla extract
4 (200g)
eggs
2 cups (490g)
buttermilk
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.5 0.6 3 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 3 0
Arginine (g) 1.7 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.6 0.6 4 0
Ash (g) 2.1 6.6 3.4 6.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.1 4.4 25 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.9 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 2.7 1.3 6 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 76.7 677.5 0.0 1.4 54.5 4.0 0.9 112.0 568.4 1,495 125
Calories 1,983.8 4.7 0.0 0.0 1,627.6 1,548.0 24.2 286.0 196.0 5,670 473
Calories (kj) 8,302.2 19.6 0.0 0.0 6,807.7 6,472.0 101.2 1,198.0 828.1 23,729 1,977
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 427.6 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 399.9 1.1 1.4 23.5 856 71
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 488.1 0.0 0.0 744.0 19.6 1,252 104
Copper (mg) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 1 0
Cystine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.5 0.2 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 1
Folate (mcg) 1,019.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 94.0 24.5 1,145 95
Folate, DFE (mcg) 1,545.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 94.0 24.5 1,671 139
Folate, food (mcg) 257.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 0.0 94.0 24.5 383 32
Folic acid (mcg) 756.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 756 63
Fructose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.7 n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 14.9 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 3.3 3.2 22 2
Glycine (g) 1.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.9 0.4 3 0
Histidine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.6 0.5 2 0
Iron (mg) 40.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.5 0.2 45 4
Isoleucine (g) 1.7 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.3 1.0 4 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 3.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 2.2 1.6 7 1
Lysine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.8 1.4 5 0
Magnesium (mg) 87.7 3.6 0.0 0.1 4.5 0.0 1.0 24.0 53.9 175 15
Maltose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 3.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 4 0
Methionine (g) 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.8 0.4 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.7 0.0 0.0 7.3 1.2 57 5
Niacin (mg) 37.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 38 3
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 1.3 7 1
Phenylalanine (g) 2.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.4 0.9 4 0
Phosphorus (mg) 465.8 912.5 0.0 0.0 54.5 0.0 0.5 396.0 436.1 2,265 189
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 0.0 3.8 0.2 13 1
Potassium (mg) 575.4 0.5 0.0 0.5 54.5 8.0 12.4 276.0 739.9 1,667 139
Proline (g) 5.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.0 1.6 8 1
Protein (g) 44.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0 25.1 16.2 88 7
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523.2 0.0 0.0 320.0 63.7 1,907 159
Riboflavin (mg) 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.8 4 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 116.6 0.0 0.0 6.3 2.7 126 11
Selenium (mcg) 26.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.4 0.0 61.4 9.8 103 9
Serine (g) 2.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.9 0.8 5 0
Sodium (mg) 11.0 726.2 2,517.1 2,325.5 25.0 4.0 0.8 284.0 514.5 6,408 534
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 399.2 n/a 0.0 n/a 399 33
Sugar (g) 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 399.2 1.1 0.7 23.5 426 36
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 4.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 5 0
Threonine (g) 1.2 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.1 0.8 3 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.2 8 1
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.4 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.0 0.1 2 0
Total Fat (g) 4.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 184.1 0.0 0.0 19.0 4.3 212 18
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.3 0.2 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.0 0.7 3 0
Valine (g) 2.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 1.7 1.2 5 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,672.7 0.0 0.0 1,080.0 230.3 6,983 582
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,552.7 0.0 0.0 320.0 68.6 1,941 162
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 1.8 1.1 3 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.9 5 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 136.2 0.0 0.0 164.0 4.9 305 25
Water (g) 68.6 0.4 0.0 0.0 40.7 0.1 4.4 152.3 441.6 708 59
Zinc (mg) 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.6 2.1 8 1

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