Nutritional Facts: Chocolate Cake

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  2 cups (474g)
boiling water
1 cup (86g)
dark unsweetened cocoa
2 3/4 cups (344g)
all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon (2g)
baking powder
2 teaspoons (9g)
baking soda
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1 cup (227g)
unsalted butter
2 1/4 cups (450g)
sugar
4 (200g)
eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons (6g)
vanilla extract
Total 1 serving
Alanine n/a 0.8 1.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.5 n/a 3 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 2 0
Arginine n/a 1.0 1.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.6 n/a 4 0
Ash (g) 0.5 5.0 1.6 1.7 3.4 3.0 0.1 0.0 2.1 0.0 17 1
Aspartic acid n/a 1.7 1.5 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 2.7 n/a 6 0
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 9.1 n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 197.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 198 16
Calcium (mg) 14.2 110.1 51.6 169.4 0.0 0.7 54.5 4.5 112.0 0.7 518 43
Calories 0.0 196.1 1,251.3 1.2 0.0 0.0 1,627.6 1,741.5 286.0 18.1 5,122 427
Calories (kj) 0.0 818.7 5,235.3 4.9 0.0 0.0 6,807.7 7,281.0 1,198.0 75.9 21,422 1,785
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 49.8 262.3 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.1 449.9 1.4 0.8 765 64
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 488.1 0.0 744.0 0.0 1,232 103
Copper (mg) 0.0 3.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 4 0
Cystine n/a 0.2 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.5 n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 28.6 9.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 38 3
Folate (mcg) 0.0 27.5 89.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 94.0 0.0 218 18
Folate, DFE (mcg) 0.0 27.5 89.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 94.0 0.0 218 18
Folate, food (mcg) 0.0 27.5 89.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.8 0.0 94.0 0.0 218 18
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Galactose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.7 n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid n/a 2.5 12.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.4 n/a 3.3 n/a 18 2
Glycine n/a 0.8 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.9 n/a 3 0
Histidine n/a 0.3 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.6 n/a 2 0
Iron (mg) 0.0 11.9 4.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 3.5 0.0 20 2
Isoleucine n/a 0.7 1.2 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.3 n/a 3 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Leucine n/a 1.0 2.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 2.2 n/a 6 0
Lysine n/a 0.8 0.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 1.8 n/a 4 0
Magnesium (mg) 4.7 429.1 75.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 24.0 0.8 540 45
Maltose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 3.3 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 6 0
Methionine n/a 0.2 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.8 n/a 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 3.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.7 0.0 7.3 0.0 59 5
Niacin (mg) 0.0 1.9 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 6 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.0 0.2 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 3.1 0.0 5 0
Phenylalanine n/a 0.8 1.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.4 n/a 4 0
Phosphorus (mg) 0.0 631.2 371.3 228.1 0.0 0.0 54.5 0.0 396.0 0.4 1,681 140
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 0.0 0.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 3.8 0.0 13 1
Potassium (mg) 4.7 1,310.6 367.8 0.1 0.0 0.2 54.5 9.0 276.0 9.3 2,032 169
Proline n/a 0.7 4.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.2 n/a 1.0 n/a 6 1
Protein (g) 0.0 16.9 35.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 25.1 0.0 79 7
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,523.2 0.0 320.0 0.0 1,843 154
Riboflavin (mg) 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.0 6.9 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 116.6 0.0 6.3 0.0 130 11
Selenium (mcg) 0.0 12.3 116.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.3 2.7 61.4 0.0 195 16
Serine n/a 0.7 1.8 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.9 n/a 5 0
Sodium (mg) 14.2 18.1 6.9 181.5 2,517.1 1,162.7 25.0 4.5 284.0 0.6 4,215 351
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 449.1 0.0 n/a 449 37
Sugar (g) 0.0 1.5 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 449.1 0.7 0.8 453 38
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 1,769.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,769 147
Thiamin (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 1 0
Threonine n/a 0.7 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.1 n/a 3 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0.0 2.1 0.0 8 1
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 1.0 n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 0.0 11.8 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 184.1 0.0 19.0 0.0 218 18
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a 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 n/a 0.1 n/a 0 0
Tryptophan n/a 0.3 0.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.3 n/a 1 0
Tyrosine n/a 0.6 1.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.0 n/a 3 0
Valine n/a 1.0 1.4 n/a n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 1.7 n/a 4 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5,672.7 0.0 1,080.0 0.0 6,753 563
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,552.7 0.0 320.0 0.0 1,873 156
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 1.8 0.0 2 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 1 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 136.2 0.0 164.0 0.0 300 25
Water (g) 473.5 2.6 41.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 40.7 0.1 152.3 3.3 714 59
Zinc (mg) 0.0 5.9 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.6 0.0 11 1

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