Nutritional Facts: Spiced Carrot Cake (Cook's Illustrated)

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  2 1/2 cups (313g)
all-purpose flour
1 1/4 teaspoons (6g)
baking powder
1 teaspoon (5g)
baking soda
1 tablespoon (8g)
ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon (2g)
ground cardamom
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon (1g)
allspice
1 tablespoon (6g)
fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon (3g)
salt
1 lb (454g)
carrots
1 1/2 cups (300g)
granulated sugar
1/2 cup (110g)
light-brown sugar
4 large (200g)
eggs
1 1/2 cups (327g)
vegetable oil
1 cup (137g)
nuts
1 cup (145g)
raisins
12 ounces (341g)
cream cheese
6 tablespoons (85g)
unsalted butter
4 teaspoons (16g)
sour cream
2 teaspoons (8g)
vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon (2g)
salt
1/4 teaspoon (1g)
ground cloves
1 tablespoon (6g)
cardamom
1 3/4 cups (210g)
confectioners' sugar
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 1.5 0.0 1.1 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 5 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 3 0
Arginine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 1.6 0.0 3.1 0.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 8 0
Ash (g) 1.5 4.1 1.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.0 4.4 0.0 0.5 2.1 0.0 5.7 2.7 4.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.3 0.0 33 2
Aspartic acid (g) 1.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.9 n/a n/a 2.7 0.0 2.8 0.2 1.8 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 10 1
Beta-sitosterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 46.9 423.4 0.0 78.2 7.7 1.0 7.1 6.6 1.0 0.7 149.8 3.0 91.3 112.0 0.0 95.9 72.5 334.0 20.4 17.4 0.9 0.4 3.6 22.2 2.1 1,498 94
Calories 1,137.5 2.9 0.0 19.3 6.2 2.9 3.6 2.6 4.8 0.0 186.1 1,161.0 418.0 286.0 2,890.7 813.8 433.6 1,165.5 610.9 30.6 24.2 0.0 1.8 18.0 816.9 10,037 627
Calories (kj) 4,759.4 12.2 0.0 80.7 26.1 12.1 14.9 11.0 20.0 0.0 785.4 4,854.0 1,749.0 1,198.0 12,095.7 3,404.5 1,815.4 4,876.8 2,555.1 128.1 101.2 0.0 7.5 75.6 3,416.7 42,000 2,625
Campesterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Carbohydrates (g) 238.5 1.4 0.0 6.3 1.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.0 43.5 299.9 107.9 1.4 0.0 34.7 114.8 13.9 0.1 0.5 1.1 0.0 0.3 4.0 209.5 1,082 68
Cholesterol (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 744.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 374.9 183.2 8.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,310 82
Copper (mg) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Cystine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.4 n/a n/a 0.5 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 8.4 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 12.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.3 5.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 46 3
Folate (mcg) 81.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 86.3 0.0 1.1 94.0 0.0 68.5 7.3 37.5 2.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.0 383 24
Folate, DFE (mcg) 81.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 86.3 0.0 1.1 94.0 0.0 68.5 7.3 37.5 2.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.0 383 24
Folate, food (mcg) 81.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 0.0 86.3 0.0 1.1 94.0 0.0 68.5 7.3 37.5 2.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a 0.0 383 24
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Fructose n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2.5 0.0 1.2 0.0 n/a n/a 43.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 47 3
Galactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2.7 0.0 1.5 0.7 n/a n/a 40.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 45 3
Glutamic acid (g) 10.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 1.7 n/a n/a 3.3 0.0 6.1 0.2 4.4 0.2 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 27 2
Glycine (g) 1.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.9 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 4 0
Histidine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 0.6 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 3 0
Hydroxyproline n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Iron (mg) 3.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.2 0.8 3.5 0.0 5.1 2.7 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 21 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.1 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 1.3 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 5 0
Lactose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 10.9 n/a 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 11 1
Leucine (g) 2.2 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 2.2 0.0 1.9 0.1 2.2 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Lysine (g) 0.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.5 n/a n/a 1.8 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.9 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 0
Magnesium (mg) 68.8 2.2 0.0 4.7 4.6 1.0 2.9 1.4 2.6 0.0 54.5 0.0 9.9 24.0 0.0 308.3 46.4 30.7 1.7 1.6 1.0 0.0 1.5 13.3 0.0 581 36
Maltose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Manganese (mg) 2.1 0.0 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 n/a 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.6 0.0 10 1
Methionine (g) 0.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 7.3 90.2 43.0 0.1 29.4 17.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 189 12
Niacin (mg) 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 6.4 1.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 17 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 1.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.1 3.1 0.0 1.7 0.1 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 10 1
Phenylalanine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 1.4 0.0 1.3 0.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 0
Phosphorus (mg) 337.5 570.3 0.0 5.0 3.6 1.2 1.2 1.1 2.0 0.0 158.9 0.0 4.4 396.0 0.0 596.0 146.5 361.2 20.4 18.2 0.5 0.0 0.6 10.3 0.0 2,635 165
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 2.0 0.9 0.3 2.8 0.6 0.9 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 3,165.4 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 1.4 2.7 n/a 3,177 199
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 3.8 178.8 14.8 0.1 4.9 2.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 207 13
Potassium (mg) 334.4 0.3 0.0 33.6 22.4 1.9 12.2 10.5 24.9 0.2 1,452.8 6.0 146.3 276.0 0.0 817.9 1,086.1 470.3 20.4 22.3 12.4 0.1 6.1 64.9 4.2 4,826 302
Proline (g) 3.7 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 1.2 0.4 2.3 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 9 1
Protein (g) 32.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 4.2 0.0 0.1 25.1 0.0 23.7 4.5 20.2 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 113 7
Retinol (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,223.5 571.7 27.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,143 134
Riboflavin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Saturated Fat (g) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 6.3 42.3 9.5 0.1 65.7 43.8 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 170 11
Selenium (mcg) 105.9 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.8 1.3 61.4 0.0 10.3 0.9 8.2 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 1.3 193 12
Serine (g) 1.6 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.9 0.0 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 7 0
Sodium (mg) 6.3 453.8 1,258.6 0.8 0.4 0.1 2.7 0.8 0.8 1,162.7 313.3 3.0 30.8 284.0 0.0 916.5 16.0 1,094.0 9.4 12.7 0.8 581.4 1.3 1.0 4.2 6,155 385
Starch n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 6.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3.9 1.2 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.6 14 1
Stigmasterol n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Sucrose n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 16.3 299.4 104.0 0.0 n/a n/a 0.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 420 26
Sugar (g) 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.2 0.0 n/a 0.1 0.0 21.5 299.4 106.7 0.7 0.0 6.4 85.8 10.9 0.1 0.6 1.1 0.0 0.0 n/a 205.4 740 46
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.9 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.9 n/a n/a 1.1 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 5 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a 0.0 0.1 n/a 0.0 0.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 2.1 46.8 15.0 0.2 1.0 2.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 71 4
Tocopherol, beta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma n/a n/a n/a 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2 0
Total Fat (g) 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 19.0 327.0 70.5 0.7 116.7 69.1 3.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 612 38
Trans-monoenoic Fat n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.1 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0.1 0.9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.4 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.1 n/a n/a 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Tyrosine (g) 1.0 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.2 n/a n/a 1.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 4 0
Valine (g) 1.3 n/a n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0.0 0.0 0.3 n/a n/a 1.7 0.0 1.3 0.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 6 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.0 0.0 0.6 5.9 5.4 0.0 0.0 75,845.2 0.0 0.0 1,080.0 0.0 6.9 0.0 4,576.9 2,129.1 98.7 0.0 0.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 83,775 5,236
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 3,790.9 0.0 0.0 320.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,247.3 582.8 27.9 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 5,971 373
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.0 26.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 3.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.2 0.0 35 2
Vitamin D (IU) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 164.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 85.2 51.1 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 303 19
Water (g) 37.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 4.7 0.0 400.8 0.1 1.5 152.3 0.0 2.4 22.4 185.5 15.3 11.8 4.4 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.5 841 53
Zinc (mg) 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.0 0.0 2.6 0.0 5.2 0.3 1.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 14 1

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