Nutritional Facts: South African Basic Sponge Cake

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  3 (150g)
eggs
3/4 cup (150g)
caster sugar
1 cup (125g)
self-raising flour
1/4 teaspoon (2g)
salt
1 tablespoon (14g)
margarine
1/2 cup (119g)
hot water
Total 1 serving
Alanine (g) 1.1 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Arginine (g) 1.2 n/a 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Ash (g) 1.6 0.0 5.4 1.5 0.3 0.1 9 1
Aspartic acid (g) 2.0 n/a 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 3 0
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Calcium (mg) 84.0 1.5 422.5 0.4 4.2 3.6 516 52
Calories 214.5 580.5 442.5 0.0 101.4 0.0 1,339 134
Calories (kj) 898.5 2,427.0 1,851.3 0.0 424.0 0.0 5,601 560
Carbohydrates (g) 1.1 150.0 92.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 244 24
Cholesterol (mg) 558.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 558 56
Copper (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Cystine (g) 0.4 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Folate (mcg) 70.5 0.0 245.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 316 32
Folate, DFE (mcg) 70.5 0.0 383.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 454 45
Folate, food (mcg) 70.5 0.0 47.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 118 12
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 197.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 198 20
Fructose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Galactose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) (g) 0.6 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Glutamic acid (g) 2.5 n/a 4.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 7 1
Glycine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Histidine (g) 0.5 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 2.6 0.1 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 9 1
Isoleucine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Lactose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Leucine (g) 1.6 n/a 0.9 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Lysine (g) 1.4 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Magnesium (mg) 18.0 0.0 23.8 0.0 0.4 1.2 43 4
Maltose (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 1 0
Methionine (g) 0.6 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 5.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 5.5 0.0 11 1
Niacin (mg) 0.1 0.0 7.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 7 1
Pantothenic acid (mg) 2.3 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0
Phenylalanine (g) 1.0 n/a 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Phosphorus (mg) 297.0 0.0 743.8 0.0 3.2 0.0 1,044 104
Phytosterols n/a n/a n/a 0.0 20.6 n/a 21 2
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 2.9 0.0 0.5 0.0 2.9 0.0 6 1
Potassium (mg) 207.0 3.0 155.0 0.1 5.9 1.2 372 37
Proline (g) 0.8 n/a 1.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Protein (g) 18.8 0.0 12.4 0.0 0.1 0.0 31 3
Retinol (mcg) 240.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 108.3 0.0 348 35
Riboflavin (mg) 0.7 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Saturated Fat (g) 4.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.4 0.0 7 1
Selenium (mcg) 46.1 0.9 43.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 90 9
Serine (g) 1.5 n/a 0.6 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Sodium (mg) 213.0 1.5 1,587.5 581.4 133.0 3.6 2,520 252
Sucrose (g) 0.0 149.7 n/a n/a n/a n/a 150 15
Sugar (g) 0.6 149.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 151 15
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Threonine (g) 0.8 n/a 0.3 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 2 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a 0.1 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 0.8 n/a 0.4 n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 14.3 0.0 1.2 0.0 11.4 0.0 27 3
Trans-monoenoic Fat (g) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
TransFatty acids (g) 0.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tryptophan (g) 0.3 n/a 0.2 0.0 0.0 n/a 0 0
Tyrosine (g) 0.7 n/a 0.4 0.0 0.0 n/a 1 0
Valine (g) 1.3 n/a 0.5 0.0 0.0 n/a 2 0
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 810.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 504.4 0.0 1,314 131
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 240.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 115.5 0.0 355 36
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1 0
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin C (mg) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Vitamin D (IU) 123.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 123 12
Water (g) 114.2 0.0 13.2 0.0 2.2 118.4 248 25
Zinc (mg) 1.9 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3 0

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