How big is a piece of cake?

Mr_Starr

I am hoping someone can answer. This is something I would indeed like to know as well.

My wife and I usually bake from scratch. This usually ends up in a much higher quality and tastier product than mixes or buying anywhere accept higher end bakery. I will then just calculate the calories from the recipe. I have only recently been using the recipe feature of MFP.

However, when I have a yummy desert at a coffee house, restaurant, or bakery I really have no idea what the calorie count is. I often spend 5 to 10 minutes (my limit) trying to figure it out on the web with multiple searches. I then just take what looks like to be an average number. Then i also go back and "quick add" additional calories as an "eating out" tax with the assumption they always add extra sugar, fat, oils to make it tasty.

But that is not to accurate... it would be great to know what other people are doing.

AllonsYtotheTardis

While I don't know the answer, I'm perfectly willing to answer another semi-related question.

The KIND of cake matters. I know this. Because you will see there are separate entries for "birthday cake," for example. And birthday cake definitely does not have the same amount of calories as regular, everyday cake. So don't make the same mistake I did.

This brings up another important question. How big is a piece if it's already AFTER 8PM?

oh, well that's easy. It's 23% bigger after 8pm.

source:

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

While I don't know the answer, I'm perfectly willing to answer another semi-related question.

The KIND of cake matters. I know this. Because you will see there are separate entries for "birthday cake," for example. And birthday cake definitely does not have the same amount of calories as regular, everyday cake. So don't make the same mistake I did.

This brings up another important question. How big is a piece if it's already AFTER 8PM?

oh, well that's easy. It's 23% bigger after 8pm.

source:

SideSteel

I'm not sure why everyone has to be so mean.
We are all here for the same reasons.
We are all different. What works for one may not work for another.
I know my body. You don't know my body. But I know this is how my body works.



















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Cranquistador

I'm not sure why everyone has to be so mean.
We are all here for the same reasons.
We are all different. What works for one may not work for another.
I know my body. You don't know my body. But I know this is how my body works.



















did I miss any?

tell us more about how your body works.

kramalicious

How big is the cake? LOL

Seriously, you have to do better than that. Either check the recipe of a scratch cake, add all ingredients and then make a finite number of slices , use the box mix amounts, or either measure by inches or weigh it. You have to do some work to figure some of these.

Mother_Superior

I'm not sure why everyone has to be so mean.
We are all here for the same reasons.
We are all different. What works for one may not work for another.
I know my body. You don't know my body. But I know this is how my body works.








did I miss any?

omnomnomicon

An American standard cake slice is 1/8th of the cake.
In European slicing that converts to 0.13672 cakes.
GO METRIC!

That said, the standard cake slice is indeed 1/8, but many packages say the serving size is 1/12.

Google "slice of cake nutritional information" and google will pop up on the right with a description of what cake is, as well as a drop down menu that provides a generic calorie count for cakes. For example:

Nutrition Facts
Chocolate cake, with frosting
Amount Per 1 piece (1/8 of 18 oz cake) (64 g)
Calories 249
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 13 g 20%
Saturated fat 3.8 g 19%
Polyunsaturated fat 3 g
Monounsaturated fat 4.7 g
Trans fat 0.8 g
Cholesterol 14 mg 4%
Sodium 223 mg 9%
Potassium 173 mg 4%
Total Carbohydrate 34 g 11%
Dietary fiber 1.4 g 5%
Sugar 26 g
Protein 2.2 g 4%
Caffeine 4 mg
Vitamin A 0% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 1% Iron 11%
Vitamin D 0% Vitamin B-6 0%
Vitamin B-12 0% Magnesium 5%

Note, it did also have the calorie info for 1/12. I listed the 1/8th as it is often the standard amount people actually eat.

That said, keep in mind that recipes can vary wildly. The most accurate way to figure it out if you bought it somewhere is to look on the sellers website for nutritional info.

paperpudding

Serious answer: I think when you are doing MFP over the long term you are going to have to find ways to fit estimates into your logging.

Log it the best you can and move on.

If you make at home log it by recipe and and have one slice as 1/8 if you have said recipe makes 8 servings.

If you buy a package cake scan it and work out the fraction that your slice is.

If you buy a cake in a cafe or have some cake at a party, and it seems an average size slice, look in data base for chocolate cake or carrot cake or whatever and take an average reading and go with that. Yes it's an estimate but it's the best you can do and MFP doesn't need absolutely accurate numbers to work.

jayliospecky

I'm not sure why everyone has to be so mean.
We are all here for the same reasons.
We are all different. What works for one may not work for another.
I know my body. You don't know my body. But I know this is how my body works.



















did I miss any?

tell us more about how your body works.

susieoj

This is taking the fun out of cake, better switch to icecream, easier to measure lol

Sarauk2sf

I'm not sure why everyone has to be so mean.
We are all here for the same reasons.
We are all different. What works for one may not work for another.
I know my body. You don't know my body. But I know this is how my body works.



















did I miss any?

Something about stroking something.....wait..,that's not quite right....

...oh, I have it...stoking your furnace.

allaboutthecake

Me wants me cake

nofearbebravelive

well, I know it's NOT 3.14 because that's the measurement used for pie.

healthlagom

tricky one. Calories r dependent on cake tin size, depth, shape, etc. for a 'regular' sized cake, i'd say no more than 1/8th of the whole cake.


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LiftAllThePizzas

While I don't know the answer, I'm perfectly willing to answer another semi-related question.

The KIND of cake matters. I know this. Because you will see there are separate entries for "birthday cake," for example. And birthday cake definitely does not have the same amount of calories as regular, everyday cake. So don't make the same mistake I did.

This brings up another important question. How big is a piece if it's already AFTER 8PM?

oh, well that's easy. It's 23% bigger after 8pm.

source:

So does that mean it has 81% as many calories per gram?

healthlagom

While I don't know the answer, I'm perfectly willing to answer another semi-related question.

The KIND of cake matters. I know this. Because you will see there are separate entries for "birthday cake," for example. And birthday cake definitely does not have the same amount of calories as regular, everyday cake. So don't make the same mistake I did.

This brings up another important question. How big is a piece if it's already AFTER 8PM?

so confused. it's like a trolling inception. brain can't deal.

oh, well that's easy. It's 23% bigger after 8pm.

source:

So does that mean it has 81% as many calories per gram?

so confused. it's like a trolling inception. brain can't deal.

LiftAllThePizzas

I'm not sure why everyone has to be so mean.
We are all here for the same reasons.
We are all different. What works for one may not work for another.
I know my body. You don't know my body. But I know this is how my body works.

Well at least someone is willing to answer my question and support my journey.












Wait, what was the answer?

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

Me wants me cake

99clmsntgr

Just remember. Only a Mr. Bungle takes the biggest piece of cake