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    How big is a piece of cake?

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    • Posts: 62 Member
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      But there are times when you can't weigh it, and then you just have to estimate that it is an average slice of average chocolate or whatever sort cake and go with that.

      I mean you don't have your scales with you at birthday parties or in little cafes that sell home made cake.

      Not only is it not realistic to have scales with you 24/7, but you would pretty much have to destroy the cake to get an accurate weight for calorie count. Cake has a different calorie content per any given weight than frosting. As with all calorie counts, a bit of common sense is needed for recording. For member entered "slices" that is the size of a standard slice that they consume. If there is not enough info for you to figure out how big that is, don't use the item. For Restaraunts they have standard serving sizes for all their menu items and they have calculated the calories based on that serving size. If the little voice in your head doubts the accuracy of the calorie count adjust it so it is right for you. Store bought sheet cakes and wedding cake have standard serving sizes, I don't remember what it is off the top of my head. If you anticipate eating cake from a store bought sheet cake the serving size can be found online by looking up the correct "cutting guides" There is even a "correct" way to cut a wedding cake so that no matter which tier the piece came from it is a equal size.
    • Posts: 17,857 Member
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      you think that's bad... take that slice of cake to the moon or Jupiter and see how much it weighs then....
      Fortunately, MFP has the Jupiter database for those occasions.
    • Posts: 24,208 Member
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      Not only is it not realistic to have scales with you 24/7, but you would pretty much have to destroy the cake to get an accurate weight for calorie count. Cake has a different calorie content per any given weight than frosting. As with all calorie counts, a bit of common sense is needed for recording. For member entered "slices" that is the size of a standard slice that they consume. If there is not enough info for you to figure out how big that is, don't use the item. For Restaraunts they have standard serving sizes for all their menu items and they have calculated the calories based on that serving size. If the little voice in your head doubts the accuracy of the calorie count adjust it so it is right for you. Store bought sheet cakes and wedding cake have standard serving sizes, I don't remember what it is off the top of my head. If you anticipate eating cake from a store bought sheet cake the serving size can be found online by looking up the correct "cutting guides" There is even a "correct" way to cut a wedding cake so that no matter which tier the piece came from it is a equal size.

      Too much cake thinking not enough eating.
    • Posts: 2,889 Member
      A piece of cake is however big it is sliced by the person slicing it.
    • Posts: 17,857 Member
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      ^^^ yeah. this big


      this is why it's a good idea to stick only to entries that use grams. weigh your cake then log it as however many grams of cake, then there's no doubt.
      I agree. What I'm saying is that it's difficult to find an entry in the database that actually uses weight. There's like a HUGE list of cake entries, and almost all of them are "1 piece."

      It makes me wonder what is wrong with so many people that they all think "1 piece" is a unit of measurement or, "hey this is helpful so I think I'll put it in the database like this."
    • Posts: 201 Member
      It's usually 2x2 for a rectangular cake. That's what it says on the boxes of cake mixes that I've seen. Some might be different.

      I don't add my homemade cakes to the public database since nobody else uses my 6,000-calorie frosting. :love:
    • Posts: 201 Member
      well, I know it's NOT 3.14 because that's the measurement used for pie.

      Hahahahahaha. Nice.
    • Posts: 890 Member
      Well, the best way to do it is make your own cake and use the recipe builder. It's more accurate than trying to figure out what someone else meant.
    • Posts: 17,857 Member
      Well, the best way to do it is make your own cake and use the recipe builder. It's more accurate than trying to figure out what someone else meant.
      Yeah. And then add it to the public database with "1 piece" as the serving size.
    • Posts: 15,532 Member
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      Some people are more committed to weight loss than others I guess.


      Yes! If you don't carry scales to work, school, cafes, and birthday parties, you lack commitment :indifferent: :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 25,022 Member
      One slice of Great Wall Chocolate Cake at P.F. Changs has 1440 calories and 68 grams of fat (per the website). It is also supposed to be four servings (bahahahaaha....).

      Challenge accepted.
    • Posts: 17,857 Member
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      Yes! If you don't carry scales to work, school, cafes, and birthday parties, you lack commitment :indifferent: :flowerforyou:
      And Priority Mail Flat Rate envelopes. Don't forget those.
    • Posts: 1,526 Member
      First pretty much all calorie logging is an estimate to some degree.

      Most cake mix boxes will tell how many servings. Make up one of those and portion it out. Then let that be your guide for a one serving size piece of cake.

      Still an estimate but it will get you in the ballpark.
    • Posts: 475 Member
      Well, a lot of the time, you can look at the "1 container" and see how many pieces is in an entire cake, then you'll know.

      I only do this with a store bought cake or a box mix. If I made my own then I build a recipe.

      Most restaurants in Canada, anyway, who buy their cakes/desserts usually get them from one company called "WOW desserts" So if you order a piece of cake has a name like "chocolate Cadillac" you can usually find it under wow desserts. - I've worked in many, many kitchens from prince edward island to alberta and most places who don't bake their own use WOW.

      When all else fails: Guesstimate!
    • Posts: 2,918 Member
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      you think that's bad... take that slice of cake to the moon or Jupiter and see how much it weighs then....

      This is why I only eat cake in fully submerged submarines.
    • Posts: 26
      i browse through cake options that myfitnesspal enters, not members entries.

      (they give grams , etc etc and have entries such as brownies, pound, sponge, chocolate with frosting, with out frosting...

      try type in 'cakes' and see the ones without the asterisk are the correct mfp entries :)
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      cake not cakes sorry...
    • Posts: 533 Member
      Not as big as you'd eyes would say but smaller than your stomach would. Or vice versa.
    • Posts: 15,532 Member
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      And Priority Mail Flat Rate envelopes. Don't forget those.

      Where is my cake? I was going to have it for breakfast... I am getting really HAAAANGRY over here!

      :angry: :laugh:
    • Posts: 15,532 Member
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      This is why I only eat cake in fully submerged submarines.

      Isn't that expensive though? I guess I am just not as committed :wink:
    • Posts: 16,356 Member
      “Size matters not … Look at me. Judge me by size, do you?”
    • Posts: 2,918 Member
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      Isn't that expensive though? I guess I am just not as committed :wink:
      if you wanted it badly enough you'd be committed to finding a way.
      :glasses:
    • Posts: 2,199 Member
      If it's a DQ cake, what's missing in the pic, is one slice.

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      Challenge accepted.


      I love you!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :love: :love: :flowerforyou::flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 1,535 Member
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      but but but but :sad: :sad: :sad:

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    • Posts: 1,535 Member
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      Yes! If you don't carry scales to work, school, cafes, and birthday parties, you lack commitment :indifferent: :flowerforyou:



      There, there, there.....:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: kitty make it all better!

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    • Posts: 42 Member
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      This is why I only eat cake in fully submerged submarines.

      Haha love it
    • Posts: 552 Member
      Whats with the thousands of cake entries in the database that are measured by "1 slice" with no weights?

      For a box mix such as Duncan Hines ... its 1/12 of the cake. Don't forget to add frosting in as another line item.
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      There, there, there.....:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: kitty make it all better!

      HBBlackCat2.gif


      Cat slobber or not, I would still eat the cake. That is commitment :laugh:


      Edited for clarity: cause that's how I roll
    • Posts: 479 Member
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      OMG I can't love this enough..I am hoping that is not the face I make! lol
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