Is a cake only as many calories as the ingredients?

mariams99
mariams99 Posts: 14 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This must seem like the stupidest question ever asked but bear with me I'm new to this stuff :) So I made a mug cake and the ingredients were 1 egg (71 cals), 2 tbsp cocoa powder (20 cals) and 3 tbsp sweetener (0 cals). Does that mean the cake is only 91 cals?? Its just so yummy I feel like there must be a catch!! :)

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  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    If that's all you put in there yep!
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,219 Member
    Yes. Calories don't magically appear. If you enter those ingredients into the recipe tool it just adds the totals together.
  • Kareemelnaggar
    Kareemelnaggar Posts: 17 Member
    Yup! Its that simple :) Deliciousness has no calories!
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    Yes, that calorie-count should be accurate for your mug cake. :smile:
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    depends on how long you let it set out. If it ferments, some of those calories may get sugar calories (4 cal/gram) converted to alcohol calories (7calories per gram).
  • ejoy77
    ejoy77 Posts: 19 Member
    Is there really no flour in your cake? And no fat (oil? butter?) of any kind? If there is, you're missing some significant calories there. But if you've accounted for all of the ingredients, then yes, you've got an accurate calorie count there.
  • bdo7
    bdo7 Posts: 7 Member
    (reads ingredient list)

    1 egg
    2 tbsp cocoa powder
    3 tbsp sweetener

    OK, um.

    That sounds like a chocolate egg to me. :)

    Was there really not any flour or anything? How does it become a "cake"?

    Just curious. If that is the actual recipe, and it tastes good, I'd like to know how to make it and give it a shot myself!
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Why wouldn't it? Food doesn't magically grow more calories when combined and baked in a specific way. That would be alchemy.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    (reads ingredient list)

    1 egg
    2 tbsp cocoa powder
    3 tbsp sweetener

    OK, um.

    That sounds like a chocolate egg to me. :)

    Was there really not any flour or anything? How does it become a "cake"?

    Just curious. If that is the actual recipe, and it tastes good, I'd like to know how to make it and give it a shot myself!

    Yeah, I made that one out of curiosity, though it did also include salt, baking powder, and vanilla (OP, vanilla extract does have a few calories).

    Chocolate-flavored scrambled egg is what I tasted. Yuck.

    I do not understand why so many people like that recipe. Maybe they've denied themselves chocolate for so long that any taste of it is good?
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    DP
  • AsaThorsWoman
    AsaThorsWoman Posts: 2,303 Member
    What does DP mean?

    I mean... I know what I think it means...

    And it ain't Dr. Pepper!
  • mariams99
    mariams99 Posts: 14 Member
    Is there really no flour in your cake? And no fat (oil? butter?) of any kind? If there is, you're missing some significant calories there. But if you've accounted for all of the ingredients, then yes, you've got an accurate calorie count there.
    Yup that's it! I got it from one of those simple cooking channels! I guess it might not taste so good to others though, hah.
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    What does DP mean?

    I mean... I know what I think it means...

    And it ain't Dr. Pepper!

    Double post...

    Or Deadpool!
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    What does DP mean?

    I mean... I know what I think it means...

    And it ain't Dr. Pepper!
    I think it's some sort of punch that usually involves alcohol.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    What does DP mean?

    I mean... I know what I think it means...

    And it ain't Dr. Pepper!
    I think it's some sort of punch that usually involves alcohol.

    i think it means 2 things in one person/place....also usually involving alcohol.
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    I'm not quite sure why I want this conversation to involve thermodynamics.

    Generally yes, the whole is made up of the sum of the parts, though now I feel the urge to take a class on the chemistry of cooking.

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