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Cake, fruit, rich, homemade

Rich homemade fruit cake is a baked cake containing fruit. These figures describe a homemade recipe, so the nutritional content of individual cakes may vary with the ingredients used. It mainly provides carbohydrate and fat, with a smaller amount of protein. Per 100g, it contains 62g of carbohydrate, including 50g of sugars, and 11g of fat, including 6.5g of saturated fat.

Carbohydrate and fat both provide energy for the body. The sugar and saturated fat content are relevant for people monitoring their intake of these nutrients. The sugar figure is the total amount present and does not distinguish sugars naturally present in fruit from sugars added during preparation. Full nutritional figures are in the tables below.

Nutrition per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Energy

349 kcal

Energy

1474 kJ

Fat

11g

of which saturates

6.5g

Carbohydrate

62g

of which sugars

50g

Protein

4g

Salt

0.33g

Alcohol

0.4g

Water

17g

Cholesterol

66mg

Vitamins and minerals per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Vitamin A (retinol equivalent)

140µg

Vitamin D

0.5µg

Vitamin E

0.39mg

Vitamin C

Trace

Thiamin (B1)

0.08mg

Riboflavin (B2)

0.09mg

Niacin (B3)

0.6mg

Vitamin B6

0.11mg

Vitamin B12

0.4µg

Folate

11µg

Calcium

73mg

Iron

2mg

Magnesium

23mg

Phosphorus

75mg

Potassium

474mg

Sodium

133mg

Zinc

0.5mg

Copper

0.26mg

Selenium

3µg

Other types of cake

Food

Calories per 100g

Protein per 100g

Fat per 100g

Fibre per 100g

Cake, fruit, rich, iced, homemade

355 kcal

3.7g

9.6g

–

Cake, fruit, wholemeal, homemade

366 kcal

5.8g

14g

–

Cake, carrot, with topping, homemade

346 kcal

4g

21g

1.5g

Cake, cherry, homemade

398 kcal

5g

14g

–

Cake, chocolate, not filled, homemade

438 kcal

7.3g

24g

–

Cake, chocolate, with butter icing, homemade

452 kcal

5.8g

25g

–

Cake, coconut, homemade

423 kcal

6.7g

22g

–

Cake, fruit, retail

334 kcal

4.5g

12g

3g

Cake, lardy, homemade

369 kcal

6.7g

16g

2.3g

Cake, sponge, fatless, homemade

292 kcal

9.9g

5.6g

1.2g

Cake, sponge, homemade

463 kcal

6.4g

26g

1.1g

Cake, sponge, with butter icing, homemade

476 kcal

4.5g

27g

0.8g

Cake, Swiss roll, homemade

286 kcal

7.4g

4.2g

0.8g

Cake, battenberg, retail

354 kcal

4.4g

9.9g

1.5g

Cake, carrot, iced, retail

374 kcal

4.2g

20g

1.9g

Cake, chocolate fudge

358 kcal

5.2g

14g

1.9g

Cake, chocolate, with filling and icing, retail

413 kcal

4.5g

24g

2.9g

Cake, loaf, retail

323 kcal

3.3g

11g

1.4g

Cake, sponge, soft iced, retail

368 kcal

4.8g

16g

1.3g

Cake, sponge, with dairy cream and jam, frozen

280 kcal

4.3g

11g

2.7g

About these figures

Values are per 100g of the food as described (Recipe). "Trace" means only a very small amount was found. Nutrients that were not measured are not shown. Salt is calculated from sodium.

Further reading and references

  • Public Health England. McCance and Widdowson's The Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset 2021. GOV.UK.

Article history

The information on this page is written and peer reviewed by qualified clinicians.
  • 3 Nov 2026 | Latest version
  • 3 Nov 2026 | Originally published