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Cake, sponge, soft iced, retail

This is a commercially produced sponge cake with soft icing, with sampled products including angel cake, Madeira cake and lemon drizzle cake. It mainly provides carbohydrate and fat. Per 100g, it contains 55g of carbohydrate, including 39g of sugars, and 16g of fat, including 6.2g of saturated fat.

Carbohydrate and fat both provide energy. The sugar and saturated fat content may be relevant to people monitoring these nutrients or their overall energy intake. Sugars are part of the total carbohydrate figure, not an additional amount. Recipes and icing can vary between products, so individual labels may differ from these values. Full nutrient figures are shown in the tables below.

Nutrition per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Energy

368 kcal

Energy

1546 kJ

Fat

16g

of which saturates

6.2g

Carbohydrate

55g

of which sugars

39g

Fibre

1.3g

Protein

4.8g

Salt

0.63g

Alcohol

0g

Water

22g

Cholesterol

36mg

Vitamins and minerals per 100g

Nutrient

Per 100g

Vitamin A (retinol equivalent)

45µg

Vitamin D

Trace

Vitamin E

1.8mg

Thiamin (B1)

0.06mg

Riboflavin (B2)

0.08mg

Niacin (B3)

0.9mg

Vitamin B6

0.08mg

Vitamin B12

0.2µg

Folate

Trace

Calcium

81mg

Iron

0.9mg

Magnesium

14mg

Phosphorus

144mg

Potassium

197mg

Sodium

251mg

Zinc

0.4mg

Copper

0.11mg

Selenium

4µg

Iodine

Trace

Other types of cake

Food

Calories per 100g

Protein per 100g

Fat per 100g

Fibre per 100g

Cake, carrot, iced, retail

374 kcal

4.2g

20g

1.9g

Cake, sponge, with jam and butter cream, retail

354 kcal

3.7g

15g

1.2g

Cake, sponge, jam filled, retail

302 kcal

4.2g

4.9g

–

Cake, battenberg, retail

354 kcal

4.4g

9.9g

1.5g

Cake, chocolate, with filling and icing, retail

413 kcal

4.5g

24g

2.9g

Cake, fruit, retail

334 kcal

4.5g

12g

3g

Cake, fruit, rich, iced, homemade

355 kcal

3.7g

9.6g

–

Cake, loaf, retail

323 kcal

3.3g

11g

1.4g

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, sponge, with dairy cream and jam, frozen

280 kcal

4.3g

11g

2.7g

Cake, Swiss rolls, chocolate covered and filled, retail

414 kcal

4.5g

23g

3.1g

Cake, madeira, retail

377 kcal

5.4g

15g

–

Cake, carrot, with topping, homemade

346 kcal

4g

21g

1.5g

Cake, cherry, homemade

398 kcal

5g

14g

–

Cake, chocolate fudge

358 kcal

5.2g

14g

1.9g

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

–

About these figures

Values are per 100g of the food as described (10 samples, 8 products, including angel cake, Madeira and lemon drizzle). "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