12 %
Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism and to the maintenance of normal bones and teeth.
How many calories are in sponge cake?
221kcal
in a 60 g slice
368 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-832, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
9.5 gFat
2.9 gProtein
0.78 gFibre
12 %Daily phosphorus
What’s in a 60 g slice
More than half of a slice is carbohydrate, 23.4 g of it sugars and 9.6 g starch.
- 9.5 gFat
- 2.9 gProtein
- 33 gCarbohydrate
- 0.78 gFibre
- 13 gWater
- 0.9 gMinerals and the rest
About average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Sponge cake is 368 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Sponge cake368
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in sugar
39 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per slice23.4 g
Salt, per slice0.38 g
Vitamins and minerals in sponge cake
One of the 19 reach the “high in” level: phosphorus.
Only a trace
- Vitamin D
- Folate
- Iodine
Show all 19 with amounts
Chloride162 mg, 20 %
Phosphorus86.4 mg, 12 %
Vitamin E1.1 mg, 9 %
Manganese0.16 mg, 8.1 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.46 mg, 7.6 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.1 mg, 7.1 %
Copper0.07 mg, 6.6 %
Biotin0.00318 mg, 6.4 %
Calcium48.6 mg, 6.1 %
Potassium118 mg, 5.9 %
Vitamin B120.00012 mg, 4.8 %
Selenium0.0024 mg, 4.4 %
Iron0.54 mg, 3.9 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.05 mg, 3.4 %
Vitamin B60.05 mg, 3.4 %
Vitamin A0.027 mg, 3.4 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.04 mg, 3.3 %
Zinc0.24 mg, 2.4 %
Magnesium8.4 mg, 2.2 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What sponge cake doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D or folate, and only 4 % of the zinc reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
Tracein sponge cake
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Zinc
4%in sponge cake, per 100 g
Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g
Folate
Tracein sponge cake
Find it inLiver, chicken, fried675 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Sponge cake against other cakes, biscuits and pastries
Per 100 g, scones (wholemeal) has the most phosphorus in this comparison, followed by scones (fruit, wholemeal) and sponge cake.
539mg
494mg
144mg
135mg
119mg
102mg
Scones, wholemeal+395 mg
Scones, fruit, wholemeal+350 mg
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Brownies, chocolate−9 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against sponge cake.
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Questions about sponge cake
Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.
How many calories are in a portion of sponge cake?
A typical portion (60 g, a slice) gives 221 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 368 kcal.
Is sponge cake high in chloride?
Yes. Cake, sponge, soft iced, retail has 270 mg chloride per 100 g, 34 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does sponge cake have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (270 mg, 34 %), phosphorus (144 mg, 21 %) and vitamin E (1.8 mg, 15 %) per 100 g.
What counts as a portion of sponge cake?
This page uses 60 g, a slice, the usual UK portion for cakes, biscuits and pastries. Every “per portion” figure is the per-100 g value scaled to that weight.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 11-832, Cake, sponge, soft iced, retail, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: DH, Nutrient analysis of biscuits, buns, cakes and pastries, 2011. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a slice is 60 g, a slice, the usual UK portion for cakes, biscuits and pastries. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Milk Snack Cakes). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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