25 %
Vitamin A contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to the maintenance of normal vision and to the maintenance of normal skin.
How many calories are in sponge cake?
278kcal
in a 60 g slice
463 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-956. Checked 5 October 2026.
15.8 gFat
3.8 gProtein
0.66 gFibre
25 %Daily vitamin A
What’s in a 60 g slice
More than half of a slice is carbohydrate. Sugars make up 18.2 g of that.
- 15.8 gFat
- 3.8 gProtein
- 31.9 gCarbohydrate
- 0.66 gFibre
- 8.8 gWater
Above average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Sponge cake is 463 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Sponge cake463
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in sugar
30.3 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per slice18.2 g
Salt, per slice0.65 g
Vitamins and minerals in sponge cake
Four of the 22 recorded reach the “high in” level. Vitamin A leads by a long way.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
Show all 22 with amounts
Chloride241 mg, 30 %
Vitamin A0.203 mg, 25 %
Vitamin B120.00054 mg, 22 %
Phosphorus148 mg, 21 %
Vitamin D0.00072 mg, 14 %
Iodine0.015 mg, 10 %
Calcium65.4 mg, 8.2 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)1.3 mg, 7.9 %
Selenium0.0042 mg, 7.6 %
Manganese0.15 mg, 7.5 %
Biotin0.00366 mg, 7.3 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.09 mg, 6.4 %
Vitamin E0.65 mg, 5.4 %
Copper0.05 mg, 5.4 %
Iron0.62 mg, 4.5 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.05 mg, 4.4 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.24 mg, 4 %
Zinc0.36 mg, 3.6 %
Potassium63 mg, 3.2 %
Vitamin B60.04 mg, 3 %
Folate0.0054 mg, 2.7 %
Magnesium7.2 mg, 1.9 %
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 C, and only 3.2 % of the magnesium reference intake and 4.5 % of the folate reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein sponge cake
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Magnesium
3.2%in sponge cake, per 100 g
Find it inCoriander leaves, dried184 % per 100 g
Folate
4.5%in sponge cake, per 100 g
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, sponge cake has the most vitamin A of the 5 here, ahead of cake (fruit, rich, iced).
0.338mg
0.094mg
0.073mg
0.015mg
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Cake, sponge, homemadethis page
Cake, fruit, rich, iced−0.244 mg
Biscuits, wholemeal−0.265 mg
Cakes, crispie−0.323 mg
Oatcakes, plain, retail−0.338 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 278 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 463 kcal.
Is sponge cake high in chloride?
Yes. Cake, sponge, homemade has 402 mg chloride per 100 g, 50 % 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 (402 mg, 50 %), vitamin A (0.338 mg, 42 %) and vitamin B12 (0.0009 mg, 36 %) 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 11-956, Cake, sponge, homemade, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Updated 2014. 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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