26 %
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?
286kcal
in a 60 g slice
476 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-1118. Checked 5 October 2026.
16.4 gFat
2.7 gProtein
0.48 gFibre
26 %Daily vitamin A
What’s in a 60 g slice
More than half of a slice is carbohydrate, 24 g of it sugars and 9.7 g starch.
- 16.4 gFat
- 2.7 gProtein
- 33.7 gCarbohydrate
- 0.48 gFibre
- 7.7 gWater
Above average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Sponge cake is 476 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Sponge cake476
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in sugar
40 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per slice24 g
Salt, per slice0.57 g
Vitamins and minerals in sponge cake
Two of the 22 reach the “high in” level, led by vitamin A.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
Show all 22 with amounts
Chloride241 mg, 30 %
Vitamin A0.21 mg, 26 %
Vitamin B120.00042 mg, 17 %
Phosphorus105 mg, 15 %
Vitamin D0.00054 mg, 11 %
Iodine0.0132 mg, 8.8 %
Calcium47.4 mg, 5.9 %
Selenium0.003 mg, 5.5 %
Manganese0.11 mg, 5.4 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.84 mg, 5.3 %
Biotin0.00258 mg, 5.2 %
Copper0.05 mg, 4.8 %
Vitamin E0.57 mg, 4.7 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.07 mg, 4.7 %
Iron0.49 mg, 3.5 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.04 mg, 3.3 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.17 mg, 2.9 %
Zinc0.24 mg, 2.4 %
Potassium47.4 mg, 2.4 %
Vitamin B60.03 mg, 2.1 %
Folate0.0036 mg, 1.8 %
Magnesium5.4 mg, 1.4 %
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 4 % of the zinc reference intake and 2.4 % of the magnesium reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein sponge cake
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Zinc
4%in sponge cake, per 100 g
Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g
Magnesium
2.4%in sponge cake, per 100 g
Find it inCoriander leaves, dried184 % 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
Sponge cake comes second for vitamin A here, just behind pastry (wholemeal, cooked).
0.369mg
0.35mg
0.049mg
0.035mg
0.015mg
Pastry, wholemeal, cooked+0.019 mg
Cake, sponge, with butter icing, homemadethis page
Cake, chocolate fudge−0.315 mg
Cakes, crispie−0.335 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against sponge cake.
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Questions about sponge cake
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of sponge cake?
A typical portion (60 g, a slice) gives 286 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 476 kcal.
Is sponge cake high in chloride?
Yes. Cake, sponge, with butter icing, homemade has 402 mg chloride per 100 g, 50 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Are these figures exact for sponge cake?
No. They are calculated from a standard recipe in the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021). A different recipe, portion of sauce or cooking method will move them, so read them as a typical estimate.
Which vitamins and minerals does sponge cake have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (402 mg, 50 %), vitamin A (0.35 mg, 44 %) and vitamin B12 (0.0007 mg, 28 %) per 100 g.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 11-1118, Cake, sponge, with butter icing, homemade, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0; this record is a calculated recipe estimate. 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: Butter). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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