14 %
Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism and to the maintenance of normal bones and teeth.
How many calories are in sponge cake?
212kcal
in a 60 g slice
354 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 11-831, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
8.9 gFat
2.2 gProtein
0.72 gFibre
14 %Daily phosphorus
What’s in a 60 g slice
More than half of a slice is carbohydrate. Sugars make up 22.6 g of that.
- 8.9 gFat
- 2.2 gProtein
- 33.1 gCarbohydrate
- 0.72 gFibre
- 13.3 gWater
- 1.8 gMinerals and the rest
About average for cakes, biscuits and pastries
Sponge cake is 354 kcal per 100 g. The 134 cakes, biscuits and pastries in this database average 394.
Sponge cake354
Cakes, biscuits and pastries average394
High in sugar
37.6 g of sugars per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 22.5 g).
Sugars, per slice22.6 g
Salt, per slice0.33 g
Vitamins and minerals in sponge cake
Nothing reaches the “high in” level, but two of the 20 count as a source, led by phosphorus.
Only a trace
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin C
- Folate
Show all 20 with amounts
Phosphorus97.2 mg, 14 %
Vitamin B120.00024 mg, 9.6 %
Vitamin A0.0696 mg, 8.7 %
Chloride60 mg, 7.5 %
Vitamin E0.71 mg, 6 %
Calcium43.2 mg, 5.4 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.31 mg, 5.2 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)0.78 mg, 4.9 %
Biotin0.0024 mg, 4.8 %
Copper0.05 mg, 4.8 %
Manganese0.09 mg, 4.5 %
Selenium0.0024 mg, 4.4 %
Potassium79.2 mg, 4 %
Iron0.41 mg, 2.9 %
Iodine0.0042 mg, 2.8 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.03 mg, 2.7 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.04 mg, 2.6 %
Zinc0.18 mg, 1.8 %
Vitamin B60.02 mg, 1.7 %
Magnesium4.8 mg, 1.3 %
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 vitamin C, and only 3 % of the zinc reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
Tracein sponge cake
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
Tracein sponge cake
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Zinc
3%in sponge cake, per 100 g
Find it inOysters, raw592 % 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 phosphorus of the 6 here, ahead of welsh cakes.
162mg
137mg
123mg
113mg
113mg
111mg
Cake, sponge, with jam and butter cream, retailthis page
Welsh cakes−25 mg
Cakes, crispie−39 mg
Cake, cherry−49 mg
Cake, fruit, retail−49 mg
Currant buns, toasted−51 mg
All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against sponge cake.
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Questions about sponge cake
The questions people ask about sponge cake, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of sponge cake?
A typical portion (60 g, a slice) gives 212 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 354 kcal.
Is sponge cake a source of phosphorus?
It is a source of phosphorus: 162 mg per 100 g, 23 % of the NRV, which passes the 15 % threshold for “source of” but not the 30 % needed for “high in”.
Which vitamins and minerals does sponge cake have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: phosphorus (162 mg, 23 %), vitamin B12 (0.0004 mg, 16 %) and vitamin A (0.116 mg, 14 %) 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 11-831, Cake, sponge, with jam and butter cream, 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; and industry data, 2013. 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: Jam). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More cakes, biscuits and pastries
From the same group, with calories per 100 g, and the foods with the most phosphorus.
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