Muffin vs Cake: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Muffin has 375 kcal and Cake has 290 kcal, so Cake has 23% fewer calories.

Cake has more protein (7.7 g vs 4.49 g). Muffin has more fat (16.1 g vs 8 g). Relative to calories, Cake is the better protein source (2.66 g vs 1.2 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Muffin - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Muffin - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Muffin
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one muffin (80g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Cake
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slice (109g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Muffin vs Cake 100g Compare


per 100gMuffinCake
Calories375 290
Carbohydrates53 g47.7 g
Fat16.07 g8 g
Dietary fiber1.1 g1.5 g
Protein4.49 g7.7 g
Water24.96 g35.9 g
Calcium44 mg36 mg
Iron1.3 mg1 mg
Magnessium10 mg12 mg
Phosphorus39.2 mg83 mg
Potassium121 mg118 mg
Sodium336 mg139 mg
Zink39.2 mg0.66 mg
Vitaminium A73 IU85 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.168 mg0.081 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.163 mg0.157 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.418 mg0.83 mg
Vitaminium B60.04 mg0.04 mg
Vitaminium E1.63 mg1.02 mg

More Calories in Muffin

At first glance, you can see that in muffin is more calories than in cake.

Muffin has 375 kcal per 100g and cake 290 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 29%.

In muffin and in cake most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare muffin with cake in details.

Muffin 100g

375kcal

Calories source

  • 57% CARBS.
  • 5% PROTEIN
  • 39% FAT

Cake 100g

290kcal

Calories source

  • 65% CARBS
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 25% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.