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Calories · Café & desserts

Café and dessert calories, cup by cup, slice by slice.

A café visit feels small: a coffee, maybe something from the counter. But drinks come in sizes, brunch plates come with hollandaise, and a cake slice at a dessert café is a meal on its own.

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In short

A 12 oz cappuccino is about 100 calories, a 16 oz latte about 210, and a blended coffee with whipped cream about 410; a butter croissant is about 280, avocado toast about 460, eggs benedict about 890, a 500 ml bubble tea with pearls about 280 and a cheesecake slice about 700. Size, milk, syrup and cream are the swing factors.

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How a visit is built

A drink, a bite, a slice to share.

Café meals come in three sizes: a drink on its own, a drink with a pastry, or a full brunch. Dessert cafés add a fourth — the slice of cake that three people order “to share” and somehow need two of.

Drinks are the part people skip when counting. Milk and syrup make the difference between a 100-calorie coffee and a 400-calorie one.

The menu

Café & desserts dishes, one rough number each

Café & desserts · typical restaurant servingEvery cuisine →

  • Cappuccino~100one small café cappuccino, 12 fl oz · usually 60–180
  • Latte~210one medium café latte, 16 fl oz · usually 100–300
  • Glazed donut~250one medium glazed yeast donut · usually 190–450
  • Ice cream~250one generous parlor scoop in a cup · usually 130–500
  • Matcha latte~250one 16 oz café matcha latte with 2% milk, sweetened · usually 180–400
  • Bubble tea (milk tea with pearls)~280one 500 ml cup with tapioca pearls, regular sugar · usually 180–450
  • Croissant~280one café butter croissant · usually 200–450
  • Banana bread~320one thick café slice, without butter · usually 250–550
  • Mocha~320one medium café mocha, 16 fl oz · usually 150–500
  • Fruit smoothie~360one small café smoothie with fruit and yogurt or milk · usually 200–750
  • Hot chocolate~380one 12 fl oz café hot chocolate with whipped cream · usually 150–600
  • Brownie~400one café brownie · usually 250–750
  • Blended iced coffee~410one medium blended coffee with whipped cream, 16 fl oz · usually 200–600
  • Bagel with cream cheese~430one plain bakery bagel with about 3 tablespoons of cream cheese · usually 300–650
  • Apple pie~440one regular restaurant slice · usually 300–800
  • Avocado toast~460two thick slices of toast with about 100 g of avocado · usually 300–700
  • Pancakes (stack of 3)~460three medium pancakes, before syrup and butter · usually 350–900
  • Scone with jam and clotted cream~470one plain café scone with a tablespoon of jam and about 30 g of clotted cream · usually 250–800
  • Açaí bowl~490one café açaí bowl with granola, banana, strawberries and honey · usually 350–750
  • Carrot cake~490one café slice with cream cheese frosting · usually 350–1,100
  • Chocolate chip cookie~510one extra-large bakery or café cookie · usually 200–650
  • Blueberry muffin~520one large café muffin · usually 300–650
  • Tiramisu~530one restaurant portion · usually 350–750
  • Milkshake~600one small 12 fl oz shake, no whipped cream · usually 400–1,300
  • Cinnamon roll~690one large bakery cinnamon roll with frosting · usually 300–1,100
  • Cheesecake~700one restaurant slice · usually 400–1,300
  • Eggs Benedict~890one brunch order of two halves with two eggs, no potatoes · usually 600–1,200

What drives it

Milk, syrup, cream and butter.

  • Size. A 16 oz latte has more milk than a 12 oz cappuccino — about 210 against 100.
  • Syrups and whipped cream. Blended coffees with cream reach about 410.
  • Sugar level and pearls. Bubble tea at full sugar with tapioca is about 280 for 500 ml.
  • Hollandaise. Eggs benedict is about 890 — the sauce is butter and egg yolk.
  • Laminated pastry. A butter croissant is about 280 on its own.
  • Slice size. A restaurant cheesecake slice is about 700; a generous parlour scoop of ice cream about 250.

Lighter orders

If you want a lighter visit.

  • Size down, or choose a cappuccino or flat white instead of a large latte.
  • Ask for less syrup, or skip the whipped cream.
  • Order bubble tea at 25% or 50% sugar, with fewer pearls.
  • Eggs on toast or avocado toast instead of benedict.
  • Actually share the slice — or a scoop instead of a slice.

How they compare

A café menu, roughly.

Café portions vary, so read these as rough. On a café-hopping day, PlateDiary’s calorie counter reads every cup and slice from one photo — calories are off unless you turn them on.

Rough calories for typical café drinks, brunch plates and desserts
OrderRough numberNotes
Cappuccino, 12 oz~100Small, mostly foam
Latte, 16 oz~210More milk
Ice cream, 1 generous scoop~250In a cup
Matcha latte, 16 oz, sweetened~250Less sugar, lower number
Butter croissant~280Filled ones run higher
Bubble tea with pearls, 500 ml~280Regular sugar
Blended coffee with whipped cream, 16 oz~410Syrup and cream
Pancakes, 3 before syrup~460Syrup and butter on top
Avocado toast, 2 slices~460Egg adds more
Cheesecake, a slice~700Usually 400–1,300
Eggs benedict, 2 halves~890Hollandaise does it

In PlateDiary

A rough number for the dishes you save — only if you want one.

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Sources

Where the facts come from

  1. USDA FoodData Central — Coffee, Latte (FDC 2710386)
  2. USDA FoodData Central — Coffee, Cappuccino (FDC 2710472)
  3. USDA FoodData Central — Tea, bubble (FDC 2710508)
  4. USDA FoodData Central — Cheesecake, plain (FDC 2707861)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in a latte?

A 16 oz café latte with regular milk is about 210 calories. A smaller cappuccino is about 100; syrups and whipped cream add more.

How many calories are in bubble tea?

A 500 ml milk tea with tapioca pearls at regular sugar is about 280 calories, usually 180–450 depending on sugar level and toppings.

How many calories are in a croissant?

A café butter croissant is about 280 calories. Almond and chocolate croissants run higher.

How many calories are in a slice of cheesecake?

A restaurant slice is about 700 calories, and dessert-café slices can reach 1,300 — a good one to share.