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Calories · Café & desserts

Calories in carrot cake

A typical restaurant serving of carrot cake (one café slice with cream cheese frosting, about 130 g) is about 490 calories, usually 350–1,100.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called carrot cake slice, slice of carrot cake.

~490
Carrot cake

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein3 g
  • Carbs67 g
  • Fat23 g

One serving

Serving
one café slice with cream cheese frosting
Weight
~130 g
Per 100 g
~374

The dish

About carrot cake

Carrot cake sounds light, but it's an oil-rich sponge with sugar, nuts and a thick cream cheese frosting. A big restaurant wedge can weigh 200 g or more.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Carrot cake · rough numbers

  • Large restaurant slice (200 g)~750

What moves the number

Why one plate is 350 and another 1,100

  • Oil in the batter
  • Cream cheese frosting
  • Slice size: restaurant slices can be huge

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Share a slice
  • Scrape off some frosting
  • Pick a thin café slice

Side by side

Next to other Café & desserts dishes

Café & desserts · typical restaurant servingAll about Café & desserts food →

  • 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

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS 2021–2023) — Cake or cupcake, carrot, FDC 2707859 (slice, any size 200 g)
  2. UK CoFID 2021 (McCance and Widdowson's Composition of Foods) — Cake, carrot, iced, retail, code 11-836

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in carrot cake?

A typical restaurant serving of carrot cake (one café slice with cream cheese frosting, about 130 g) is about 490 calories, usually 350–1,100. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

Is carrot cake lighter than other cakes?

Not really: it is an oil-rich sponge with sugar, nuts and a thick cream cheese frosting, about 490 a café slice.

How many calories are in a large slice of carrot cake?

About 750 for a 200 g restaurant wedge.

What changes the calories in carrot cake?

Oil in the batter. Cream cheese frosting.

How can I order carrot cake lighter?

Share a slice. Scrape off some frosting.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.