Strawberry Cake

A bit of a rich cake. Assuming we cut this into eight pieces, each piece will have two tablespoons of oil (from the cake) and two tablespoons of margarine (from the frosting).

Now, I know desserts are supposed to be rich and all, but we’re talking about 440 calories before we add any cake mix, sugar, nuts, or strawberries. Doing a little back-of-the-envelope math:

• 255 calories in 1/8 box of Duncan Hines white cake mix
• 240 cal. from 2 Tbsp. oil
• 200 cal. from 2 Tbsp. margarine
• 80 calories in 1/8 package Strawberry Jell-o
• 65 cal. from 2 Tbsp. walnuts
• 57 calories in 1/8 of a 1-pound box of powdered sugar
• 15 calories from 1/8 of a 12-ounce package of strawberries
• 7 calories in 1/8 of 2 Tbsp. flour

Then if this cake is cut into eight pieces, each slice will come in around 839 calories, putting it just above a no-mayo Double Whopper with Cheese (810 calories) and just under three full-size Snickers bars (888 calories).

From the box of C.C. from Ceres, California.

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