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CAKE ON STEROIDS.


No one walks into The Cheesecake Factory expecting to get a low-calorie dessert. But who'd ever suspect that one slice--repeat, one slice--of the Factory's Carrot Cake Carrot cake is a sweet spice cake with grated carrot mixed into the batter. The carrot softens in the cooking process, and the cake usually has a soft, dense texture. The carrots themselves enhance the flavour, texture and appearance of the cake.  has 1,560 calories?

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The Factory's Black Out, Amy's Fudge, and Fabulous Chocolate Mousse cakes are in the same ballpark (the one with new, oversized o·ver·size  
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Larger in size than usual or necessary.
 seats, that is). A slice of each has approximately 1,400 calories. That makes a slice of the Original Cheesecake, at "only" 710 calories, look like a bargain.

It's not just the ingredients that make these cakes hip-huggers. The corn oil, cream cheese, eggs, butter, palm kernel oil, butterfat butterfat

globules in the milk of all species. It can be separated to make butter. The nutritional value and the price of milk are judged on, among other things, the butterfat content of the milk.
, and hydrogenated palm oil explain why a slice of the Carrot Cake has 84 grams of fat, 23 of them saturated. (Memo to diners not taking cholesterol-lowering drugs: That's more than a day's worth of sat fat.)

It's also the sheer size of the cakes that makes them stick to your ribs (and thighs, abs, and hips). A slice of each six-inch-high layer cake weighs almost a pound, for goodness sakes. "Indulgent"? Only if that's how you'd describe eating three McDonalds Quarter Pounders for dessert.

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Title Annotation:fat and caloric content of products from The Cheesecake Factory
Publication:Nutrition Action Healthletter
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jun 1, 2001
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