birthday cake

This was actually an easier dilemma than I thought once I looked up cupcakes
with frosting. About 25 carbs each. A cupcake is a good unit of measure- I
can relate to that when I cut my piece tonight

Actually- it's better than pasta!!!

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Diane

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The situation comes up at least 1 time a year for all of us.......how many
carbs and calories is in that Birthday cake?

Lets use the standard of 8" round cake with buttercream frosting.

I'm working on some calculations in fitday
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Diane

diane wrote:
|| The situation comes up at least 1 time a year for all of
|| us.......how many carbs and calories is in that Birthday
cake?
||
|| Lets use the standard of 8" round cake with buttercream
|| frosting.
||
|| I'm working on some calculations in fitday
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|| Diane

Why, do you plan on eating the whole thing?
I just have a small piece and don't sweat it once a year.

BJ

diane said:

Bob, so far I've take a token slice about 1/4 cup serving. A toast to the
birthday person. They all know me well at work and just laugh at my
serving.
At least I'm joining in the celebration and not wondering what the cake
tasted like.

I figured out the bakery cake issue though -enough to fit it into
Fitday. My
cake here weighs just about 1 pound=16 ounces. Its pretty heavy for a
8"cake.
If I divide the cake into 16 pieces (1 ounce each) it is about a 1 1/2
inch
slice.

I input cupcake into fitday in oz. and got a 19 carbs so my first guess
of
25 is still a good rule of thumb. (a big cupcake was 32)

so if your an OWL I think you can have that small piece of cake and not
get
beat up about it- just don't do it all the time

Sometimes, I don't mind it, like when I'm going to bike 50+ miles on the
weekend. But in the winter, when I'm lucky to bike 15 miles at a stretch
because of the cold (last Saturday, for instance, it was just above zero
when I got back from riding -- I could barely see because of the ice
buildup on my eyelids), I'm hesitant to eat cake. I'm still trying to
decide whether to have a small piece or forego it.

--
Bob in CT

hahaha! you can appreciate me X skiing the other night. I was huffing so
hard, but every time I stopped the steam would fog up my glasses, so I had
to keep moving. I didn't lose an ounce from that workout either.gosh I was
wobbly the next day at work

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diane said:

Bob, so far I've take a token slice about 1/4 cup serving. A toast to the
birthday person. They all know me well at work and just laugh at my
serving.
At least I'm joining in the celebration and not wondering what the cake
tasted like.

I figured out the bakery cake issue though -enough to fit it into
Fitday. My
cake here weighs just about 1 pound=16 ounces. Its pretty heavy for a
8"cake.
If I divide the cake into 16 pieces (1 ounce each) it is about a 1 1/2
inch
slice.

I input cupcake into fitday in oz. and got a 19 carbs so my first guess
of
25 is still a good rule of thumb. (a big cupcake was 32)

so if your an OWL I think you can have that small piece of cake and not
get
beat up about it- just don't do it all the time

Sometimes, I don't mind it, like when I'm going to bike 50+ miles on the
weekend. But in the winter, when I'm lucky to bike 15 miles at a stretch
because of the cold (last Saturday, for instance, it was just above zero
when I got back from riding -- I could barely see because of the ice
buildup on my eyelids), I'm hesitant to eat cake. I'm still trying to
decide whether to have a small piece or forego it.

--
Bob in CT

diane said:

hahaha! you can appreciate me X skiing the other night. I was huffing so
hard, but every time I stopped the steam would fog up my glasses, so I
had
to keep moving. I didn't lose an ounce from that workout either.gosh I
was
wobbly the next day at work

I just bought goggles so that I could protect my eyes; the goggles fogged
up within 10 minute of my ride (and that's with "antifog" on them!), and
then the fog froze solid. I had to ride without them.

You might have lost weight from that exercise -- I find it takes a few
days for the effects of exercise to show up (sorta the same way with food
-- eat too much and it takes a while to show up on the scale).

--
Bob in CT

I have to go out again by tomorrow-after the birthday dinner tonight at
least.

I couldn't believe I was sore in muscles I hadn't used before- even my abs
hurt- then I had to work receiving today...ouch.

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diane said:

hahaha! you can appreciate me X skiing the other night. I was huffing so
hard, but every time I stopped the steam would fog up my glasses, so I
had
to keep moving. I didn't lose an ounce from that workout either.gosh I
was
wobbly the next day at work

I just bought goggles so that I could protect my eyes; the goggles fogged
up within 10 minute of my ride (and that's with "antifog" on them!), and
then the fog froze solid. I had to ride without them.

You might have lost weight from that exercise -- I find it takes a few
days for the effects of exercise to show up (sorta the same way with
ood -- eat too much and it takes a while to show up on the scale).

--
Bob in CT

diane said:

The situation comes up at least 1 time a year for all of us.......how many
carbs and calories is in that Birthday cake?

Lets use the standard of 8" round cake with buttercream frosting.

I'm working on some calculations in fitday

Buy or bake the cake, then make sure everyone eats it but you. No other
way, really.

I had my 2 oz- and probably won't give the rest of the cake another thought.

BTW I cut off the top of the cake box and turned it upside down onto the
cake for a cover for the dish....this way I don't see cake when I walk in to
the kitchen

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diane said:

The situation comes up at least 1 time a year for all of us.......how
many carbs and calories is in that Birthday cake?

Lets use the standard of 8" round cake with buttercream frosting.

I'm working on some calculations in fitday

Buy or bake the cake, then make sure everyone eats it but you. No other
way, really.

Clearly you haven't read the recent study:

Modern research has determined that "Birthday Cake", ie: A highly
decorated sweet flour/fat/sugar based dessert, generally festooned with
YOUR name, has NO CALORIES, NO CARBS, AND NO FAT.

Shocking? Sure.

But it appears, the joy felt once a year when we eat a piece of this
comestible surrounded by our loved ones immediately dissipates all
CALORIES, CARBS AND FAT!

There are a few important caveats:

1. It must be YOUR birthday.

2. You must only have ONE birthday a year.

3. Cake must be consumed AFTER appropriate musical accompaniment ("Happy
Birthday" or "For He/She's a Jolly Good Fellow/Person" or the like).

4. Candles, while low carb, low calorie and low fat must NOT be
consumed... especially when lit.

5. BEWARE! Foods consumed before and after cake maintain their original
carb, fat and calorie count.

This has been brought to you as a public service announcement.

Jennifer

Yes, the "Ice Cream AND Cake" variable was addressed in the study.

Should "Ice Cream AND Cake" be consumed, as separate items, each will
release HALF of it's calories, carbs and fats. So an option would be to
only eat the HALF that is now CCF-FREE. Determining which half is now
CCF-FREE is easy... it's the half closest to you.

As for an "Ice Cream Cake" ie: Baskin Robbins/Haggan Daz/Carvel... normal
sized slices fall under the original CCF-FREE study and can be consumed
with pleasure.

Hope that clears it up.

diane said:

The situation comes up at least 1 time a year for all of us.......how many
carbs and calories is in that Birthday cake?

Lets use the standard of 8" round cake with buttercream frosting.

I'm working on some calculations in fitday

Cake isn't low carb.

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The situation comes up at least 1 time a year for all of us.......how many
carbs and calories is in that Birthday cake?

Lets use the standard of 8" round cake with buttercream frosting.

I'm working on some calculations in fitday
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Diane

On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 17:32:35 -0800, Jennifer <[email hidden]>

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Clearly you haven't read the recent study:

Modern research has determined that "Birthday Cake", ie: A highly
decorated sweet flour/fat/sugar based dessert, generally festooned with
YOUR name, has NO CALORIES, NO CARBS, AND NO FAT.

because unless you work at it the ones you buy in the store are made of sawdust
(G)

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At work, there are 3 people who have birthdays near Christmas. It's
already hard to eat well without additional birthday parties. Anyone said
"no" to cake at a birthday party for a coworker?

I always do. People expect it now. They tease me, but that's ok.

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Jane Lumley

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On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:20:13 -0500, diane <[email hidden]> wrote:

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At work, there are 3 people who have birthdays near Christmas. It's
already hard to eat well without additional birthday parties. Anyone said
"no" to cake at a birthday party for a coworker?

Yes - all the time. I didn't have any cake at work all last year. I'm sure
I passed it up at least 15 times. I'll go in an celebrate with my
coworkers - glass of water in hand, chatting with others. I don't eat any
dessert, though. It might sound awful but it's really not. Nobody thinks
much of it at all. I find avoiding it completely to be much easier than
having a small portion (far too often - at my workplace) and then dealing
with cravings/feeling ill.

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