Why the fat difference?

Cooked a pudding tonight (cool and rainy here)...
It was from a Family Circle Classic Essential Puddings Recipe book which has nutritional breakdowns.

I tossed up between Pineapple upside down cake and Eve Pudding (which is basically plain cake on apples)

The PUC listed the fat content as 25g/serve and EP 2.8g/serve

I am confused how this can be so different

PUC has 125g butter plus 90g for the base bit and 2 eggs. Divide by 8 Serves

EP has 125g butter and 2 eggs. Divide by 6 serves.

Yes one has 90g more butter, but there's no way that would make it that much more fat content, could it? Perhaps EP is a typo??

Or am I missing something???

How much sugar does each have?

PUC has 3/4 cup, EP has 1/2. PUC has 1 tin of pineapple rings on base. EP has 1.2kg of GS apples on base.

Does the PUC have milk in it? Or buttermilk or sour cream?

Can you list all the ingredients and the total volume cake each produces?

Btw- it's not "fat" content that's the real problem. It's sugars. Refined flour converts to sugar as well.

Ok....

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

90g butter melted
1/2 cup brown sugar (missed that before)
can pineapple rings (juice used in cake)
125g butter
3/4cup caster sugar
1 tea vanilla ess
2 eggs
1 1/2 cps SR flour
1/2 cup plain flour
Oh I am an idiot it's the 1/3 cup coconut!! - see I never put coconut in my recipe and never realised it was in this one!!!

Just for the sake of the activity.....
Eve's Pudding
1.2kg cooking apples steamed in 1 tab water, 2 tabs sugar
125g butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
2eggs
1 teas vanilla
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cup SR flour

Coconut's good for you.

It's the extra sugar, the extra butter and probably the coconut

I didn't say it wasn't good for me, but it is very high in the fat content, so I realised that plays a big part in it.

Either way, they both sounds nice. I prefer apple cake though :)

I made the Eve's one and it was yummy.

PUC drool yummo


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They both sound yummmm... Now I'm hungry for pudding!

I would suggest it could be the serving size.