Birthday Cakes Can Increase High Amount Of Fat For Your Child !!

 

BIRTHDAY CAKES CAN INCREASE AN HIGH AMOUNT OF FAT FOR YOUR CHILD

Birthday cake once in a year is the best treat for your child but it has a lot of delirious effect on health.

Cake

It is soft sweet food made up of a mixture of sugar, egg, flour, fat and other ingredients. It is baked item; sometimes it is decorated or iced

Birthday cake

Celebrating a birthday with cake has been started from the 19th century in Western Europe, and then it extended throughout the western culture, Tradition of adding a candle on the top of the cake started from Germany.

Type of birthday cake

There are various types of cakes but these are more in trend nowadays.

1. Oreo cheesecake
2. Eggless truffle cake
3. Banana cake with cream cheese floating
4. Cherry cheesecake
5. Coffee cake with Kahlua chocolate ganache

Nutritional composition of birth cake

1. Calorie of birthday cake with icing

1 serving birthday cake contain

Calorie 220 kcal

Sodium 220 kcal

Cholesterol – 20 mg

2. Chocolate frosting cake

1 serving birthday cake contain

Calorie -243 kcal

Carbohydrate-135 gm

Fat- 98 mg

Vitamin A- 70.4 IU

3. Birthday cake with buttercream

1 serving gives

Calorie -200 kcal

Total fat – 17 gm

4. Chocolate truffle cake-

Calorie -334 kcal

Sodium- 154 mg

Cholesterol- 45 mg

Birthday cake can increase fat in the children-

There are number of reason birthday cake increase fat in children

1. High saturated fat- Birthday cake contains a high amount of butter and cream. An excess amount of saturated fat is dangerous for child’s health.
2. High-calorie content – only one serving cake which in around 15-20 gm. contain approximately 250 kcal, Excess calorie when does not get utilized it is stored as fat.
3. High sugar content – For icing, sugar is used also powdered sugar is used, sugary substance never helps to build muscle. It increases fat mass. Too much sugar can make children hyperactive.
4. Too much chocolate-  Too much chocolate is hazardous for oral health, Chocolate with sugar and cream is deadly combination it multiplies body fat.
5. High cholesterol – Cake contains high amount of cholesterol, high amount cholesterol effect body internal system. Cholesterol is bad fat it leads to excessive fat accumulation in the body.
6. High sodium – Cake contain high sodium, high sodium content leads to water retention which can lead to storage of fat.

How to make birthday cake healthy

1. Instead of butter use white oil which has less bad effect on the body.
2. Limit the intake of cake
3. Use unsweetened dark chocolate chip and sauce
4. Use unsweetened double toned milk
5. Use egg white or make eggless cake
6. Make fruit cake
7. Use more dry fruit like resin date to make taste sweet
8. Prefer homemade cake than purchasing from outside

Birthday cake cannot be avoided; children wait for their cake for a year. With time cake has become more decorative and tastier. The homemade cakes are better than buying the commercially prepared cakes.