carrot cake

noun

A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.

Similar
chai tow kway
OriginHokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 →
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Meanings

nouncarrot cake (countable and uncountable, plural carrot cakes)

plural carrot cakes

  1. countableuncountableA sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.
  2. SingaporecountableuncountableTurnip cake; radish cake (a savoury cake containing radish, usually pan-fried).
  3. SingaporecountableuncountableSynonym of chai tow kway (“a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs”).

    Synonyms: chai tow kway

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of chai tow kway (“a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs”).

Similar
chai tow kway
Also see
chai tow kwayturnip cake

Origin

  1. Hokkien菜頭粿 /菜头粿
  2. Englishcarrot cake

The Singaporean senses are calque of Hokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 (chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér, literally “radish cake”), which may have arisen from a confusion between Hokkien 菜頭 /菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) and 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (âng-chhài-thâu, “carrot”, literally “red radish”).

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Translations

Afrikaans wortelkoek
  • wortelkoeksweet cake
Chinese Mandarin 胡蘿蔔蛋糕 /胡萝卜蛋糕
  • 胡蘿蔔蛋糕 /胡萝卜蛋糕 (húluóbo dàngāo)sweet cake
Danish gulerodskage
  • gulerodskagesweet cake
Dutch worteltaart, wortelcake
  • worteltaartsweet cake
  • wortelcakesweet cake
Finnish porkkanakakku
  • porkkanakakkusweet cake
French gâteau aux carottes
  • gâteau aux carottessweet cake
German Rüeblitorte, Carrot-Cake
  • Rüeblitortesweet cake
  • Carrot-Cakesweet cake
  • Karottentortesweet cake
  • Rüblikuchensweet cake
  • Karottenkuchensweet cake
  • Möhrenkuchensweet cake
Irish císte cairéid
  • císte cairéidsweet cake
Japanese ニンジンケーキ
  • ニンジンケーキ (ninjin kēki)sweet cake
Korean 당근케이크
  • 당근케이크 (danggeunkeikeu)sweet cake
Norwegian Bokmål gulrotkake
  • gulrotkakesweet cake
Russian морковный кекс
  • морковный кекс (morkovnyj keks)sweet cake
Spanish pastel de zanahoria
  • pastel de zanahoriasweet cake
Swahili keki ya karoti
  • keki ya karotisweet cake
Swedish morotskaka
  • morotskakasweet cake
Cite this entry
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carrot cake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrot%20cake

MLA

“carrot cake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrot%20cake. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carrot cake,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carrot%20cake.

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