carrot cake

noun

plural carrot cakes
: a cake made with shredded carrots in the batter
At least half the entries were the classic carrot cake made with flour, oil, eggs, sugar, carrot and spices and topped with cream-cheese icing, a recipe that emerged in the United States in the late 1970s.— Richard Cornish

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The regular springtime menu features lemon meringue pies, carrot cake muffins, blood orange scones and blackberry violet cupcakes. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025 Get The Recipe 05 of 12 Best Carrot Cake Worthy of being served on Easter Sunday, this is our best carrot cake recipe of all time. — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025 Her journey began with the Carrot Cake Amber Ale, inspired by her mother’s beloved carrot cake recipe. — Noel Burgess, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 On his last birthday, the family baked a carrot cake and lit it up with 86 candles. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for carrot cake

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of carrot cake was in 1903

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