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

Examples of carrot cake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Since its debut, Seligman travelers made the restaurant a must-visit for its fresh cinnamon rolls and carrot cake. —Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 7 Mar. 2026

Desserts go big too, from Valrhona chocolate lava (making a nostalgic return to menus as of late) to a towering four-layer carrot cake. —Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026

Treat your family to all the wonderful sweetness and texture of carrot cake in a loaf. —Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026

Ina Garten has taught me how to conquer chocolate layer cake, recreate her iconic coconut cake, and take any carrot cake over the top. —Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for carrot cake

• overtake
• rattlesnake
• shiitake
• undertake
• wapentake
• ache
• ake
• bake
• brake
• break
• craik
• crake