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.—
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Like carrot cake, vegetable oil is used in lieu of butter.
—Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Along with several German specialties, Lilo’s features cinnamon rolls as big as hubcaps, sinfully-rich carrot cake, and cream pies made with mascarpone cheese.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025
The finales are just as classic, including a warm carrot cake under soft cream cheese icing that reminds you why the place has such staying power.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
Schmid’s wife served Rüeblitorte, a Swiss carrot cake that manages bourgeois indulgence with a vegetable alibi.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
Along with several German specialties, Lilo’s features cinnamon rolls as big as hubcaps, sinfully-rich carrot cake, and cream pies made with mascarpone cheese.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 6 Dec. 2025
The finales are just as classic, including a warm carrot cake under soft cream cheese icing that reminds you why the place has such staying power.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
Schmid’s wife served Rüeblitorte, a Swiss carrot cake that manages bourgeois indulgence with a vegetable alibi.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Carrot cake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carrot%20cake. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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