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

This deliciously easy cream cheese frosting comes together in minutes and will add that signature sweet, tangy flavor to your favorite carrot cake recipe, pumpkin bread, or brownies. —Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025

The strawberry, red velvet, and carrot cakes are all longtime favorites of mine, but the Red & Black cake might be the most iconic—layers of chocolate and red velvet with cream cheese icing and fudge. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025

Sharland England’s catalog is the sort of thing Peter Rabbit himself might flip through to find a new heritage bed, a patchwork winter quilt, or a splatter cake stand for carrot cake. —Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2025

Her carrot cake recipe is on the back. —Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025

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