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

Truluck’s Truluck’s Ocean’s Finest Seafood & Crab in Southlake Town Square is offering a big menu with several $59 choices including a filet with salad and carrot cake or Key lime pie. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026

But there are no bad choices here, and that includes the outstanding carrot cake from Katherine Mederos with Greek yogurt cremeux and sea salt caramel. — Connie Ogle july 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

The overall favorite birthday cake was carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. — Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

Try it on our confetti cake, or swoop it on a carrot cake sheet cake. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 14 July 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