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

Aldrich’s signature desserts include Opera Cake, a French patisserie cake made with layers of almond sponge cake (Jaconde) soaked in coffee syrup with layers of coffee buttercream and chocolate ganache; carrot cake; and Key Lime Pie. — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Save room for the homemade carrot cake and whatever cobbler is in season. — Gabi De La Rosa, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2026

Inside each cake ball is an ultra-moist pumpkin spice cake (almost reminiscent of carrot cake, shoppers describe), which is then dipped in a thin icing coating and decorated with drizzle. — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2026

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

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