carrot cake

English

Etymology

The Singaporean senses may have arisen from a confusion between Min Nan 菜頭／菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) and 紅菜頭／红菜头 (âng-chhài-thâu, “carrot”, literally “red radish”).

Noun

carrot cake (countable and uncountable, plural carrot cakes)

1. A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.
2. (Singapore) Turnip cake (a savoury cake containing radish, usually pan-fried).
3. (Singapore) Synonym of chai tow kway (“a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs”).

Translations

sweet cake

• Afrikaans: wortelkoek
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡蘿蔔蛋糕／胡萝卜蛋糕 (húluóbo dàngāo)

• Danish: gulerodskage c
• Dutch: worteltaart
• Finnish: porkkanakakku
• French: gâteau aux carottes m
• Irish: císte cairéid m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gulrotkake m or f

  Nynorsk: gulrotkake f

• Russian: морковный кекс m (morkovnyj keks)
• Spanish: pastel de zanahoria
• Swahili: keki ya karoti
• Swedish: morotskaka (sv) c