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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Flavors include carrot cake, chocolate, ube and coconut, and passion fruit.
—Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
Union Kitchen, 43 La Salle Road in West Hartford is offering a Mother’s Day 3-course meal at $60 per person on Sunday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Foods include French toast, Maine lobster omelette, free range chicken, carrot cake, and more.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
Desserts include cream puffs, eclairs, carrot cake, hot cross buns, Easter bread, cupcakes and candy.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
Dessert, carrot cake, homemade pie (coconut cream, chocolate peanut butter, peanut butter) and cobbler (blackberry, apple and cherry).
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
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Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
Union Kitchen, 43 La Salle Road in West Hartford is offering a Mother’s Day 3-course meal at $60 per person on Sunday, May 12 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Foods include French toast, Maine lobster omelette, free range chicken, carrot cake, and more.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 8 May 2024
Desserts include cream puffs, eclairs, carrot cake, hot cross buns, Easter bread, cupcakes and candy.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
Dessert, carrot cake, homemade pie (coconut cream, chocolate peanut butter, peanut butter) and cobbler (blackberry, apple and cherry).
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2024
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