"carrot cake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carrot cakes [plural]
Etymology: The Singaporean senses are calque of Hokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 (chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér, literally “radish cake”), which may have arisen from a confusion between Hokkien 菜頭 /菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) and 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (âng-chhài-thâu, “carrot”, literally “red radish”). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|nan-hbl|菜頭粿|lit=radish cake|nocap=1|tr=chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér}} calque of Hokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 (chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér, literally “radish cake”), {{ncog|nan-hbl|菜頭|t=radish|tr=chhài-thâu}} Hokkien 菜頭 /菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} carrot cake (countable and uncountable, plural carrot cakes)
  1. A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (sweet cake): wortelkoek (Afrikaans), 胡蘿蔔蛋糕 /胡萝卜蛋糕 (húluóbo dàngāo) (Chinese Mandarin), gulerodskage [common-gender] (Danish), worteltaart (Dutch), porkkanakakku (Finnish), gâteau aux carottes [masculine] (French), císte cairéid [masculine] (Irish), gulrotkake [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gulrotkake [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), морковный кекс (morkovnyj keks) [masculine] (Russian), pastel de zanahoria (Spanish), keki ya karoti (Swahili), morotskaka [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-carrot_cake-en-noun-5pfgBRjK Categories (other): Cakes and pastries Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 11 43 46 Disambiguation of 'sweet cake': 77 18 5
  2. (Singapore) Turnip cake; radish cake (a savoury cake containing radish, usually pan-fried). Tags: Singapore, countable, uncountable
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  3. (Singapore) Synonym of chai tow kway (“a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs”). Tags: Singapore, countable, uncountable Synonyms: chai tow kway [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-carrot_cake-en-noun-AR48Qacv Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cakes and pastries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 50 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 51 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 52 46 Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 11 43 46

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