carrot cake

English

Etymology

The Singaporean sense arises 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 stir-fried)

Translations

sweet cake

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胡蘿蔔蛋糕, 胡萝卜蛋糕 (húluóbo dàn'gāo)

• Danish: gulerodskage c
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: porkkanakakku
• French: please add this translation if you can
• 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