carrot cake

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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).

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