How to Use carrot cake in a Sentence

carrot cake

noun
  • Her carrot cake recipe is on the back.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And of course, there will be lot and lots of carrot cake.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The cake recipe itself is a carrot cake that's moist and dense.
    — Ana Calderone, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Nunn ordered a beef and a salt-fish patty and some carrot cake to go.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Like carrot cake, vegetable oil is used in lieu of butter.
    — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2025
  • No carrot cake, even at a restaurant, is tastier than this recipe.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Halfway through, a nurse edged a cup of tea and a serving of carrot cake into view.
    — Matthew Taylor King, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Tristen served a root vegetable dessert inspired by carrot cake.
    — Buddha Lo, People.com, 13 June 2025
  • One of her favorite desserts is carrot cake, and May is the ideal time of year to whip up the cake.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Even the best carrot cake at the village show is only the best carrot cake at the village show.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Our warm carrot cake Bundt cake is beautiful with loops of frosting.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The carrot cake, which Fancher bakes from scratch each week, is served chilled with a caramel cream cheese frosting.
    — Sidney Steele, Kansas City Star, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Like, cinnamon rolls, pumpkin bread, apple pie, and carrot cake—just to name a few.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Shilpa’s carrot cake, of course, but also fudgy chocolate cake and floral vanilla cake.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appétit, 14 June 2023
  • For dessert, guests can order carrot cake and raspberry pavlova.
    — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Canned pineapple makes this carrot cake wonderfully sweet and moist.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Desserts range from $12 to $28 and include banana split, carrot cake and cheese board.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
  • On his last birthday, the family baked a carrot cake and lit it up with 86 candles.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Feb. 2025
  • When Grandpa wants carrot cake for Easter, only the best recipe will do.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Finish with Caribbean rum cake or carrot cake tres leches for dessert.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Treat your family to all the wonderful sweetness and texture of carrot cake in a loaf.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Treat your family to all the wonderful sweetness and texture of carrot cake in a loaf.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The gluten-free chocolate waffles and ginger and carrot cake are delicious.
    — Claire Stern, ELLE, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Choice of soup or salad, turkey or prime rib entrees, and carrot cake, pumpkin pie, or a chocolate torte for dessert.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Nor does your body especially care whether the source of that initial glucose is a carrot or carrot cake.
    — David Robert Grimes, Scientific American, 1 July 2024
  • Some people say carrot cake isn’t carrot cake without the raisins, while others think the two should never be on the same plate.
    — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The crispy potatoes are a highlight—and order the carrot cake for dessert, because yes a hundred times over to post-brunch dessert.
    — Lauren Sheffield, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The throwback clip was full of classic sibling squabbling and laughter as the pair prepared carrot cake.
    — Staff Author, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Desserts include cream puffs, eclairs, carrot cake, hot cross buns, Easter bread, cupcakes and candy.
    — Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2024
  • And this deliciously sweet cake, which is both glazed and frosted, is the ultimate carrot cake!
    — Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 3 Mar. 2023

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