carrot cake

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”).

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”).