carcake

English

Alternative forms

• carecake
• caarcake, kercaik, car-cake (Scotland)

Etymology

From care +‎ cake. Compare Scots caurcake, kercake.

Noun

carcake (plural carcakes)

1. A traditional Scottish delicacy, a sort of cake made from the milk of a newly-calved cow mixed with oatmeal, associated with Shrove Tuesday.

See also

• Care Sunday