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Calories in fried carrot cake (chai tow kway)

A typical restaurant serving of fried carrot cake (chai tow kway) (one hawker plate of black fried carrot cake: radish cake fried with egg and sweet dark soy, about 331 g) is about 590 calories, usually 450–750.

Restaurant portions vary; this is a typical estimate, not a label. Also called chai tow kway, chye tow kueh, black carrot cake, white carrot cake, fried radish cake.

~590
Fried carrot cake (chai tow kway)

The usual range

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Protein, carbs and fat

  • Protein13 g
  • Carbs69 g
  • Fat27 g

One serving

Serving
one hawker plate of black fried carrot cake: radish cake fried with egg and sweet dark soy
Weight
~331 g
Per 100 g
~177

The dish

About fried carrot cake (chai tow kway)

Fried carrot cake has no carrot in it: it is steamed white radish and rice-flour cake, chopped and fried hard with egg, garlic and preserved radish. White is crisp and plain; black is glossed with sweet dark soy, which is what pushes it near 600. Numbers from Singapore’s Health Promotion Board lab analyses of one plate each: black at 331 g and white at 321 g.

Ways it comes

One dish, a few numbers

Fried carrot cake (chai tow kway) · rough numbers

  • White carrot cake (321 g plate)~460

What moves the number

Why one plate is 450 and another 750

  • Black (sweet dark soy) versus white (plain, crisped with egg)
  • The oil the radish cake is fried in
  • How much egg goes in
  • A large plate instead of a small one

Ordering lighter

If you want a lighter plate

  • Order the white version
  • Share a large plate and add a vegetable side
  • Ask for it less oily

Side by side

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How these numbers were made

Method and sources

Last reviewed

Restaurant portions and cooking vary, so these are typical estimates for one serving, built from the sources below. Treat it as a rough number: your plate may land anywhere in the range.

If you manage a health condition, ask a doctor or registered dietitian.

AI helped draft this page; every number was checked against the sources.

  1. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Fried carrot cake (black), F05100054: 1 plate = 331 g (lab analysis, 2025)
  2. Singapore Food Insights Database (SG FoodID, Health Promotion Board) — Fried carrot cake (white), F05100055: 1 plate = 321 g (lab analysis, 2025)

Questions

Questions people ask.

How many calories are in fried carrot cake (chai tow kway)?

A typical restaurant serving of fried carrot cake (chai tow kway) (one hawker plate of black fried carrot cake: radish cake fried with egg and sweet dark soy, about 331 g) is about 590 calories, usually 450–750. The number depends mostly on the portion and how it is cooked.

How many calories in a plate of fried carrot cake?

About 590 for black carrot cake and about 460 for white, per hawker plate.

Is white or black carrot cake lower in calories?

White, by about 120 a plate: the black version adds sweet dark soy and soaks up more oil.

Is fried carrot cake actually carrot?

No. It is radish (white carrot, or chai tow) steamed with rice flour, then fried with egg.

What changes the calories in fried carrot cake (chai tow kway)?

Black (sweet dark soy) versus white (plain, crisped with egg). The oil the radish cake is fried in.

How can I order fried carrot cake (chai tow kway) lighter?

Order the white version. Share a large plate and add a vegetable side.

Can PlateDiary show calories for the dishes I eat out?

Yes, if you want it to: calories in PlateDiary are off unless you turn them on. Switch them on and each dish you save from a photo of the table gets one rough “~” number you can accept or change.