Why is Carrot Cake considered a cake and Bananna Bread considered a bread?

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Is cornbread bread or cake?

I’ve been working on parameters for ‘bread’ and ‘cake.’ Here’s what I have so far: Bread: Bread is made from dough. There are few enough exceptions that they have a specific name: batter bread. However, many batter breads still produce what I would call a very wet dough. Bread uses yeast or a yeast analog to rise. There are few enough exceptions that they have a specific name: unleavened bread. Bread is savory. There are few enough exceptions that sweet breads are usually named that way, as …

I stand by this post. Banana Bread:

• Does not need to be proofed.
• Is sweet, not savory.
• Can be eaten with a fork.
• Is made from batter, not dough.
• Requires traditional cake ingredients such as eggs, butter, and sugar

It’s cake.