British · Dessert

Parkin Cake

Name: Parkin Cake
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g Butter; 1 large Egg; 4 tbs Milk; 200g Golden Syrup; 85g Black Treacle; 85g Brown Sugar; 100g Oatmeal; 250g Self-raising Flour; 1 tbs Ground Ginger

dessertVegetarianNut-Free

Ingredients

Butter7 oz
Egg1 large
Milk4 tbs
Golden Syrup7 oz
Black Treacle3 oz
Brown Sugar3 oz
Oatmeal3½ oz
Self-raising Flour8¾ oz
Ground Ginger1 tbs

Instructions

1
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.
2
Grease a deep 22cm/9in square cake tin and line with baking parchment.
3
Beat the egg and milk together with a fork.
4
Gently melt the syrup, treacle, sugar and butter together in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved.
5
Remove from the heat.
6
Mix together the oatmeal, flour and ginger and stir into the syrup mixture, followed by the egg and milk.
7
Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 50 mins - 1 hr until the cake feels firm and a little crusty on top.
8
Cool in the tin then wrap in more parchment and foil and keep for 3-5 days before eating if you can – it’ll become softer and stickier the longer you leave it, up to 2 weeks.