Parkin

Name: Parkin
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200g plain flour; 200g rolled oats; 2 tsp ground ginger; 1 tsp mixed spice; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100g butter; 200g golden syrup; 100g black treacle; 100g brown sugar; 150ml whole milk; 1 egg

A sticky, dark oat and ginger cake from Yorkshire — improves greatly with keeping. Wrapping and resting the baked parkin for three to five days before cutting lets it turn properly sticky and moist, rather than eating it dry straight from the oven.

Total time

65 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

50 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gplain flour

200grolled oats

2 tspground ginger

1 tspmixed spice

1 tspbicarbonate of soda

100gbutter

200ggolden syrup

100gblack treacle

100gbrown sugar

150mlwhole milk

1egg

Instructions

Melt butter, golden syrup, treacle and sugar. Cool.

Beat in milk and egg.

Mix flour, oats, ginger, spice and bicarb. Stir into liquid.

Pour into a lined 20cm square tin.

Bake at 160°C for 45-50 minutes. Wrap and rest 3-5 days before cutting.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

851

Protein

16.9g

Fat

26.7g

Carbs

138.1g

Fiber

6.8g

Sodium

408mg

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