Parkin Cake

About This Recipe

Instructions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.

2. 2

   Grease a deep 22cm/9in square cake tin and line with baking parchment.

3. 3

   Beat the egg and milk together with a fork.

4. 4

   Gently melt the syrup, treacle, sugar and butter together in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved.

5. 5

   Remove from the heat.

6. 6

   Mix together the oatmeal, flour and ginger and stir into the syrup mixture, followed by the egg and milk.

7. 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. 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.

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