parkin

British recipes Parkin

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Date Published:
02/11/2007
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A traditional Yorkshire recipe for a Bonfire Night treat. This yummy ginger cake recipe will get you fired up

Ingredients

  • 225g/8oz self raising flour
  • 110g/4oz unrefined cane caster sugar
  • 1 tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 1 egg
  • 200ml/7fl oz milk
  • 55g/2oz butter
  • 110g/4oz golden syrup

Method: How to make parkin

1. Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2.

2. Line a 22cm/8in tin.

3. Sieve the flour, sugar, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl.

4. In a small pan gently heat the butter and syrup until melted.

5. Beat the egg into the milk.

6. Gradually pour the butter and syrup into the flour and stir. The mixture will be thick.

7. Pour in the egg and milk and stir until smooth and pour into the lined tin.

8. Bake for 1 hour.


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