Egluntine's Bonfire Night Parkin

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Parkin is a yummy sticky cake made with oatmeal treacle and ginger. It must be an Oop North thingy. You can't have Bonfire Night without Parkin.

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[edit] Ingredients

• 4oz soft brown sugar 8oz plain flour
• 4oz butter 8oz medium oatmeal
• 8oz syrup 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 egg ½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• ¼ pint milk

[edit] Method

Melt the sugar, butter and syrup over a low heat. Beat the egg well and add to the syrup mix with some of the milk. Sift the flour, oatmeal and ginger into a bowl and pour into the syrup mix. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the remaining milk and add to the rest of the mix. Stir well, then pour into a greased tin, 11 by 9 by 2 inch. Bake until firm in a moderate oven (about 1 hour).

Keep for about one week before eating. This improves it massively. Fantastic with custard too.