Name: Parkin Cake Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Ingredients: 12 oz Oats; 12 oz Whole Wheat Flour; 4 oz Butter; 4 oz Honey; 4 oz Black Treacle; 1 teaspoon Ginger (ground); 4 tablespoons Milk; 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

Parkin Cake Recipe

This cake is traditionally made a day or two ahead of Guy Fawke's Night, then served on the night at the bonfire gathering.

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Prep Time 30 mins

Cook Time 1 hr 30 mins

Total Time 2 hrs

Cooking Temperature 170 C / 325 F / Gas Mark 3

Course Desserts and Sweets, Make-Ahead

Ingredients

Instructions

Start heating oven to 170 C / 325 F / Gas Mark 3.
Grease a cake tin 11 x 7 inches (28 cm x 18 cm).
In a bowl, mix the flour, oats and ginger.
Place the butter, treacle and honey in a medium-sized pot and heat over low heat until the butter melts. Stir a few times.
Meanwhile, in a separate pot or in the microwave, heat the milk to lukewarm.
Add in the flour mixture; stir well. Add the baking soda to the milk, then the milk to the flour and treacle mixture.
Pour in the mixture into the cake tine; bake for 1 ½ hours until a toothpick comes out clean.
Remove from oven, let set for 15 minutes, then turn out on rack to finish cooling.
Best made a least a day ahead before serving. Store in an airtight tin or container.

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