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Parkin Cake Recipe

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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
  

  • 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
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Soda

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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This page first published: Aug 16, 2004 · Updated: Jan 19, 2021.

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