Christian Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 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. Recipe: 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 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. If some clever mod wants to move this bit to the recipe dept.......I don't want to double post. Hey....its got an egg in it....it could go in the Omlet Recipe Book! Thanks Egluntine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueSteve Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Do you think I could get away with Honey instead of treacle? Otherwise I would need to go shopping!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 This Recipe Has Now Been Added To The "Omlet Cook Book" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Do you think I could get away with Honey instead of treacle?Otherwise I would need to go shopping!! Worth a try ! I often substitute ingredients in recipes. Won't quite be parkin but it will still be yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Do you think I could get away with Honey instead of treacle?Otherwise I would need to go shopping!! I'm sure you could. It might just taste slightly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 This Recipe Has Now Been Added To The "Omlet Cook Book" Splendid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Oooh sounds yummy. I have all the ingredients and will give it a try this evening. Shame it needs leaving before eating. I may have to make an instantly edible alternative...Ginger...yumm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...