Cakes and Gateaux Recipes - Parkin

Ingredients

• 300ml milk

• 225g golden syrup

• 225g black treacle

• 115g cup butter or margarine, diced

• 50g dark brown sugar

• 450g plain flour

• 2.5ml bicarbonate of soda

• 6.5ml ground ginger

• 350g medium oatmeal

• 1 egg, beaten

• icing sugar, for dusting

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 180'C/350'F/Gas 4. Grease and line the base of a 20cm/8in square cake tin. Gently heat together the milk, syrup, treacle, butter or margarine and sugar,  stirring until smooth. Do not allow the mixture to boil.

2. Stir together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ginger and oatmeal. Make a well in the centre, pour in the egg, then slowly pour in the warmed mixture, stirring to make a smooth batter.

3. Pour the batter into the tin and bake for about 45 minutes, until firm to the touch. Cool slightly in the tin, then cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into squares and dust with icing sugar.