Parkin

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• oil, for greasing
• 225 g self-raising flour
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 115 g superfine sugar
• 60 g butter
• 115 g golden syrup
• 225 ml milk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 300°f
• 2 grease a 25 x 18cm cake tin and line with greased greaseproof paper.
• 3 sift the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. stir in the egg and then the sugar, mixing well.
• 4 in a small saucepan, melt the butter and the golden syrup, stirring to mix. remove from the heat and stir in the milk.
• 5 gradually stir the milk mixture into the flour and egg mixture. stir until smooth, then pour into the prepared tin.
• 6 bake for about 1 hour or until the mixture starts to shrink away from the sides of the tin.
• 7 remove from the oven and turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
• 8 cut into squares and serve, preferably after about 3 to 4 days when the parkin will have become nice and sticky.