It is made with oatmeal (oats were the main cereal grown in the north), which gives parkin its dense texture, ground ginger ...

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For the parkin, put the soft brown sugar, butter, syrup and treacle into a small saucepan and melt over a gentle heat. Put the oats, flour, ginger, nutmeg, mixed spice and a pinch of salt into a ...

In Europe, dried ginger is more frequently used in baking, as in the classic parkin of northern England.

Parkin cake is a traditional gingerbread cake ... sugar 100g medium oatmeal 250g self-raising flour One tbsp ground ginger Method Preheat your oven to 160°C (or 140°C for fan ovens, gas mark ...

It was Autumn Week on last night’s episode of Great British Bake Off, which helped inspire this week’s technical challenge: parkin, a dark and spicy gingerbread cake historically eaten on Bonfire ...

1. Line two baking trays with baking paper and preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ Gas Mark 6. 2. Add to a mixing bowl the flour, oats, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and butter, then rub in to resemble ...

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