Parkin Cake

Instructions

1- Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3.

2- Grease a deep 22cm/9in square cake tin and line with baking parchment.

3- Beat the egg and milk together with a fork.

4- Gently melt the syrup, treacle, sugar and butter together in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved.

5- Remove from the heat.

6- Mix together the oatmeal, flour and ginger and stir into the syrup mixture, followed by the egg and milk.

7- Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 50 mins - 1 hr until the cake feels firm and a little crusty on top.

8- Cool in the tin then wrap in more parchment and foil and keep for 3-5 days before eating if you can – it’ll become softer and stickier the longer you leave it, up to 2 weeks.