Traditional Parkin Recipe Mary Berry
Once I was reading the Baking Bible by Mary Berry when I came to know that Parkin is the most favourite food in North England. Well! It triggered me so much that I started searching for the origin and recipe of Parkin along with the reason for its favouritism. You will be amazed to know that there are some controversies about this traditional Parkin.
Ingredients
- 2 Beaten Eggs
- 3 fl oz Milk
- 50 g Soft Brown Sugar
- 100 g Oatmeal
- 175 g Butter
- 225 g Plain Flour
- 270 g Black Treacle
- 280 g Golden Syrup
- ½ tablespoon Cinnamon
- ½ tablespoon nutmeg
- ½ tablespoon soda bicarbonate
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
Instructions
- Take an 8 inches square cake tin and grease it properly with butter.
- Turn on the oven to preheat it to almost 180 degrees Celsius.
- Mix the required amount of flour, ground ginger, bicarbonate of soda, oatmeal, and spices thoroughly in a bowl.
- Take butter, sugar, treacle, and syrup in a pan and melt them at low flame. Turn off the flame and cool the melted mixture for almost 10 minutes.
- Add all the melted ingredients to the dry mixture. Continue gentle stirring of the mixture together in the beaten eggs and milk.
- Pour the smooth batter or mixture into the cake tin and place it in a preheated oven.
- Bake it in the oven until the skewer comes out clean after inserting it into it. It will take approximately 50 to 60 minutes to bake the cake.
- Leave the baked cake in the tin to get cool.
- Cut it into pieces and garnish it with berries.