Yorkshire parkin

Name: Yorkshire parkin
Yield: For 9 squares
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 2 tbsp whisky or milk; ½ tsp ground nutmeg; pinch of sea salt; 45 g (1½ oz) black treacle or molasses; 200 g (7 oz) golden syrup or maple syrup; 100 g (3½ oz) rolled oats; 2 tsp ground ginger; 200 g (7 oz) butter; 200 g (7 oz) oat flour; 2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda); 1 egg

Preparation info

For
9 squares

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Oats in the North, Wheat from the South

By Regula Ysewijn

Published 2020

About

Parkin is a type of gingerbread that is mainly associated with the counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. While a lot of gingerbread is rather biscuit-like, parkin is a cake. Traditionally this ginger cake is made for the festivities around Guy Fawkes Night, also known as Bonfire Night, when the thwarting of the Gunpowder Plot – a failed attack on King James I in 1605 – is commemorated in England. On this evening, large fires are lit throughout England and p