Modern recipes for parkin often don’t contain oats, only wheat flour, resulting in cakes with a finer texture that are more like gingerbread. The recipe I give you here is made with oats, and is an acquired taste to the modern palate. The cake is best made in advance and left to rest for a few days to a couple of weeks.
Makes 9 squares
rolled oats 100g
golden syrup or maple syrup 200g
black treacle or molasses 45g
butter 200g
oat flour 200g
bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp
ground ginger 2 tsp
ground nutmeg ½ tsp
egg 1
whisky 2 tbsp, or milk
sea salt a pinch
