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Parkin Cake

Name: Parkin Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: british
Ingredients: 200 g Butter; 1 large Egg; 4 tbs Milk; 200 g Golden Syrup; 85 g Black Treacle; 85 g Brown Sugar; 100 g Oatmeal; 250 g Self-raising Flour; 1 tbs Ground Ginger

A classic British dessert from TheMealDB community kitchen — straightforward technique, real ingredients.

Updated April 25, 2026

min total

servings

1263

cal / serving

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Origin

Categorized as British Dessert in TheMealDB. Original source: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1940684/parkin

Ingredients

200 gButter
1 largeEgg
4 tbsMilk
200 gGolden Syrup
85 gBlack Treacle
85 gBrown Sugar
100 gOatmeal
250 gSelf-raising Flour
1 tbsGround Ginger

Instructions

01
Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3. Grease a deep 22cm/9in square cake tin and line with baking parchment. Beat the egg and milk together with a fork.
02
Gently melt the syrup, treacle, sugar and butter together in a large pan until the sugar has dissolved. Remove from the heat. Mix together the oatmeal, flour and ginger and stir into the syrup mixture, followed by the egg and milk.
03
Pour the mixture into the tin and bake for 50 mins - 1 hr until the cake feels firm and a little crusty on top. 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.