I'm feeling a little domesticated today so after work I'm going to bake my OH his fave cake which just so happens to be Parkin....I've googled a few receipes & it looks pretty easy! Any tips?

Yeah,

Leave it in a air tight tin for a few days to mature and go chewy :-)  yummy

Ummm, what's Parkin?  If it's gooey it certainly sounds like something I'd like! :)

Oooooh  I love parkin.
It does need to be kept to 'mature' for a few weeks
It's like a chewy gooey oaty ginger cake.

Karen :)

Yep, pass it round :D Yummy :)

Oh my - it's years since I've had parkin.. my mum used to make it regularly when we all still lived in North Yorks.
Definitely leave it for a week to go all sticky.
Dark treacle, golden syrup... ginger.. oh yum.
Might have to make some myself at the weekend now...
Nowt like proper Yorkshire food :-D

Couldn't agree with you more Tessies Tracey!! Yum yum! I didn't have time to make it after work last night but I'm off work 2moro so on goes the pinny & a domestic goddess I will become!!

Gembo,
Perhaps you could pop the recipe up for us so we can all enjoy.
I've lost my Mum's own and the one I tried just wasn't the same.

Thanks in anticipation :-)

This is the one I will be trying 2moro, I'll let you know how I get on with it:

Yorkshire Parkin Recipe
Ingredients
4oz soft brown sugar
8oz plain flour
4oz butter 
8oz medium oatmeal
8oz syrup
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1 egg 
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 
¼ pint milk  
Instructions
Melt the sugar, butter and syrup over a low heat. Beat the egg well and add to the syrup mix with some of the milk. Sift the flour, oatmeal and ginger into a bowl and pour into the syrup mix. Dissolve the bicarbonate of soda in the remaining milk and add to the rest of the mix. Stir well, then pour into a greased tin, 11 by 9 by 2 inch. Bake until firm in a moderate oven (about 1 hour). Keep for about one week before eating.

This sounds great! Two questions... how am I meant to leave it for a week? I have NO self control, let alone the OH. And secondly, I am worried about it going mouldy after a week.. I am assuming this doesn't happen otherwise you wouldn't suggest it!? xx

Stormy  how am I meant to leave it for a week?
Make two batches of course :-)

Cheers Gembo.... I'll give it a bash too... looks just like Mum's. :-)

> have NO self control, let alone the OH

Us too, it's gonna be hard!!!

GENIUS.

let us know how it turns out gembo :-)

Well I made 2 batches last night, one to eat & one to save & even if I do say so myself it tastes pretty darn good!!!