Parkin

Preparation

• 1
  Butter a 9 inch square cake tin and preheat the oven to 180°C
• 2
  In a saucepan melt the molasses, butter and syrup taking care that they don’t burn
• 3
  sift the dry ingredients and stir into the melted syrup mixture
• 4
  Stir the baking soda into the milk and add this and the egg to the batter and stir well
• 5
  Pour it into the tin and bake it for 45 minutes
• 6
  Cool the cake then remove from the tin and store in an airtight container for at least a week before eating.... this gives it time to "mature" and become even more delicious!