Comments on: How to Cook Ginger Parkin http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin Food - Photography & More Fri, 18 May 2012 02:56:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-7043 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:44:46 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-7043 Ed, Welcome to the site, I don't understand that because we use this recipe a lot. Try this recipe, same method but using plain flour with bicarbonate of soda: 115g butter plus extra for greasing tin 225g plain flour 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp ground ginger 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp mixed spice half tsp salt 110g coarse oatmeal 175g dark muscovado sugar 3 tbsp golden syrup 115g black treacle 150ml milk 1 beaten egg Preheat oven to 180C./gas4. Grease a non stick loaf tin with some butter. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl, add oatmeal and sugar, make a well in the centre. Gently melt butter, syrup and treacle and stir well. Leave to cool. Beat milk and egg together and set aside. Mix butter and syrups into flour, add milk and eggs and incorporate well. Pour into tin and bake for approx 50 minutes. Leave to cool for half an hour before turning out. Hope you have better luck with this one Ed, thanks for letting me know. Kind regards Miles Ed,
Welcome to the site, I don’t understand that because we use this recipe a lot. Try this recipe, same method but using plain flour with bicarbonate of soda:

115g butter plus extra for greasing tin
225g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp mixed spice
half tsp salt
110g coarse oatmeal
175g dark muscovado sugar
3 tbsp golden syrup
115g black treacle
150ml milk
1 beaten egg

Preheat oven to 180C./gas4. Grease a non stick loaf tin with some butter. Sift dry ingredients into a bowl, add oatmeal and sugar, make a well in the centre.
Gently melt butter, syrup and treacle and stir well. Leave to cool. Beat milk and egg together and set aside. Mix butter and syrups into flour, add milk and eggs and incorporate well.
Pour into tin and bake for approx 50 minutes. Leave to cool for half an hour before turning out.

Hope you have better luck with this one Ed, thanks for letting me know.
Kind regards
Miles

]]> by: ed altman http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-7040 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:10:01 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-7040 made this but it came out quite flat..i used an 8" sq tin and the parkin was no more than 3/4" high. should i have lined the buttered pan with parchment? i dont think i did anything wrong viz a viz the ingredients (except perhaps a bit too much ginger)... any suggestions would be appreciated. made this but it came out quite flat..i used an 8″ sq tin and the parkin was no more than 3/4″ high.
should i have lined the buttered pan with parchment?
i dont think i did anything wrong viz a viz the ingredients (except perhaps a bit too much ginger)…
any suggestions would be appreciated.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-4998 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:32:48 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-4998 Jaadha, Glad you find the post of interest, parkin is one of those desserts that keeps making you want to go back to it. Good luck with the recipe, I hope you enjoy it. Welcome to the site and thanks for commenting. Miles Jaadha,
Glad you find the post of interest, parkin is one of those desserts that keeps making you want to go back to it.
Good luck with the recipe, I hope you enjoy it. Welcome to the site and thanks for commenting.

Miles

]]> by: Jaahda http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-4997 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:46:32 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-4997 I lived in Hull, Yorkshire for two or three years in the mid 1950's. Have now been in Aus since 1969. Memories of ginger parkin cake made with molasses started to haunt me around 20 years ago - but only now have I found what sounds like a pretty authentic recipe. Can't wait to try it - I'll even use scales so it is right before deciding to tweak the recipe in any way - such as a pile of grated ginger in the final syrup mix. I may well be back to comment later :-) PS - I didn't realise it was a Yorkshire 'thing'. I lived in Hull, Yorkshire for two or three years in the mid 1950’s. Have now been in Aus since 1969.
Memories of ginger parkin cake made with molasses started to haunt me around 20 years ago - but only now have I found what sounds like a pretty authentic recipe. Can’t wait to try it - I’ll even use scales so it is right before deciding to tweak the recipe in any way - such as a pile of grated ginger in the final syrup mix.
I may well be back to comment later :-)
PS - I didn’t realise it was a Yorkshire ‘thing’.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2534 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:14:04 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2534 Dave & Elsie, Good uck with it-let me know how you get on. Miles Dave & Elsie,
Good uck with it-let me know how you get on.
Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2533 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:11:41 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2533 Cid, I have heard of it being left for a week or more to take on more flavour but I couldn't wait that long! Miles Cid,
I have heard of it being left for a week or more to take on more flavour but I couldn’t wait that long!
Miles

]]> by: Dave http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2532 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:58:06 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2532 Wow - I, my wife and kids will be grateful for this - off to find black treacle and golden syrup! Wow - I, my wife and kids will be grateful for this - off to find black treacle and golden syrup!

]]> by: Elsie Nean http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2531 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 14:37:57 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2531 Miles, This is a new one on me (I know of Parkin but not like this and it will have to be added to my recipe folder. I shall never lose weight! Elsie Miles,
This is a new one on me (I know of Parkin but not like this and it will have to be added to my recipe folder.
I shall never lose weight!
Elsie

]]> by: Cid http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2527 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 08:41:06 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/how-to-cook-ginger-parkin#comment-2527 Miles, I'm with you on this one, it's a fabulous cake. Just one thing though some recipes require us to wrap the cooked cake in grease proof paper and foil and keep it for a week before cutting to create a sticky texture. I shall give your recipe a go instead. Cid Miles,

I’m with you on this one, it’s a fabulous cake. Just one thing though some recipes require us to wrap the cooked cake in grease proof paper and foil and keep it for a week before cutting to create a sticky texture. I shall give your recipe a go instead.

Cid

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