Parkin Recipe: Low Fat, Low Sugar

Makes a 1 lb cake

6 oz / 175 g wholemeal flour

2 oz / 50 g butter

2 oz / 50 g medium oatmeal

3 oz / 75 g molasses

2 oz / 50 g chopped dates

2 oz / 50 g chopped figs

1 egg, beaten

1 teaspoon ground ginger

2 fl oz / 50 ml milk

salt to taste

• Rub the butter into the flour.
• Then mix in the molasses, ginger and the chopped fruit.
• Mix in the oatmeal and beaten egg.
• Mix in enough milk to form a stiff batter.
• Pour into a greased and lined bread tin.
• Bake in a preheated oven, gas mark 5, 375F, 190C for one and a half hours, or until done ( check with a skewer ).
• Turn out to cool on a wire rack.