Gluten Free Parkin

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Parkin is a traditional Northern England cake, more specifically originating from Yorkshire but also very popular over most of the North, this cake is spiced with ginger and made with oats, it is a beautiful cake to have around Autumn and Winter especially served warm with a good scoop of ice cream!

This recipe is...

  • Preparation Time: 20 Mins
  • Cooking Time: 1 Hour 10 Mins
  • This recipe makes 12 slices

This recipe contains:

  • Dairy
  • Egg
  • Tree Nuts

Last updated 1 week ago

Added 16th October 2018

Recipe by Alison Wheatley

Gluten Free Parkin

Ingredients

110g butter
110g dark brown sugar
70g black treacle
180g golden syrup
225g pure/gluten free oats
110g gluten free self raising flour
2tbsp mixed spice
2tbsp ginger
2 eggs
1tbsp milk
45g ground almonds

Method

  1. Place the butter, sugar, treacle and golden syrup in a saucepan and heat over a medium heat until butter has melted and sugar dissolved.

  2. Place the oats in a blender and blend into coarse powder.

  3. Pour the ground oats into a large bowl along with the flour, mixed spice and ginger, mix well, then pour in the treacle mix and beat together.

  4. Using a wooden spoon, beat in the two eggs, milk and almonds until well combined.

  5. Grease a square cake pan and pour in the cake mixture, place in an over preheated to gas mark 1/140c and cook for around 1 hour 10 mins, but keep and eye on it as it overcooks and dries out very quickly.

  6. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 mins before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once cold cut into 12 pieces.

This recipe was first seen on our 2017 calendar.

Nutritional Information (Per slice)

Cals
433
Carbs
44g
Fibre
2g
Fat
10g
Sugar
13g
Protein
3g
Alison Peters
Alison Peters has been Coeliac since June 2014 and launched Coeliac Sanctuary in August of that year, and since then has aimed to provide a one stop shop for Coeliacs, from blogs, to recipes, eating out guide and online shop.

Your Comments

Can one add the ground almonds to the other dry ingredients at stage 3 ?
Anne3 weeks ago
Alison @ Coeliac Sanctuary3 weeks ago
Yes, don't see it being an issue!
What temperature is Gas mark 1? Thanks!
Mirjam5th November 2023
Alison @ Coeliac Sanctuary6th November 2023
Gas Mark 1 is about 135c
My daughter is coeliac and doesn't like almonds so IS there an alternative in this recipe? regards
Vivien Cooper25th September 2023
Alison @ Coeliac Sanctuary6th October 2023
Traditionally parkin uses almonds, but could just switch for extra flour or oats
Can I use oat flour and almond flour instead of grinding oats and almonds? Thanks
Carolynne Timko7th January 2022
Alison @ Coeliac Sanctuary15th January 2022
I don't see what you couldn't :)
What temperature should the oven be at for this recipe please?
Lisa Murphy5th November 2020
Alison @ Coeliac Sanctuary20th November 2020
Gas mark 1

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