James Martin's Yorkshire Parkin

James is back in the kitchen with a delicious mid-morning snack - a traditional Yorkshire Parkin cake.

Serves: makes one 22cm square cake

Ingredients

225g self raising flour110g caster sugar1 tsp ground ginger1 tsp bicarbonate of soda25g porridge oats or oatmeal1 egg200ml milk55g butter110g golden syrup

Method

• Preheat the oven to 150C/300F/Gas 2. Line a 22cm/8in tin.

• Sieve the flour, sugar, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Stir in the oats.

• In a small pan gently heat the butter and syrup until melted

• Beat the egg into the milk

• Gradually pour the butter and syrup into the flour and stir. The mixture will be thick.

• Pour in the egg and milk and stir until smooth and pour into the lined tin

• Bake for about an hour or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean