Categories: Cakes, Londontowne 
      Yield: 1 servings 
  
    1/2 kg Oatmeal, fine                       2 ts Ginger, ground 
      2 ts Baking powder                       1 ts Mixed spice 
    120 g  Lard                              250 g  Golden syrup 
  
  Rub the lard into the oatmeal and mix in the spices and baking powder. Warm 
  the syrup and mix it into the oatmeal till you have a stiff mixture. 
   
  Grease a flat baking tin, pour in the parkin and bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours 
  at 300F, gas mark 2 
   
  From: The Cookery of England by Elisabeth Ayrton