Asda Parkin

Description: Dessert Cake

Newest Review: ... Ipswich when I spotted a pack on their cake shelves in March. There I spotted 'Asda Parkin', described as 'ginger cake ... more

... with treacle and oats'. It was so lovely to see it again and it looks like it might be part of their regular range so I picked up a couple of packs and took it to the checkout. As someone who loves Parkin I am well aware that not all Parkin is the same, some can be pale and uninteresting and others can be hard and unpleasant so it was with some trepidation that I opened a pack and tasted it. It was actually quite good, not too dry but full of flavoursome treacle, I could also taste the ginger which was mildly warmi...more

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Asda Parkin: Parkin anyone? (473 words)
by - written on 25/03/08 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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In these days of mass production and high speed travel some of the traditional 'local' foods seem to have got lost. So it was with a favourite cake from my childhood in the North of England, Parkin. Parkin was a popular treat which we used to eat around Bonfire Night with a high flavour as it is cake made with oatmeal and treacle which was lovely to eat as we stood around the bonfire. In fact I can remember we always had treacle in the cupboard which came out to make treacle toffee and parkin to warm us through in the cold winter months. It was a lovely warming cake as it had ginger in it (good for the digestion) and lots of oatmeal (to fill hungry ... Read the complete review