How to make the perfect parkin

In the north of England, parkin is a delightful Bonfire Night treat. But whose recipe makes the best version of this sticky ginger cake?
It’s the time of year when friends from northern England suddenly remember, remember the joys of parkin, the sticky ginger cake traditionally enjoyed around the bonfire on 5 November – and, almost as one, begin mithering on about the pains of exile to the barbarian south, a land where parkin’ costs £8 an hour.Native to Yorkshire and Lanc