"Simply delicious" - Penwortham bakery wins again at the Great Taste Awards - this is what for

Three years ago they won a Great Taste Award for their triple chocolate brownies, and now the team at Cinderbake in Penwortham are celebrating a second success.

Their Raspberry and White Chocolate Blondie has also now achieved a one-star Great Taste Award 2026, meaning the treat is rated as "simply delicious" by the Guild of Fine Food, whose experts carry out a rigorous blind taste-test. Only 25 to 30 per cent of total entries earn a 1-star rating each year.

“We’re so proud”, said Cinderbake owner Cindy Pickering.

“Three years ago we won with our Triple Chocolate Brownie and so we thought we’d try entering again with another one of our most-popular bakes.

“The chances of winning aren’t very high, so we’re really, really chuffed.”

The entry process saw Cindy apply in February, send off a sample in May, and the result were not announced until last week.

Cindy, who regularly puts in 12 to 15 hour days at the shop in Hawksbury Drive, Kingsfold, said the secret to the success is quality and hard work. She said: “I believe that everything we do should be done well. We have a really good recipe that has never changed and we won’t ever compromise on using quality ingredients.

“We also have a really good team. There’s six of us now and we’re all on the same wavelength. We’re all quite creative and keep coming up with new ideas.”

So much so, that during a recent shop makeover, they’ve had to find extra display space for all of their offerings - which has diversified into cream cakes, coffees, matchas and icecream from nearby Tootsies.

Thanking her customers for their support, Cindy added “We never take anything for granted, but we’re seeing good growth in the business this year and it’s steadily busy every day. Our cream cakes were brought in when the price of chocolate was sky-high last year, but we’ve kept them because they’re so popular - especially the coffee renoirs.”

The shop also posts nationwide.