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Whoopie Pies Cup cakes are so last season, now everyone's nibbling on Whoopie Pie! Just when we thought we were slap bang in the middle of the cupcake revolution, the whoopie pie landed! A sinfully sweet sandwich of cake and cream or frosting, they've been the latest thing to hit the fashionable bakeries in London, and their undeniable indulgence is fast attracting many loyal supporters.
Tin Hire We stock oodles of speciality cake tins which we offer for hire. We can provide a recipe with each tin and our advice and tips are of course free as always! As well as cake tins we also hire cupcake stands, Fish Kettles and Maslin Pans.      
The Great Yorkshire Challenge! Okay, let the battle commence! How many people will have an alternative method or recipe for these Yorkshire staples?
Raspberry and Elderflower Tart A Seasonal Sensation and Sensational Seasonal Recipe.    Using fresh ingredients this recipe is an ideal light summery dessert. 
Polish Pottery We love our hand-crafted ceramics from South West Poland. Each piece is hand-sponged and hand painted, then both glazed and fired twice at temperatures over 1200c.  The stoneware is very durable, suitable for use in the oven, AGA, microwave and freezer and is of course dishwasher safe. Even though each piece is a unique work of art, the 5 designs and colours mix and match beautifully.
Cup Cakes! Everyone's at it!  We've all been enjoying the cupcake craze - whether eating them or baking them. We'd really love to know what you've been doing too - your decorating tips, flavouring ideas, successes, disasters or whatever, drop us a line and/or send us a piccy of your favourites.

Welcome to cooking fantastic

ShopsideWelcome to our brand new shiny website!  We hope you'll enjoy it and find it different to any other cookshop site as it has been designed especially for YOU!  We gave up on our ecommerce site as it did not do justice to our huge selection of products and did not reflect what Cooking Fantastic was all about.

Instead, we have designed this website to be unique, like our shop and where you can find recipes, information, tips and ideas. And, of course, you can still purchase any of our products, all we ask is that you email or call us so we can ensure you get the right product at the right price. Your item will then be posted out to you on the same day.

Our mantra is Tried, Trusted, Tested – not only by ourselves, but by our suppliers and customers as well. We always listen to feedback and if we find a supplier is not living up to expectations, we will reconsider ordering from them in future, as we believe honesty is the best policy and trust has to be earned.

Good feedback is what we always strive for.

Tried, Trusted, Tested

TANYAWThroughout the years Tanya, along with the ever supporting help of her family and friends, have turned what was a seconds china shop into a veritable ‘Aladdins cave’ of wonderful cookware and gifts to suit everyone of all ages and incomes. 

People now travel from far and wide to visit the shop for its eclectic mix of cookware and gifts and, of course, the personal service they receive from Tanya and her staff.

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A little bit about what makes us so unique…….

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Because, let's face it....... we are!  We are not the average run-of-the-mill, cookshop who just sells a load of expensive products. We care deeply about what we sell and we also care about our customers.  That's why we have this website.  We want to share the knowledge we've built up over the years and we take pride in the quality, provenance and cost of the items we sell. And we have a LOT of items - just call in to see!

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Fantastic Competition!

Peppermill_thumbTo launch our new website we are having a fantastic competition whereby you can win a set of Crushgrind Mills that have a LIFETIME GUARANTEE! The ceramic mechanism mills are both adjsutable to get exaclty the right grind of your salt or pepper. All you need to do is guess the amount of peppercorns in our huge, giant, massive, gigantic, enormous, very large, humungous, pepper mill - and yes we have counted them by hand - or rather the lovely Vikki has!!    

 To enter, just fill in the contact form with the subject COMPETITION (and, of course, your guess of how many peppercorns are in the mill) or pop into the shop and fill out one of our competition forms. We will only keep your tcontact details to inform you if you are the lucky winner and will not use for any other purpose. After the competition closes, so that you don't miss out on what we are up to, we will send any new recipes and offers to your e-mail address - if you would rather not receive these (and why not?) then please let us know. Contact Us


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Product Photos

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Sue's arty photo!
Thanks to Alistair for most of the product photos taken in the shop.

Opening Hours

Tuesday to Saturday

  10.00  to 5.00

However, we are almost always open long before 10am and rarely leave at 5pm!
Also, if you need an item in a rush we will do our best accommodate you out of the usual hours. Just give us a call or send an email.

Contact Us

41 High Street, Knaresborough,HG5 0HB

01423 868114

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News

Cake Stand

Whether your serving ultra fancy cup cakes, gorgeous little crisy cakes or good old fairy cakes, all your buns will look superb in this Mimimao cake stand. crispieStand

And, because it can be disassembled into 3 parts, it stores away really easily too.

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Where do you buy your vegetables?

Food Photos

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Most of the food photos shown on this website, were taken with the kind help of Sharon Annat.

We had a fantastic time cooking and baking whilst she snapped away.... and then we ate the lot.....! And we are immensely chuffed with her pictures.

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Coffee Time

 What could be nicer than a proper latte, espresso or cappuccino?  How about one made at home?

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Well, with KitchenAid Artisan you can!  It has all the power and functionality of a commercial machine and whatsmore....it looks chic and retro in your kitchen too!

Words of Wisdom

Hospitality:

making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.

Love Food Hate Waste

Every year in the UK we throw away £12 billion worth of food which could have been eaten. Love Food Hate Waste is a campaign from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) and has lots of tasty recipes and top tips to help us make the most of the food we buy.
Tips and recipes to reduce food waste - Love Food Hate Waste
Watch out for a special promotion coming soon!

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Tasty recipes!

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Tried, Trusted, Tested

That's our motto.....

Everything we sell, everything we recommend and all our recipes have been

Tried, Tested and are Trusted.

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