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GEUM TOFFEE APPLES....sigh


GEUM TOFFEE APPLES....sigh (geum toffee apples)

I'm In Love:-) New variety, bred by Roger Proud, East Of Eden Nurseries, Ainstable, Carlisle. He doesn't appear to have a website, but just email and these have to be ordered online for Autumn:-)



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Can you eat them?

13 May, 2012

 

Very pretty

13 May, 2012

 

Nice...they look so good mass planted. Have you sent the email BA?

13 May, 2012

 

Oh very pretty, there were lots of geums werent there, i think i will have to get me one(or 3) from GW Live, your getting me into them! :^)

13 May, 2012

 

very nice indeed..great colour

13 May, 2012

 

Lovely name, there was some nice ones there wasn't there. PL got some lovely orange ones.

13 May, 2012

 

Mmm toffee apples!!

13 May, 2012

 

Sticki..I might have known!:-) Thanks Cinders:-) I haven't yet Pimp, I'll let you know what happens when I do:-)

13 May, 2012

 

they shouldnt call them names like that should they??

13 May, 2012

 

Hi Daylily\o/ that was my plan :-) Skip, I have at least 16 different types, possibly a teeny bit obsessed, unfortunately I have a small garden:-)
Willi I got a beautiful orange one which you will see on my blog when done (if you want to), really large, but delicate flowers :-) Pixi...see above comment to Sticki lol:-)

13 May, 2012

 

pixi and i think alike!!!

13 May, 2012

 

Sticki, you could have a themed foodie garden like a GOY member in Scotland has a pirate themed one:-)

13 May, 2012

 

I've gone off cake...well passion fruit cake anyway...don't know why:-)

13 May, 2012

 

ah, yes David, shame he doesnt seem to be on here much anymore, that was a great idea.

ok start me off ~ toffee apples
heurchera tiramisu?

13 May, 2012

 

Ba it was the fork that was the problem mostly!!!

13 May, 2012

 

You didn't try the cake!:-)

13 May, 2012

 

ooooh I like those. Nice name too! Key Lime Pie Heuchera for Sticki?

13 May, 2012

 

Key Lime and Poppy seed loaf

Yield 1 x 20cm (8") cake or 1 x 22cm x 12.5cm (9"x5") loaf

Ingredients
6 key limes, zested and juiced
150g (0.75c) granulated sugar
85ml (0.33c) milk
145g (1c +2Tbsp) cake flour
1tsp (5ml) baking powder
0.5tsp (2.5ml) bicarbonate of soda
25g (45ml/3Tbsp) custard powder
a pinch of table salt
55g (0.25c) butter, softened
1Tbsp (15ml) flavourless oil
3 egg yolks
2Tbsp (30ml) poppy seeds
3 egg whites, whipped to stiff peaks

Method
Preheat oven to 350F(180C). Butter and sugar a loaf or round cake pan.

Rub the lime zest into the sugar and set aside.

Mix the lime juice and milk in a measuring jug and let sit at least 15 minutes.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, bicarb, custard powder and salt. Set aside.

Cream together the butter, oil and lime sugar. Beat in the egg yolks one at a time, fully incorporating each before adding the next one. Mix in the flour mixture and curdled milk in the usual fashion (dry-wet-dry-wet-dry), scraping down the bowl after incorporating each wet addition. Mix in the poppy seeds. Fold in the egg whites in thirds: quickly stir in the the first third to lighten the batter slightly; fold in the next third not as quickly, and lightly fold in the final third so as not to lose the foamy nature, but not allowing streaks of white to remain in the batter.

Pour into the prepared pan and bake 35-45 minutes or until the top is golden, springs to the touch and an inserted wooden skewer escapes cleanly

got this off the web ages ago.

13 May, 2012

 

Lots of heucheras Poppy...erm....marmalade...erm..I'll let you think of the others...sharpen the old brain:-)

13 May, 2012

 

Good grief, a recipe suddenly appeared between Poppy's comment and my answer! Oooooh that looks good Pimp:-)

13 May, 2012

 

oooh yummy thanks pimms that looks really lovely ~ are you making some for tea and please can we all come round?

13 May, 2012

 

I don't have enough cutlery sticky...

13 May, 2012

 

i can bring some!!!!!

13 May, 2012

 

Beaut Geum Ba....we love them don't we....:)))

13 May, 2012

 

Pimp, whatever you do, don't buy any plastic cutlery:-)

13 May, 2012

 

Janey, I bought 5 new ones and I'm going to order some toffee apples too. There will be a lot on my Malvern blog:-)

13 May, 2012

 

oh good, when will it be appearing BA??

13 May, 2012

 

Good question ST. Come on BA, when will we be seeing it? Im really getting into geums, got mine planted today - yay!

13 May, 2012

 

I've put part 1 on tonight:-)

13 May, 2012

 

Oh great, thanks Ba!

14 May, 2012

 

Sticki, it wasn`t the fork ......didn`t break mine, she (you know who) just isn`t a lady, no breeding I`m afraid.
Ba loved the Geums, looks as if you`ll soon be holding the National collection.!!

14 May, 2012

 

Very nice! Maybe it'll be widely available soon... ;-)

14 May, 2012

 

Ignoring the imputation of my breeding and fork skills Stroller, I wouldn't mind if I had a bigger garden:-)

14 May, 2012

 

Spritz, is this the one you meant as the apricot one?:-)

14 May, 2012

 

Nooooo.....it's the 2nd 'new geum' in your blog.

14 May, 2012

 

Got you, El Wano:-)

14 May, 2012

 

A gorgeous peachy shade, it is lovely.

We don't have any at all and now I have seen how pretty they are I shall heve to find a space to pop one in!

14 May, 2012

 

now stroller you certainly have a point there!! Although there was further trouble with a fork on the chocolate cake i seem to remember!!

14 May, 2012

 

Wildrose, that's how we all start, just one more plant lol. There are such wonderful gardens and plants on here it can't help but inspire . In 2010 I was inspired to have a makeover of my little back garden after seeing so many lovely ones on here...be warned:-)

15 May, 2012



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