Orange and Blackcurrants Muffins - recipe

Last week, my friend Linda suggested we should go pick blackcurrants to make some jam. Before I moved to Denmark I was always very much of a city girl, so picking my own berries sounded really exciting... plus, I had no idea what blackcurrants were! With the help of Google translate I found out it was something that I only knew from a concentrated drink but had never actually seen the fruit. It was a fun and new experience, and when I got home I just couldn't wait to make the jam. I left the blackcurrants in the sink, in cold water, for 30 min. and then followed, more or lees, the same recipe that I use for strawberry jam, only this time I actually used half the weight of the berries of sugar. (note: the damn things release a lot of juice when you handle them, careful with stains in your clothes or even the kitchen counter).

I saved a few berries but wasn't sure what to do with them until I saw some muffins on TV (on a commercial I think, wasn't really paying attention) and decided that that's what I wanted - blackcurrant muffins. I looked up some cake recipes and picked my grandmothers orange cake. I figured it would be consistent enough for muffins, I liked the idea of the 2 flavours together and... I had oranges at home. The idea was to make just some normal cake mixture, pour it in silicone muffin forms and add blackcurrants (I also made some with little pieces of dark chocolate for Emil  because he doesn't like berries).

The result was delicious! So I'm writing here the recipe:

250g sugar
150g butter
250g all purpose flour
4 eggs (separate yolks and whites)
1 big orange (zest and juice)
2 tea spoons baking powder
100 ml milk
a few blackcurrants

Pre-heat the oven at 180.C
Mix the sugar with the butter. Beat well.
Add the yolks and the orange zest. Beat a bit more.
Alternate adding the flour and the milk. Beat slowly.
Add the orange juice. Beat again.
Beat the egg whites until stiffened and then mix them by hand with the rest of the cake mixture.
Pour the mixture in muffin forms and add 3 blackcurrants to each.
Goes to the oven for 20 min. (for a cake it should take 1 hour in the oven)

   

all photos by me

Scandinavian style - Letters&Words

One of my favourite characteristics of the Scandinavian style is an extreme simplicity punctuated by fun, whimsical and very personal details. Very often we see those touches of personality translated into letters or words that completely "make" a room. Here are a few examples to inspire you before the weekend is over. 

via Living Agency

via Fridas Fina

via Bolig magasinet

via The Guardian

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via Bolig magasinet

via Bolig magasinet

via Maria emb.

via vtwonen

via Femina

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via vtwonen

via Foreign Policy Design Group

Scandinavian style - whimsical fireplace

This Friday I'm loving the contrast of this flowery wall paper and the simplicity of the white walls and the rest of the decoration. This Scandinavian home is for sale on Alvhem Mäkleri.

Have a good weekend everyone!

all images via

For September I Want...

photography by Amy Neunsinger

photography by Alessandro Guerani

photography by Alessandro Guerani

photography by  Katie Quinn Davies

photography by Amy Neunsinger

photography by Glen Proebstel

photography by Alessandro Guerani

Rowen & Wren - Autumn/Winter Collection

For this Autumn/Winter, Rowen&Wren created 3 great collections: Timeless Living, Refined Rural and Distant Home. Each collection  has it's own character and provides for a specific atmosphere, and I strongly advise to click on the links and take a good look at all of them, even because the pictures are really beautiful. 

For this post, though, I will share my selection of favourites from the Refined Rural collection. I identify myself more with this particular collection. I love the tones and the textures... and I fell in love with those bread boards the moment I set my eyes on them.

 all images via Rowen&Wren