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Eva Marie

Blogger and cat lover In love with books, pizzas and DiCaprio Writing is my passion

About me

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I'mEva Marie

French student and blogger

Welcome to my blog, where I love to write about anything that comes to my mind, with no taboo. I’m 24, I’ve got freckles (you get it now) and I’m a grumpy French, sometimes, who writes in English. I love books, cats, le barbu, pizzas and Dicaprio. Besides that, there is not much that you need to know about me. Except that his blog has seen is first day back in 2017, and I'm proud that I manage to keep it that long.

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Affichage des articles dont le libellé est Autumn. Afficher tous les articles
Affichage des articles dont le libellé est Autumn. Afficher tous les articles

Carrot cake, the recipe

Last year, I discovered a recipe that became my favorite cake ever. It doesn't even has chocolate in it! It's a really soft and autumnal cake if you fancy a change of chocolate cakes. I usually make a butternut cake but it always takes me ages to make it (I grate the butternut by myself, I don't have a food processor or anything). This time, I wanted to make it quicker, so I took carrots instead. And let me tell you, it tastes as good as the butternut one. So feel free to chose one or the other, they're just so good.
 
 
 

What you'll need :

For the cake :

  • 200g of flour
  • 300g of grated carrot (or butternut)
  • Salt
  • 50g of almond powder (optional)
  • 130g of butter
  • 100g of sugar
  • 1 to 3 tsp of cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 sachet of baking powder
 
For the icing :
  • 200g of cream cheese
  • 3 to 4 tbsp of icing sugar
  • Vanilla (powder)

Follow these steps

  1. Mix the cream cheese and icing sugar together, than add the vanilla. Stir together than put in the fridge.
  2. Separate the whites from the yolks then whip the egg whites.
  3. Whip the sugar with the egg yolks, salt and cinnamon. Add the flour and the almond powder if you have some.
  4. Melt the butter and add it in the mix, then the egg whites. 
  5. Add the carrot/butternut, the baking powder than mix everything gently. 
  6. Pour into a buttered mold and bake for 1 hour at 180°C.
  7. Once it's cool, add the icing on top. It's now reading to be eaten!

My autumnal TBR


Autumn (and Christmas) is probably my favourite time of the year to read as much as possible, especially spooky and/or cosy books. They are just the best to get into the scenery, the mood, and all the cosiness! Every year, I did not plan enough to read all the books I wanted to, but this year I wanted to change that. I’ll try to read at least 4 autumnal books a month until November – let’s be reasonable. Here’s the one I want to get my hands on to. 

The secret history by D. Tartt 

I’m not sure I need to introduce this book as you have probably seen in a hundred time on Instagram. I wanted to read this book for so long. Actually, I already started it last year on my kindle but I found it really hard to get into. Therefore, this year I bought the paper version. I hope it will be easier to read in with a physical copy. 



 
The Binding by B. Collins 

The book cover was the first thing that introduced me to this book. It is beautiful and I’m gonna try to have physical copies of very pretty (and good) books. But the description was even more intriguing as it talks about … books in a mystery and sort of magical worlds. I’m so excited to read it! 

Rebecca by D. du Maurier 

Again, this book is all over on Instagram. If I’m right, there might even be a film adaptation coming soon. I was not interested in this book until I read its description. The atmosphere seems right up my street, and perfect for rainy days. This is exactly what I’m looking for for the season. 

 

In a dark, dark wood by R. Ware 

I mean, the title is already everything. This book, like Rebecca, seems to have the mystery and horror vibes I’m looking for. I might not read that just before bed, but it sure will be something nice to read for this time of year. If not now, then when? 

Haunted by J. Glidewell 

I mean, yes, most of these books will have some sort of horror/spooky atmosphere. But I assure you it was not my intention. It’s just really hard to not have a thousand mystery books to read in October. But again, I can’t resist! I hope this one will be just as good as the others. 

 
 
And more: The Starless and The Night circus by E. Morgenstern, Home before dark by R. Sager ; Follow you home by M. Edwards ; The night gardener by J. Auxier ; Frozen Charlotte by A. Bell … 

If you’ve read any of these books, please let me know which ones you prefer and why. And of course, I would love some new recommendation, even if it’s not for this year.

Slowing down

Living in Paris or any big city, you can often find yourself running around everywhere with little time to catch your breath before the next day. Work, uni, job, relationships: it can often give zero time for the “me time” that we all want more of. This is how the “slowing down” becomes difficult to achieve.

Since living here, I try to really have time to slow down and take more control on what I love doing so that it doesn’t go buried under other routine activity.

The other day, I had the afternoon off and I was torn between the prospects of doing nothing and stay inside or going outside and explore a bit more. Because it was grey and the leaves were starting to change colours, I chose to go outside and spend some time in the very heart of Paris. The weather was perfect to me, perfect for an autumnal exploration. Discovering a city with someone is always amazing and can lead you to have great moments, but doing it by yourself has always meant for me to pouch my boundaries. In this sense, I tell myself to go outside alone, to not plan too much and see what happens. I love walking with no purpose and just looking up, taking pictures and smile because I see beautiful things. That’s the thing isn’t it? When you actually take the time to look out for beautiful things, you find so many of them. And Paris is beautiful everywhere, it would be a shame to not absorb more of it.

I just walked around a bit before returning home to my cutty cat. With a nice cup of tea, I baked a butternut cake which smelled amazing in the flat. With some nice music and the cold outside, I thought it was perfect because of its simplicity. No rushing, no grumpiness, no running to catch the metro. Nothing but slowing down and enjoying it. And let me tell you, it felt great!

 


I know that slowing down in our busy life is complicated and we may not have the time to do so on a daily basis, but sometimes it can be way easier than what you think.

Just look up a bit more, admire the simple things of your daily life

A cat purring, a kiss from your love one, a smile, your favorite jumper, a good book. Anything is good to catch and cherish. I truly believe that, and it makes my life so easy to be full. Happiness don’t have to be found in great and amazing unordinary moments because you will always wait for it. But when you try to open your eyes a bit more and enjoy little details of daily life, trust me, life will be far more beautiful than it looks.

What has been your pretty little thing that made you smile lately?

Paris


Paris c'est mon premier souvenir à 4 ans, mon idéal à 14 ans, mes yeux qui brillent à 16 ans ou encore mon cœur qui bat à 19 ans. C'est aussi mon lien entre la France et Londres, un passage oblige qui me permet de rêver un peu plus. C'est l'épanouissement devant des lieux uniques ou des ruelles pleines de charme, le regard nouveau sur une ville nouvelle. C'est la première photo touriste avec papa devant la Tour Eiffel. C'est la création de nouveaux souvenirs, de nouveaux endroits à mémoriser. Paris c'est aussi le cappuccino mauvais aux Tuileries, les vendeurs de souvenirs, les touristes pendu à leur perche qui ne savent pas lever les yeux, les pigeons qui volent aussi mal que les conducteurs. C'est les yeux grand ouvert devant la Tour Eiffel ou le Louvre, les cheveux mouillés sous la pluie, les cafés qui font de cette ville un vrai mythe. Paris c'est la Seine et les couleurs de l'automne, c'est le métro avec trop de marches et les parisiens râleurs, c'est les marches du Sacré Coeur à Montmartre et la vue imprenable sur Paris. C'est les sandwich à 5 euros (non mais vraiment ?) et l'inexistence du Breizh Cola. Ou encore les bijoux sublimes de la Place Vendôme et les décorations de Noël qui pointent le bout de leur nez. C'est bien évidemment les selfies un peu trop tartes mais qui font rire, les "oui mais à Londres c'est mieux" qui se transforment en "c'est quand même très joli". C'est le regard émerveillé sur la Seine la nuit, les bisous d'amoureux devant la Tour Eiffel illuminée, ...


  
Paris pour moi est désormais lié à l'amour, au rêve même, aux yeux qui brillent toujours et aux espoirs d'y revenir encore très souvent, et peut-être un jour pour de bon qui sait...
  

  
On connait tous Paris, de nom ou de vu. On a tous vu des centaines de photos sur cette ville, des articles ou que sais-je encore. Aujourd'hui, au lieu de vous raconter mes 3 jours et quelque dans cette capitale j'ai eu envie de vous dire ce que cette ville évoque pour moi. Des souvenirs tout récent et d'autres un peu moins.

Une tarte aux pommes à l'Américaine

Pour moi, la tarte aux pommes classique c'est tout mon enfance. C'est voir ma grand-mère la faire de A à Z avec les pommes du jardin, c'est lui prendre des petits bouts de pâtes pour faire la mienne à côté version miniature, c'est les dégustations le dimanche après le repas de famille. Aujourd'hui j'ai eu envie de refaire une tarte aux pommes assez différente cette fois-ci, mais toujours avec les pommes du jardin de ma grand-mère...
  

Pour 6-8 personnes:


                                                         - 2 pâtes brisées                 - 50g de sucre
                                                         - 600g de pommes             - 25g de farine
                                                         - 1 citron                            - 10g de beurre
                                                         - 1 jaune d’œuf                  - 1 pincée de sel

Préparations :

- Placez votre pâte brisée dans un plat, et mettre au frais pour 30 minutes
- Coupez vos pommes en petits morceaux, y ajouter le sucre, la farine, le citron et le sel
- Préchauffez votre four à 210°C (th. 7), mettez la grille en bas.
- Mélangez le tout à la main afin qu'une légère sauce se créée
- Versez votre mélange dans votre tarte préalablement et légèrement refroidie
- Placez votre deuxième pâte sur l'ensemble, à vous d'être créatif et de faire le quadrillage de votre choix
- Recouvrir de jaune d’œuf, puis placer au four pour environ 20 minutes, jusqu'à ce que la pâte soit dorée.
- Au bout de 20 minutes, baissez votre four à 180°C (th. 6) puis laissez cuire encore 45 minutes.
 

Et vous, c'est quoi votre tarte "souvenir" ?

Autumn list


Ce n'est plus un secret, nous venons d'entrer dans la période que j'aime le plus dans l'année : l'automne (et Noël mais bon, pour ça il faut encore attendre). C'est l'occasion de ressortir sa garde-robe et les pulls chauds et les gilets tout doux. Pour l'occasion, j'ai eu envie de publier une petite liste des choses que j'aime ou que j'aimerai faire pendant l'automne qui est pour moi la saison la plus inspirante de l'année.

  • Boire un chocolat chaud
  • Marcher dans les feuilles
  • Prendre des photos des arbres de couleurs différentes
  • Me balader en forêt
  • Allumer des bougies
  • Lire un bon livre sous un plaid
  • Regarder Harry Potter
  • Faire des tartes
  • Ramasser des marrons juste pour le plaisir
  • Faire de la soupe de citrouille
  • Regarder des films qui font peur pour Halloween
  • Ressortir ses pulls tout doux
  • Regarder des films sous la couette
  • Marcher le matin quand il fait beau et qu'il n'y a encore personne dans les rues

Et vous, qu'est-ce que vous aimez faire en automne ?

Quotes

Don't feel stupid if you don't like what everyone else pretend to love.

Emma Watson

Actress and Feminist

I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.

Rebecca West

Author and Feminist

I used to think that freedom was being not attached to anything. I've been working on redefining that, that freedom is not about being not attached to people. You can still be free when people love you.

Jemima Kirke

Actress

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