Blueberry Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 c. butter, softened
- 1¼ c. + 2 Tbsp. granulated sugar, divided
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. lemon zest
- 2 eggs
- 1 c. sour cream
- 2½ c. flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- 1 c. fresh blueberries
- ½ c. pecans
Topping
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp. granulated sugar
Caramel sauce
- ½ c. butter
- 2 c. brown sugar
- ¼ c. half-and-half
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°. Generously spray bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a large bowl using an electric mixer, cream butter with 1¼ cups of sugar. Add vanilla and lemon zest. Beat in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in sour cream.
- In another bowl, mix flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Gradually stir dry ingredients into creamed mixture; set aside.
- In a medium bowl, combine blueberries, remaining 2 tablespoons sugar, and pecans. Gently fold into batter, being careful not to break the blueberries.
- Pour into prepared bundt pan. Bake for about 50 minutes or until cake springs back gently to the touch.
- Cool on a rack.
- Loosen edges around pan and invert on a plate.
Topping
- Combine cinnamon and sugar and sprinkle over cake.
Caramel sauce
- Stir together butter, brown sugar, and half-and-half in a medium saucepan. Heat mixture, stirring constantly, until blended, 3-4 minutes.
- Drizzle warm sauce over entire cake.
About Thorwood Inn
Location:
Hastings, Minnesota
Status:
Permanently closed
Dates active:
1979-present
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson served as vice-president of the German American Bank in Hastings, co-owned a sawmill, operated a door and sash factory, and owned several acres of farmland in Dakota County. His connections with woodworkers at his door and sash factory was reflected in the exquisite woodwork throughout the interior of the house.
Outside, an ornate mansard roof with scalloped wood shingles towers above its red brick walls. In 1929, Dr. Herman Fasbender, Sr. purchased the home and remodeled it to use as a new location of St. Raphael Hospital. After the new Regina Memorial Hospital opened in Hastings in 1953, St. Raphael’s closed and the building was converted into apartments.
The mansion was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and in 1979, Pam and Dick Thorsen purchased the home and converted it into one of the most popular bed and breakfasts in the state.
The Thorsens completed extensive renovations in 2008 in the mansion that turned the bed and breakfast into Thorwood vacation/corporate condo rentals. Sadly, a fire damaged the building in December 2017 and the Thorsens were forced to close the business and sell the property due to the extensive renovations needed to restore the home to its former glory.
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