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Banana Nut Pound Cake Recipe from The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast

February 19, 2013 – 7:17 pm
Warm Banana Nut Breakfast Cake served at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast

Warm Banana Nut Breakfast Cake served at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast

Innkeeper Joy was looking for a recipe that was something different than traditional banana bread and found this great recipe for a moist breakfast cake.  She recently served it to weekend guests at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast and there was hardly a crumb left!

Banana Nut Breakfast Pound Cake

3 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 8 ounce package of cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 medium bananas, mashed (about 1 cup)
1/4 cup milk (I used 1%)
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
powdered sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 10-inch fluted tube pan and set aside.  Combine flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt and set aside.
In a large bowl beat cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined.  Gradually add sugar, beating about 7 minutes or until light.  Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each; scrape bowl frequently.  In a bowl combine bananas, milk and vanilla.  Alternately add flour mixture and banana mixture to butter mixture; beat on low to medium speed after each addition just until combined.  Stir in pecans and then spread evenly in pan.  Bake for about 60-80 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.  Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for about 10 minutes.  Remove from pan; cool on rack.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar.  Serves 12.

Breakfast sweet breads and muffins or scones are just part of a full gourmet breakfast that you receive when you choose accommodations at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast.  Our specialty is delivering your full breakfast to your suite each morning where it can be enjoyed in privacy by the firelight.  We would love the chance to cook breakfast for you!

Banana Nut Breakfast Cake
Banana Nut Breakfast Cake
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African Violets in Bloom at Firelight Inn Duluth Bed and Breakfast

August 18, 2011 – 1:20 pm




The summer sun radiating through the dining room windows at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast has produced our collection of African Violets to be in full bloom this August. In fact, all the flowers inside the Inn and outside are in great shape thanks to the hot weather and significant rain.

The Firelight Inn dining room violets have bloomed in shades of light and dark violet, pink, deep red, and blue. Innkeeper Joy tends to them each week with water and Miracle Grow, brushes the dust and dirt from the leaves and speaks to each plant with tender loving words of encouragement!

Travel to Duluth Minnesota and make your plans to stay at our historic lodging property. You can enjoy breakfast delivered to your suite or we would be happy to serve you at the dining room table where you can enjoy the beautiful African Violets with our amazing breakfast. This morning we are serving our guests Eggs Benedict, rosemary roasted potatoes, fresh fruit with granola topping, apple date scones and breakfast pear bread, orange juice, milk and coffee. We hope to see you on your next trip to Duluth!

Joy and Jim Fischer, Innkeepers/Owners
The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Bed and Breakfast
“Let the warmth of the firelight surround you!”

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Downtown Duluth Minnesota Sidewalk Days Offer Shopping, Food and Fun for Everyone

July 7, 2010 – 3:00 pm


Duluth Minnesota businesses and vendors will be lining the street from Lake Avenue to 4th Avenue West in downtown beginning today. Enjoy great shopping, mouth-watering food, music, magic and an Artisan’s Corner. More than 30 vendors are lined up for this annual event. Don’t forget, the fun also extends beyond the boundaries of the closed street to such places as Fitger’s Brewery and First Street.

Tonight from 5-8 pm is the 10th Annual Classic Car Show & Harley Revue. Stroll Superior Street from 3rd Avenue East to 5th Avenue West and step back in time. Hundreds of classic cars will line the street, plus one block is dedicated to Harley Davidson Motorcycles. Please be aware of traffic delays during the start of this show. Participants will be allowed to enter at Lake Avenue starting at 4:30pm. No registration or fees required.

On July 8 from 4:30-7pm Rock the Block presents the band Uprising. Enjoy the Reggae sounds of Uprising in the West 100 Block of Superior Street. Catch them again at the Reggae Festival at Bayfront Park on July 10th.

July 9 from 8pm to Midnight there will be Street Dances on First Street. Move to the music of the Pot Bellied Stallions outside Aces on First and the T. Farrel Band outside Roscoe’s Pioneer Bar. Sidewalk Days would not be complete without the popular street dances!

July 10 from 8pm to Midnight a street dance on Superior Street with finalize the great weekend. Festivities wrap up with yet another street dance, this time in front of Dubh Linn Pub. Join in the fun as Lamont Cranston brings the event to a close.

Make your plans to be in Duluth this weekend! We have posted a last-minute special for our last two suites available.

Joy and Jim Fischer, Innkeepers/Owners
The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Duluth Bed and Breakfast
Celebrating 100 years of history in 2010

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Summer fun, fireworks, a big lake, romance, and a private breakfast when you travel to The Firelight Inn Duluth Bed and Breakfast

June 28, 2010 – 9:45 pm


Travel to Duluth Minnesota for summer fun, the best fireworks display, romance, privacy, and your full breakfast is delivered to your suite at The Firelight Inn Duluth Bed and Breakfast. We have suites available for the Fourth of July weekend!

Not only can you enjoy a historic home, luxurious accommodations and delicious food while you are in Duluth but you can enjoy all our city offers in the summer months. The annual Duluth Sidewalk Days Festival will be held July 7-9, 2010. You can take to the streets and sidewalks for great shopping, food, entertainment and talented artists.

The 10th Annual Classic Car Show and Harley Revue is on opening night July 7th featuring eight blocks loaded with classic cars and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. Street dances are planned for Friday and Saturday nights July 9th and 10th, 2010.

Movies in the Park begin on July 16th in Leif Erickson Park. Take in the inflatable big screen with Lake Superior as the backdrop. Bring your blanket or lawn chairs and enjoy a great movie with your sweetie! Make your plans now to be in Duluth this summer and stay at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Duluth Bed and Breakfast.

Joy and Jim Fischer, Innkeepers/Owners
The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Duluth Bed and Breakfast
Celebrating 100 years of history in 2010

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Celebrate independence, watch fireworks by Lake Superior and relax at The Firelight Inn Duluth Bed and Breakfast

June 21, 2010 – 1:00 pm



There is not a better place than by Lake Superior and the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge to watch fireworks and celebrate America’s independence! Plan your trip to Duluth, Minnesota and stay at The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Duluth Bed and Breakfast.

It is Minnesota’s largest fireworks display and it will begin at 10:10 p.m. on July 4th, 2010 in Duluth, Minnesota. Bayfront Festival Park gates open at 12 noon on Sunday, July 4th. Bands will play beginning at 2 p.m. and the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra will complete the evening while the fireworks display lights the sky over Lake Superior.

Make your plans now to stay with us the long weekend and enjoy all Duluth has to offer. Each suite at The Firelight Inn features a feather bed, air conditioning, TV/VCR/DVD, CD and audio system, private bath, jacuzzi whirlpool for two, luxurious amenities and your hearty breakfast is delivered to your suite each morning which it can be enjoyed privately.

Celebrate America’s freedom in Duluth this Fourth of July!

Joy and Jim Fischer, Innkeepers/Owners
The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Duluth Bed and Breakfast
Celebrating 100 years of history in 2010

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December 2009 Duluth MN Calendar of Events

November 23, 2009 – 9:11 pm

We welcome you to The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek Duluth Bed and Breakfast and while you’re in town, you can enjoy all the following events going on during December, 2009.

December 1st – January 2, 2010 Bentleyville “Tour of Lights” is open daily from 5 to 10 p.m. Just a short drive from The Firelight Inn to enjoy the holiday light display at Bayfront Festival Park. You can take the train from Fitger’s to Bentlyville. There are 3 rides nightly and the last train leaves to Fitger’s at 9 p.m. $2 per ticket and available at the Bookstore at Fitger’s.

December 3-6th The Duluth Playhouse presents “The Three Musketeers”. Thursday and Friday at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Playwright Ken Ludwig gives his delightful take on the Dumas classic in an energetic, festive, humorous evening, over brimming with swathers of wash, buckets of buckly, melodic music and dazzling dueling. The Duluth Playhouse (218)733-7555.

December 3-6th UMD Department of Theatre presents “Sausage!” This family friendly Commedia delle’Arte scenario features the miser Pantalone attempting to marry his daughter to the son of the rich Doctor Graziano. As the zany action unfolds, a scoundrel, some wily servants, and a huge crate of sausages get in the way of the marriage. Held at Mainstage Theatre at the Marshall Performing Arts Center at UMD.
218)726-8561.

December 4-5th UMD Men’s Hockey vs. North Dakota Fighting Sioux at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center at 7:07 p.m.

December 4-6th The Polar Express. The train ride departs from Fitger’s and journey’s along the Lakewalk arriving at the Duluth Depot where you’ll be enchanted with a reading of the Polar Express and return to Fitger’s and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies by a campfire. Call (800)423-1273 for all the information and tickets.

Duluth 5th Duluth Fiber Handcrafter’s Guild Annual Fiber Fair and Sale 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at The Great Hall at The Depot, 506 West Michigan Street in Duluth, MN.

December 8-12th UMD Department of Theatre presents “Sausage”.

December 9-13th The Duluth Playhouse presents “The Three Musketeers”.

December 11 “Festive Fridays” 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Open house with coffee, cider and gift wrapping and featuring local artist work. Held at Blue Lake Gallery in Canal Park.

December 11 FOOD AND FUN Local Food and National Comedy at Dubh Linn Comedy Club in downtown Duluth. (218)727-1559.

Duluth 11-12 UMD Men’s Hockey vs. Denver Pioneers at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center at 7:07 p.m.

December 11-13 Minnesota Ballet presents The New “Nutcracker” Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. The Minnesota Ballet premiers its sparkling production, set in Manhattan in the early 1900′s, complete with Edwardian costumes, the Party Scene in an opulent townhouse overlooking Central Park, the Snow Scene in a glittery, white topped Central Park, reminiscent of a Currier and Ives Print. (218)529-3742. Innkeepers Jim and Joy are planning to attend!

December 15 Broadway in Duluth presents “The Rat Pack is Back!” at 7:30 at the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center. This spirited tribute recreates one of the famous “Summit at the Sands” hotel shows, when the swingin’, ring-a-ding group known as the “Rat Pack” was creating hipster legend with a free-wheeling, no-holds-barred nightclub act starring Vegas’ four favorite sons: Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. (218)722-5573 for tickets.

December 16-20 The Duluth Playhouse presents “The Three Musketeers”.

December 17th Handel’s Messiah Sing-along at 7:30 p.m. at the Mitchell Auditorium at UMD.

December 17-19th Glensheen Holiday Living Literature presents “The Gift of the Magi” at 7 p.m. at Glensheen Historic Estate. (888)454-GLEN.

December 21st Winter Solstice by the Two Harbors Lighthouse. Activities include lighting of the bonfire at 5 p.m., singers, hot beverages and more. Free!

December 31st Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra-Broadway. Live. 7 p.m. Bravo Broadway is an exciting and wildly popular evening of Broadway’s favorites performed by stars from the Broadway stage. (218)623-3776. Make your reservations at The Firelight Inn and we’ll have complimentary chilled champagne and a cheese platter in your suite upon arrival!

We’re sure you will have a wonderful getaway to Duluth this December.

Joy and Jim Fischer, Innkeepers/Owners
The Firelight Inn on Oregon Creek

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Tall Ship to Return to Duluth for 4th of July

May 13, 2009 – 5:49 pm

During the annual membership meeting of Visit Duluth last evening at Grandma’s Sports Garden, it was announced that a Tall Ship will be in Duluth’s harbor for the 4th of July, 2009. There will be no problems with long lines this year as it will be the only Tall Ship in the harbor. Make your reservations to stay at The Firelight Inn over July 4th, and see and tour the Tall Ship!

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