Gingerbread Cake with Mascarpone Frosting

Ingredients

• Gingerbread Cake
• 2 ½ cups (625 ml) flour
• ½ cup (125 ml) sugar or golden sugar
• 1 tsp (5 ml) baking powder
• 2 pinches of salt
• 2 to 3 tsp (10 - 15 ml) cinnamon
• 2 tsp (10 ml) ground ginger
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 1 ¼ cup (310 ml) Canadian reduced-fat milk
• ½ to ⅔ cups (125 to 160 ml) melted Canadian butter
• ¾ cup (185 ml) molasses
• ¼ cup (60 ml) maple syrup
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
• Mascarpone Frosting
• ½ cup (125 ml) Canadian mascarpone
• ½ cup (125 ml) Canadian cream cheese
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
• ½ to 1 cup (125 to 250 ml) powdered sugar (to taste)
• ⅓ cup (80 ml) Canadian butter