Molasses-Gingerbread Cake with Mascarpone Cream
"Katie Rosenhouse, pastry chef at Olana in New York City, makes gingerbread year-round — not just at Christmastime. Her supermoist cake, flavored with molasses for a mellow sweetness, is excellent with wine-poached pears or a topping of whipped mascarpone and sugary, slightly bitter confited orange peel...."
INGREDIENTS
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2.25 all-purpose flour
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1.75 ground ginger
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1 cinnamon
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1.75 baking soda
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1/2 salt
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3/4 plus 2 tablespoons canola oil
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3/4 plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
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1/2 plus 2 tablespoons molasses
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1/4 plus 2 tablespoons honey
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2 eggs
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1 finely grated lemon zest
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3/4 boiling water
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1 orange
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4 water
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1/2 sugar
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1 mascarpone
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3/4 heavy cream
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3/4 finely grated orange zest
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2 confectioners' sugar
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Pinch of salt
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