Pear & White Chocolate Diplomat Cake | Canadian Living

Ingredients

• 2 cups white wine
• 2 cups pear juice
• 1 1/4 cup granulated sugar , divided
• 1/2 vanilla bean , sliced lengthwise
• 1 piece (1-inch) fresh ginger , peeled
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 6 Bosc or Bartlett pears , thinly sliced
• 500 g white chocolate , chopped
• 1/4 cup maple whisky or cream liqueur
• 2 275 g tubs mascarpone cheese
• 4 cups whipping cream 35% , divided
• 1 prepared vanilla pound cake , cubed
• Ginger Cookies (see recipe to right)
• Iron 2.3 mg
• Fibre 2 g
• Sodium 310 mg
• Sugars 68 g
• Protein 10 g
• Calories 980
• Total fat 62 g
• Saturated fat 39 g
• Total carbohydrate 95 g