Gingerbread

1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Coat snowflake pan with cooking spray. Make sure it gets into all of the crevices.
2. In a small bowl, sift together flour, ground ginger, ground cinnamon. Set aside.
3. In a small saucepan, heat butter, sugar, and molasses over medium heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and transfer to a medium bowl.
4. Stir flour mixture into the molasses mixture. Beat in eggs and candied ginger pieces. Set aside.
5. Warm milk in a small saucepan. Add the baking soda and stir to combine. Pour into the gingerbread mixture, beating gently to combine.
6. Pour batter into prepared snowflake pan.
7. Bake for 30 minutes, until cake is spring to the touch and a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
8. Let cool for 15 minutes in the pan before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
9. Just before serving, sift powdered sugar over the top of the cake. Add white pearl sprinkles to the edges and center.