Gingerbread Layer Cake with Candied Kumquats

Ingredients

• 1 cup cola
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 cup mild-flavored (light) molasses
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons ground ginger
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 /4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 /2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 /2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
• 3 /4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup water
• 3 /4 cup honey
• 1 /4 cup sugar
• 15 whole cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks, broken in half
• 1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
• 22 ounces kumquats, cut into 1/4-inch-thick rounds, seeded
• 1 1/3 cups (packed) dark brown sugar
• 1 /2 cup plus 1 tablespoon whipping cream
• 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, room temperature
• 3 /4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup pecans, toasted, chopped
• 1 /3 cup chopped crystallized ginger

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