Donation Acknowledgement Emails

Has anyone used Pardot/MCAE to send email donation Acknowledgements in NPC or NPSP? It seems like it needs major workarounds to:

1. Get the Donation Date and Amount into MCAE to use in an email
2. Deal with the scenario of two gifts given in one day
3. Update an Acknowledgement Sent field on the Opp (NPSP) or Gift Transaction (NPC)

Thanks!