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I have been following the tutorial for the shoe box cake. I have made a lovely shoe and a very nice chocolate cake which i have covered in chocolate ganache.
I placed the chocolate ganache covered cake into the fridge over night and started to cover it with fondant (satin ice) this morning. the moisture came straight through the fondant and made it very tacky and so i could not run the smoother over the fondant. Can you tell me what i have done wrong. Thank you for any help you can give me.

Hi thank you to you all for the advise. I just thought i would let you know that the cake dried out fine and i am happy with result.

Hi alison100

So sorry to hear you’re having problems with dew on your cake.
When you brought the cake out of the fridge the difference between the cold temperature of the cake and the warmth of the room temperature caused condensation or dew on the surface of the ganache. Normally if the ganache is left to come to room temperature for about half an hour all the dew disperses to leave a dry surface. Nothing is spoiled, all you need to do is leave the cake to dry, don’t touch the surface or try drying it with paper because this will leave marks.
If you’ve got a fan run it beside the cake or leave a window open so circulating air can dry off the surface sweat. Once the cake is dry it can be smoothed in the normal way.
Hope this helps, if you need more information just post again. x

Thank you very much for your help. I will do what you have suggested. It is the first time i have used Ganache.

You are welcome alison100. Have a peek also at what other members have to say, it may come in handy another time.:
http://www.cakeflix.com/questions/?s=sweating+cake

Hope your lovely cake dries and turns out well. If you need any more help or information please post again. x

Hello, do any one else have trouble login in to the site .I cant seem to find no where to click on to look at the tutorials.Thank you inadvance Alfie 14

Hi Alison
I had a problem recently with all the hot weather and a cake I had made filling with buttercream mixed with ganache. There was some sweating but if you place in the cake box and scatter some silicone gel sachets (cheap on Amazon) around the cake they will absorb the moisture helping to keep your cake dry. MIWL is absolutely right – whatever you do don’t be tempted to touch the cake. Just be patient. I’ve learnt this tip to my cost!

Hi Alfie14

To login go to the top right hand corner of the page and click where it says login or click on the user icon which will take you to your account. There you can see whether you are signed in.
To see the tutorials go to the top left hand corner of this page and click on the three red lines. That will take you to the library menu where you can select the section of the site you wish to access.
Hope this helps.

Hi alison100

Thank you for letting me know that everything worked out with your cake.
Did you know Paul has a google+ community site where members can share pictures of their cakes? If you’d like to join, see the site here:
https://plus.google.com/+PaulBradfordSugarcraftSchool/posts

All’s well that ends well! x