Cake Decorators Help Please

[napa]

Looking for a bit of help and advice please. I am new to cake decorating and still trying out different recipes and ideas. I have been using buttercream under sugarpaste but have read that sugarpaste covers well with chocolate ganache underneath instead of buttercream.

The books I have read say that you can store cakes iced with buttercream and sugarpaste for up to a week in a cool place, but not the fridge as it affects the sugarpaste.

As ganache contains cream where should cakes iced with ganache and sugarpaste be stored? I am wanting to use ganache to fill and coat a cake I am making for a baby shower, that will then be covered and decorated with sugarpaste but don't want to give anyone food poisoning with icing containing cream!

I will be covering and decorating the cake the day before the party so where should it be between decorating and the party? And where should it be stored once it has been cut?

Thanks very much for any help!

I would always go with a cool place - not the fridge.

Sugarpaste does not bode well in the fridge at all.

Expensive handmade chocolates often have a ganache filling (and they dont need to be stored in the fridge). Would be a different story if it was just whipped cream.

When cut - airtight container in a cool place.

Sounds like its gonna be a delish cake, so I wouldn't worry about having to store it for too long before it's all gone.

Good luck!

Thanks very much for the help.