Hi, The same thing happened to me yesterday, using the Hot Oven Process. I gave it a good stir and put it back in the warm oven. Sometimes, soap has a mind of its own and it will take a different route than the one I had in mind. For me, the time it sits in the warm oven, is not always the same as each recipe changes with weather condition, oven condition and my own state of mind. I always do the tongue test before I move on anyway to another step in soapmaking so I am safe in removing the soap from the oven. How did you soap turn out?