Chocolate Ganache Towers

Even with the help of polyurethane or acetate strips and the support frame, this elegant and showy dessert is time-consuming. To speed the process, you can make the towers up to one week ahead, and certainly the presentation can be simplified. The elaborate chocolate butterfly can be replaced with one made from tuile paste, as in Chocolate Ganache Cake, or a simple chocolate figurine. If you have forms or rings that are 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter or if you have made the support frame (dire