"Made it for a retirement party, actually, made two. It took a LONG time make. We refrigerated overnight, and assembled the cakes the next morning. The fresh chocolate ganache was fabulous. We tried our small ramican cakes (w/ leftover batter) just after assembly. the warm ganache was to die for. I am not a GCC fan but I would eat this any day w/ fresh ganache. Everyone LOVED it and were so impressed that we did a Throwdown recipe. I tried another piece w/ the hardened ganache, I liked it w/ the fresh, warm chocolate better. I am making it again, for Thanksgiving. It was well worth the LONG prep and cooking hours. Give yourself plenty of time, like 5-6 minimum.