soft chocolate cake topping, that's not icing. Any ideas?

[kitkatsforbreakfast]

I want to put a chocolate topping on a cake tomorrow. It basically just has to melted milk chocolate so that it will satisfy all the dc (one doesn't like 'squishy' icing, but the other, whose birthday it is, wants a chocolate cake and icing)

On fairy cakes I sometimes pour a blob of melted chocolate on top instead of icing, but on a big cake it will crack.

Somewhere in the back of my mind I remember melting a mixture of butter and chocolate together which meant the topping was softer. But the last time I tried that, the chocolate separated, went hard and disgusting and I had to throw it away. Any tips on making a soft chocolate top, that isn't icing? TIA

plain chocolate melted and stirred in with double cream... then leave it to set in fridge til it is like a firm butter consistency...... yum yum!

Or plain chocolate and sour cream - really yummy and not at all sickly.

Thank you. Would either of those work with milk chocolate, or would it be too creamy then? Have just bought 2 x 400g bars of milk chocolate, and will end up scoffing the lot myself if not used!

Also, none of my dc will eat cream. Is this a problem? I'm assuming that cream mixed in with plain choc would be more like a softer milk choc than too creamy.

melted mars bar is nice

Mine don't like cream either, but they'll eat chocolate and cream (which is ganache iirc?) We do this to make chocolate fondue.

i used to ice choc cakes with just melted choc - used to crack when cutting but is that a problem?

or a ganache with half plain half milk choc?

Now can't decide between melted mars bars - I think that will go down well, and dead easy - or ganache. Sounds much fancier although ds1 pulled a face when I explained what it was. I have got lots of nice dark chocolate hanging around (a big chunk of 100% cocoa madagasgan stuff but I think I may save that for a grown ups pudding) so would only need to get cream.

Is ganache as easy to make as the recipes make it sound?

yes, i am a walking cooking calamity & i can manage it

actually at the moment with my cut hand & shattered wing mirror i'm just a walking calamity