Cake Icing

[loggy01]

I want to put Cadbury's milk chocolate on top of my Easter cake. I want it to set but not be too hard to cut - what can I add to the chocolate to stop a hard, difficult to cut through, cake?

[mccfluff]

melt it and mix some cream into it

[Sachs]

May be a teaspoon of sunflower oil loggy. Or! Dip a knife in boiling water when you slice the cake x

[woofgang]

cream or a little butter

[merciasounds]

Or, if you don't want to 'adulterate' the chocolate with any other substance such as butter, cream or oil, simply mark the cake into slices whilst the chocolate is still soft - this is what i usually do, incorporate the lines in the decoration, put a dark/white chocolate shape on each slice

[ayabrea38]

As mccfluff says,mix cream into it,making a ganache.It will at first look like something has gone wrong,but keep mixing.Single or double cream works just as good as each other,a small knob of butter will a a little sheen to the finished topping.You can make it fairly soft,as far as I know there are no hard and fast rules as to how much cream you can add,but it also is best to mix in a bowl,then let it set in the fridge for half an hour before spreading.
Enjoy a yummy cake! Aya

[punkrock101]

i would melt it with cream (single or double, or possibly soured) or creme fraiche - or if not, melt 50g of chocolate and stir into some ordinary glace icing...