@LilahTovMoon as a completely unqualified, random Jew who has studied very little talmud: I like it, as long as the shamash is a little higher somehow and the candles are level and separate enough to count them from the street. I may straight-up steal that for my next Chanukah party.

I could also see a menorah designed to be a reusable cake topper sitting on top of the icing, which would almost certainly be kosher.

@LilahTovMoon I think part of the idea of Hanukkah is that it lasts eight days. Can you only eat the cake on the last night?

Do you make a new cake for each night??

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I’ve made a chanukiah out of a potato.

There’s nothing special about a chanukiah. The only mitzvah is the lights. I just stuck them down to aluminum foil with wax one year.