@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.