Buzzingbumble, I thought that the candle could be a simple tube of fabric with a little yellow flame cut out of fabric and treated with the Joann Taylor fray stop, or at least that's who I thinks makes it. (its the kind in the gray packaging that the tube has to be heated and then shaken before using. its great stuff as it drys clear.) I was wondering if I could make a fabric rose and fasted the candle in that and then fasted it to the top. The stitching would be hidden by the petals of the flower. Do you think it might work? I really don't want to have anything that would rust or be hard in the cake, so I wouldn't put any pipe cleaner in the candle, but could stuff it tightly with fiber fill.