603537 Fri Mar 13 14:09:13 -0700 2009 5 31 Home Cooking 0 4502495 Maybe you can help, though it seems more like an art project than "home cookin'"... I'm making a cake that would benefit from candy flames. I plan to make them by crushing hard candies and melting them in the oven. Any ideas on how to make a "frame" for a flame shape? Tin foil? Cardboard? Manipulate while hot and dangerous? Fri Mar 13 14:09:13 -0700 2009 11798 MollyGee 1 4503244 Use cookie dough or pretzel dough w/out yeast and, roll out and cut out the shape. Bake and then remove the cookie. Don't manipulate while hot and dangerous.:-) Fri Mar 13 19:13:14 -0700 2009 4502495 39874 chowser 2 4503254 Along these lines with stained glass cookies, using a flame shape instead of a heart. You can remove the cookies later but get a good shape for the flame. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Stained-Glass-Window-Cookies/Detail.aspx Use something like Jolly Ranchers, red on the bottom, then orange, then yellow. Graduating colors upward. Fri Mar 13 19:19:10 -0700 2009 4503244 39874 chowser 1 4503248 I'd use tin foil and cinnamon candy (the hard versions, not red hots). Grease the foil and bake on a low oven. It will melt, but you will definitely need patience. And stable hands without distractions for unwrapping. Fri Mar 13 19:16:13 -0700 2009 4502495 224238 Caralien 2 4503681 Yes. This is what I did, ultimately. Should have done the dough idea. Even oiled, the candy got stuck in the tinfoil and the edges broke. I think I can chip at it to get the right shape, though. In a 350 degree oven it only took about 7 minutes for the crushed up candy to melt. And graduating the color, chowser, woulda been really pretty. I separated the colors. Sat Mar 14 00:14:26 -0700 2009 4503248 11798 MollyGee 1 4503936 Will you post a picture so we can admire it? Sat Mar 14 06:42:14 -0700 2009 4502495 245669 rememberme