"Wow.....!" star star star star star_border ..these are certainly a party piece! But yes they do leave ash. I used them on an uniced fruit cake, so they did not effect the cake but there certainly was ash was on the table.... but that was not a problem. Definitely a wow factor!
"Looks Good!" star star star star_border star_border Looks good when lit. The only problem is that the afterwards the cake is covered in black particles which had to be scraped off the buttercream topping!