How Do I Get That "hour Glass" Shape??
Decorating By shelbycompany Updated 28 Apr 2008 , 3:37am by Doug
I have tried to do this twice and both times it just crumbled when I went to lay the fondant on it. please help 
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What hourglass shape?
Theresa 
I kinda thought you were talking about Chef Ron's cake.
That's styrofoam in the middle. What do you mean by "it crumbled?" As in little pieces, or it slid off and crumpled together?
Theresa
Yes, we really need more info to help you.
I made an hour glass small wedding cake: one 8" one 7" and another 8" layer stacked w/b'cream between them.
Most hour glass cakes are taller than normal.
I don't understand why it would crumble when applying fondant if you use layers of cake.
I stacked 3 8"rounds and carved the hour glass look. It literally crumbled into pieces when applying the fondant. I used a chocolate cake so mabe I just need to use a more dense cake or just use one smaller one in the middle. Thanks for your help
What kind of cake are you using? It's got to be something sturdy and somewhat dense.
I saw your title, and was going to say, "Diet and exercise"... But that's not what you meant... 
**kansaswolf** that's so funny. I didn't even think about it that way.
Well, actually...I could use some help in that department too. Wouldn't be great if you could just carve your body to the shape you want too??
YOU NEED DOUG........HE CAN DO THE GRAFICS.....DOUG WHERE ARE YOUUUUU......
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well....you could use a cake corset (as if!)
faster route...
round, wondermold standard way up and top clipped off, wondermold upside down and top clipped off and then another round.
tho' if you look real close at the pic....
note how its a slanted bottom and top and a straight sided middle...
which could be accomplished by adapting kakeladi's suggestion.. by stacking in this order
9 in round, 8 in round, 2 6in rounds, 8 in, 9in.
8s & 9s get carved to make the slant and the 6s are the straight middle.
they had an article on a cake like that one 2 months ago in American Cake Decorator and the way they did it was to trim the round at an angle at the bottom and to stack them together top to top, so it give that effect. I think it's pretty impressive
I saw one from Pic of the Mid Atlantic cake show -- They showed that they stacked one 9" two 8" and one 9" and then carved the shape sothe two in the middle werent carved too much. There was also a dowel down the middle to keep all of the cake stable.
I saw your title, and was going to say, "Diet and exercise"... But that's not what you meant...
Love it!! 
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