How do I create a border around the entire image?

[floofpunkitten]

I'm new and learning the program. My problem: I made a cupcake, that is made of multiple colors. I want to create a border around the entire image. I group everything and choose stroke, but it strokes every shape in the image and not just the outside of the cupcake. Any help? Thanks!

[Mylenium]

You need to create a sepatrate path that encompasses the artwork, eitehr from scratch or based on it. It just doesn't work how you expect.

Mylenium

[barbara_a · Accepted solution]

Select all the shapes that make up the cupcake.

Copy them.

Edit > Paste in Front.

Pathfinder > Unite.

Give the united objects a stroke color but no fill color.

Object > Arrange > Send to back.

[floofpunkitten]

This worked! Thanks so much!