infographic series - Tasty cupcake

Cupcakes are great and now you can easily create one in your digital kitchen. Decorate it however you like and enjoy!

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Start the cupcake off with a rectangle. Add a heavy stroke.

Use the Direct Selection Tool and select the UPPER LEFT point, Use the Left keyboard arrow to move the point. Count the number of times you click the left arrow. Select the UPPER RIGHT point and use the right keyboard arrow to match the same number of clicks on the left point. I use this method to get the same angles on both sides of the base. 

Create a line that matches the angle on both the the left and right side of the base. 

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Select the Blend Tool, click on the lower point of the left line, then click on the lower point of the right line. 

Double Click on the Blend Tool and set the specified steps to create lines in between the two lines. 

Select the set of blended lines and cap the ends (hot dog them) in the stroke panel.

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For the cake, create a rectangle. 

Pull the corner widgets into the center to round the ends. 

Duplicate the shapes and step them smaller up the cake. 

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Select all the shapes and Unite them using the Pathfinder. 

Draw lines that line up with the inner points. 

Select all the shapes and set all the ends to a rounded cap and all the corners to a rounded corner in the Stroke Panel. 

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Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the base two points and pull the corner widgets in slightly. 

Draw a circle on top of the cake. 

Use the Direct Selection Tool to select the top point and move it up.

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In the Control Bar, change the point from a rounded point to a corner point. 

Use the Pathfinder to Unite the top of the cake and newly formed point together. 

Fill the shape with a color. Copy the shape. 

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Click the Draw Inside Mode at the bottom of the Tool Bar. Paste the copied shape.

Change the color of the pasted shape to give it contrast, move it off to the side to create a slip shadow. Click on the Draw Normal mode at the bottom of the Tool Bar. 

Select the bottom of the cupcake and fill the shape with a color. Copy the shape. ​

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Click the Draw Inside Mode at the bottom of the Tool Bar. Paste the copied shape.

Change the color of the pasted shape to give it contrast, move it off to the side to create a slip shadow. Click on the Draw Normal mode at the bottom of the Tool Bar. ​

Congratulations, you have a cupcake!