Vanilla Cupcakes with Blackcurrant Icing

Ingredients for the Cup Cakes:
1 1/3 cups flour
1 1/2 cup castor sugar
1/4 cup oil
3 table spoons curd
1 spoon baking powder
a pinch of baking soda
1 spoon vanilla essence
2 eggs
    Directions
    Preheat oven to 175 degrees C. Line a muffin pan with paper or foil liners.
    Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda.
    Set aside.
    In a large bowl, cream together the eggs and sugar until its light and fluffy. Add the oil,  and then stir in the vanilla. Add the flour mixture alternately with curd and beat well. Fill the muffin cups 3/4 full. Bake for 15-17 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
      
    Ingredients for the Frosting
    125 Ml Whipping Cream
    100 Gms Icing Sugar
    75 Ml Blackcurrant Crush

    Directions
    Take the whipping cream in a bowl and using an electric mixer, whip till soft peaks are formed. Add icing sugar and whip agan till firm peaks are formed. Fold in the blackcurrant lightly. Fill in the piping bag with the nozzle of your choice and frost the cupcakes. Decorate with a drop of blackcurrant crush on the top and some coloured stars.