Steph's Zest & Spice Hot Cross Buns recipe - The Great British Bake Off

Ingredients

• 520ml whole milk
• 900g strong white bread flour, sifted
• 135g golden caster sugar
• 4 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1½ tsp mixed spice
• 2 tsp salt
• 20g fast-action dried yeast
• 2 eggs
• 100g unsalted butter, softened
• 200g sultanas
• 80g dried cranberries
• 100g mixed peel
• finely grated zest of 2 small unwaxed oranges
• finely grated zest of 2 unwaxed lemons
• 300ml double cream
• pinch of salt (optional)
• 35g caster sugar
• 1 tbsp liquid glucose or golden syrup
• 1 star anise
• 3 cloves
• ½ cinnamon stick
• pinch of ground nutmeg
• 100g plain flour