Chocolate Hot Cross Buns with Orange Mint Pastry Cream Filling

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder (we used local, sun eaters)
• 3 eggs
• 6 cups flour
• 6 tbsp cornstarch
• 4 tsp yeast
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 6 tsp cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup nibs
• 1/4 cup chopped chocolate (we used 70% local dark)
• 2 cups milk
• 1/4 cup corn starch
• 1/2 cup sugar (divided into two parts)
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 whole egg
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 tbsp butter
• one orange zested or some orange peels
• one spring of mint
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup icing sugar
• hot water