BEER CAKE MADE IN A CROCK POT.

Ingredients.......165gm of butter/ marg, 1 and 1/2 cups of soft brown sugar, 3 eggs lightly beaten, 2 ans 1/2 cups of plain flour, 1 and 1/2 tsp of baking powder, 1/2 tsp of baking soda, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp of ground nutmeg, 375ml of beer, 1 cup of granulated nuts, 1 cup of sultanas. Preheat your crock pot on high .... Grease and lightly sprinkle with fine polenta a cake pan that will fit into your crock pot. Cream together the butter/ marg with the sugar until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg and add to the creamed mixture alternatively with the eggs and beer. Stir in the granulated nuts and sultanas. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Cover the pan with 4 layers of absorbent paper and place the pan in the preheated crock pot. Cover the crock pot with the lid and continue to cook on high for 3.5 hours or until the cake is cooked. Remove the pan from the crock pot and cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes before removing from the pan to cool comletely on the wire rack.