Going, Going, Gone!

When I was given a Rather Large Marrow recently, Bob was concerned about whether we would manage to eat it all. Marrow is not his favourite veg - but he knows I am unhappy about wasting food.
So I worked very hard to find different ways to serve it.  I did stuffed marrow, and marrow lemon curd [here]
Five years ago I blogged about this veg [To marrow, and to marrow, and to marrow] and back then I did three things - a savoury stuffed marrow, jars of preserve, and a cake. This year I have done similar things, and the third part of the trilogy was this tea loaf.

This loaf is quite light as it has no butter in the recipe.You need a greased and lined loaf tin, and you should preheat the oven to 170'C
INGREDIENTS
150g light brown sugar
3 eggs, separated
150g grated raw marrow
grated zest and juice of ½lemon
75g sultanas
75g semolina
1 tsp almond essence
150g self raising flour
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt
METHOD

1. Whisk the egg yolks and butter till pale and creamy [3 minutes with electric whisk] Stir in grated marrow, lemon zest and juice, sultanas, semolina and almond essence.
2. Sift flour, salt, cinnamon together and fold in using a metal spoon
3. In separate bowl beat egg whites to soft peaks. Stir a tbsp into the cake mix to loosen, then fold in the remaining egg white as gently as you can.
4. Tip into loaf tin, level the surface, bake for 1 hour [until skewer comes out clean when inserted]
5. Cool in tin for 10 minutes, transfer to wire rack to cool completely before serving. It is good as it is, or spread with butter - especially when accompanied by a nice cup of tea!

If you have no marrows, you can use courgettes, pumpkin, squash, carrot - or beetroot if you want a marbled purple loaf. 

I have enjoyed this years marrow-fest, but I do not want to cook any more marrows for a while, thank you!