{"id":94,"date":"2011-12-14T13:23:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T13:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microcosmpublishing.dev\/blog\/2011\/12\/zinesters-guide-to-nyc-author-ayun-hallidays-cranberry-upside-down-cake\/"},"modified":"2011-12-14T13:23:58","modified_gmt":"2011-12-14T13:23:58","slug":"zinesters-guide-to-nyc-author-ayun-hallidays-cranberry-upside-down-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/zinesters-guide-to-nyc-author-ayun-hallidays-cranberry-upside-down-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Zinester’s Guide to NYC Author Ayun Halliday’s Cranberry Upside Down Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zinemaker Karla Keffer recently veganized a recipe from East Village Inky\/Zinester’s Guide to NYC <\/em>author Ayun Halliday. As big fans of vegan cooking and all-things-Ayun, we asked Karla if we could post it on our blog. The results are below. Oh, and keep an eye out for Karla’s vegan bake zine, which she says will be finished around the 2012 elections. Without further adieu… <\/p>\n

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<\/title><meta name=\"GENERATOR\" content=\"OpenOffice.org 3.3 (Win32)\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> \t<!-- \t\t@page { margin: 0.79in } \t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in } \t\tA:link { so-language: zxx } \t--> \t<\/style>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\" align=\"CENTER\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><b>Ayun Halliday\u2019s Crayunberry Upside Down Cake<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Ayun Halliday is the Chief Primatologist of the zine <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The East Village Inky<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, the Mother Superior columnist for BUST Magazine, and the author of five pee-in-your-pants hilarious books (<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Big Rumpus, No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late, Job Hopper: Confessions of a Down-Market Dilettante, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste,<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> and <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">) with one on the way (<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">Peanut<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, to be released in spring 2012). She is also a pal and an inspiration and a formidable online Scrabble opponent. This recipe is a vegan reinterpretation of her cranberry upside-down cake (you can find the carnivorous version at Ayun\u2019s food blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/dirtysugarcookies.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DirtySugarCookies.blogspot.com<\/a>), which is a reinterpretation of a recipe from her high school\u2019s cookbook, and I am fairly sure <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">that<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> recipe is a version of someone else\u2019s cranberry upside-down cake recipe, so who knows how many times this recipe has changed hands. How unsanitary! Okay, iss joke, ja. But really, you should wash your hands before baking anything, especially if you too are a resident of the fair city of Brooklyn, NY, because that oven can only do so much on the germ front.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">1 teaspoon plus \u00bd cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">2 cups fresh cranberries<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bd cup plus one cup of regular ol\u2019 white sugar, sugar in the raw, or succanat. You can use Stevia, too, if you so desire; alas, I can but vouch for the deliciousness of the first three.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bc cup shelled walnuts or pecans<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bd cup extra firm silken tofu, blended with \u00bc cup water*<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">A sprinkling of powdered sugar<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">Vegan sour cream (to taste)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">A 9-inch springform pan (for baking, not ingesting)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><b>And now, let\u2019s begin\u2026<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with a teaspoon of canola oil and sprinkle a handful of flour on top of that.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">3. Give two cups of cranberries a tad-more-than-cursory rinse, shake and\/or pat them dry(ish), and plunk them \u2013 with feeling! \u2013 into the bakeware.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">4. Sprinkle a half cup sugar over the cranberries.  If the sugar doesn\u2019t cover them all, give the pan a jiggle and\/or roll the cranberries around until they\u2019re all nice and sugar coated.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">5. Measure out \u00bc cup of walnuts or pecans, crush them in your paws, and then sprinkle them over the berries. You can save yourself some time and effort by purchasing pre-crushed nuts (ow), but then you\u2019ll miss out on the therapeutic quality of squashing walnuts in your hands and pretending they\u2019re your evil ex (or that you\u2019re Rhett Butler in the infamous dining room scene in <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> \u2013 you know, \u201cI\u2019ll smash your skull between them like a walnut, and that will block him out.\u201d)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">6. If you bought pre-crushed walnuts, you can get your ya-yas out by squeezing that tofu out of its box and into the blender and pureeing the ever-loving fuck out of it with \u00bc cup water .  Now take a deep, cleansing breath and pour the mixture into a bowl or saucepan. Add one cup sugar, one cup flour, and \u00bd cup canola oil. Mix well and prosper.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">7. Spread the batter over the sugar-berry-nut mixture so it\u2019s all nice and covered. Pop it in the oven and bake for 55 minutes or until the top is golden and a fork inserted into the center comes out clean (except maybe for some rogue cranberry juice).<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">8.  Sprinkle some powdered sugar across the top. Serve with a dollop of vegan sour cream**. <em>C\u2019est un fait accompli!<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">*If you can\u2019t find, or if you prefer not to use, the tofu, you can use one very ripe, very well-mashed banana or \u00bd cup soy, rice, or coconut yogurt. If you go with the banana, you\u2019ll need to add \u00bd cup water to the batter, and you will very much definitely taste it in the finished product. I happen to like a nice strong banana flavor, but if you want the full tang of the cranberries, use the tofu or yogurt option. The cranberries also rise better because the batter isn\u2019t as thick.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">**Available at most health food stores or from <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmosveganshoppe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CosmosVeganShoppe.com<\/a> or other friendly vegan e-tailer.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zinemaker Karla Keffer recently veganized a recipe from East Village Inky\/Zinester’s Guide to NYC author Ayun Halliday. As big fans of vegan cooking and all-things-Ayun, we asked Karla if we could post it on our blog. The results are below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto"],"my_excerpt":"<p>Zinemaker Karla Keffer recently veganized a recipe from <em>East Village Inky\/Zinester's Guide to NYC <\/em>author Ayun Halliday. As big fans of vegan cooking and all-things-Ayun, we asked Karla if we could post it on our blog. The results are below. Oh, and keep an eye out for Karla's vegan bake zine, which she says will be finished around the 2012 elections. Without further adieu... <\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p><meta http-equiv=\"CONTENT-TYPE\" content=\"text\/html; charset=\"utf-8\"\"><\/p> <p><title><\/title><meta name=\"GENERATOR\" content=\"OpenOffice.org 3.3 (Win32)\"><\/p> <style type=\"text\/css\"> \t<!-- \t\t@page { margin: 0.79in } \t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in } \t\tA:link { so-language: zxx } \t--> \t<\/style> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\" align=\"CENTER\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><b>Ayun Halliday\u2019s Crayunberry Upside Down Cake<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Ayun Halliday is the Chief Primatologist of the zine <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The East Village Inky<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, the Mother Superior columnist for BUST Magazine, and the author of five pee-in-your-pants hilarious books (<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Big Rumpus, No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late, Job Hopper: Confessions of a Down-Market Dilettante, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste,<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> and <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">) with one on the way (<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">Peanut<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, to be released in spring 2012). She is also a pal and an inspiration and a formidable online Scrabble opponent. This recipe is a vegan reinterpretation of her cranberry upside-down cake (you can find the carnivorous version at Ayun\u2019s food blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/dirtysugarcookies.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DirtySugarCookies.blogspot.com<\/a>), which is a reinterpretation of a recipe from her high school\u2019s cookbook, and I am fairly sure <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">that<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> recipe is a version of someone else\u2019s cranberry upside-down cake recipe, so who knows how many times this recipe has changed hands. How unsanitary! Okay, iss joke, ja. But really, you should wash your hands before baking anything, especially if you too are a resident of the fair city of Brooklyn, NY, because that oven can only do so much on the germ front.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">1 teaspoon plus \u00bd cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">2 cups fresh cranberries<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bd cup plus one cup of regular ol\u2019 white sugar, sugar in the raw, or succanat. You can use Stevia, too, if you so desire; alas, I can but vouch for the deliciousness of the first three.<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bc cup shelled walnuts or pecans<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bd cup extra firm silken tofu, blended with \u00bc cup water*<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">A sprinkling of powdered sugar<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">Vegan sour cream (to taste)<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">A 9-inch springform pan (for baking, not ingesting)<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><b>And now, let\u2019s begin\u2026<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with a teaspoon of canola oil and sprinkle a handful of flour on top of that.<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">3. Give two cups of cranberries a tad-more-than-cursory rinse, shake and\/or pat them dry(ish), and plunk them \u2013 with feeling! \u2013 into the bakeware.<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">4. Sprinkle a half cup sugar over the cranberries.  If the sugar doesn\u2019t cover them all, give the pan a jiggle and\/or roll the cranberries around until they\u2019re all nice and sugar coated.<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">5. Measure out \u00bc cup of walnuts or pecans, crush them in your paws, and then sprinkle them over the berries. You can save yourself some time and effort by purchasing pre-crushed nuts (ow), but then you\u2019ll miss out on the therapeutic quality of squashing walnuts in your hands and pretending they\u2019re your evil ex (or that you\u2019re Rhett Butler in the infamous dining room scene in <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> \u2013 you know, \u201cI\u2019ll smash your skull between them like a walnut, and that will block him out.\u201d)<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">6. If you bought pre-crushed walnuts, you can get your ya-yas out by squeezing that tofu out of its box and into the blender and pureeing the ever-loving fuck out of it with \u00bc cup water .  Now take a deep, cleansing breath and pour the mixture into a bowl or saucepan. Add one cup sugar, one cup flour, and \u00bd cup canola oil. Mix well and prosper.<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">7. Spread the batter over the sugar-berry-nut mixture so it\u2019s all nice and covered. Pop it in the oven and bake for 55 minutes or until the top is golden and a fork inserted into the center comes out clean (except maybe for some rogue cranberry juice).<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">8.  Sprinkle some powdered sugar across the top. Serve with a dollop of vegan sour cream**. <em>C\u2019est un fait accompli!<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">  <\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">*If you can\u2019t find, or if you prefer not to use, the tofu, you can use one very ripe, very well-mashed banana or \u00bd cup soy, rice, or coconut yogurt. If you go with the banana, you\u2019ll need to add \u00bd cup water to the batter, and you will very much definitely taste it in the finished product. I happen to like a nice strong banana flavor, but if you want the full tang of the cranberries, use the tofu or yogurt option. The cranberries also rise better because the batter isn\u2019t as thick.<\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">**Available at most health food stores or from <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmosveganshoppe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CosmosVeganShoppe.com<\/a> or other friendly vegan e-tailer.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p> <p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"><\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>","my_excerpt_rendered":"<p>Zinemaker Karla Keffer recently veganized a recipe from <em>East Village Inky\/Zinester’s Guide to NYC <\/em>author Ayun Halliday. As big fans of vegan cooking and all-things-Ayun, we asked Karla if we could post it on our blog. The results are below. Oh, and keep an eye out for Karla’s vegan bake zine, which she says will be finished around the 2012 elections. Without further adieu… <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><meta http-equiv=\"CONTENT-TYPE\" content=\"text\/html; charset=\"utf-8\"\"><\/p>\n<p><title><\/title><meta name=\"GENERATOR\" content=\"OpenOffice.org 3.3 (Win32)\"><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> \t<!-- \t\t@page { margin: 0.79in } \t\tP { margin-bottom: 0.08in } \t\tA:link { so-language: zxx } \t--> \t<\/style>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\" align=\"CENTER\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><b>Ayun Halliday\u2019s Crayunberry Upside Down Cake<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Ayun Halliday is the Chief Primatologist of the zine <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The East Village Inky<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, the Mother Superior columnist for BUST Magazine, and the author of five pee-in-your-pants hilarious books (<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Big Rumpus, No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late, Job Hopper: Confessions of a Down-Market Dilettante, Dirty Sugar Cookies: Culinary Observations, Questionable Taste,<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> and <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo<\/span><\/i><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">) with one on the way (<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">Peanut<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, to be released in spring 2012). She is also a pal and an inspiration and a formidable online Scrabble opponent. This recipe is a vegan reinterpretation of her cranberry upside-down cake (you can find the carnivorous version at Ayun\u2019s food blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/dirtysugarcookies.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DirtySugarCookies.blogspot.com<\/a>), which is a reinterpretation of a recipe from her high school\u2019s cookbook, and I am fairly sure <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">that<\/font><\/font><font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> recipe is a version of someone else\u2019s cranberry upside-down cake recipe, so who knows how many times this recipe has changed hands. How unsanitary! Okay, iss joke, ja. But really, you should wash your hands before baking anything, especially if you too are a resident of the fair city of Brooklyn, NY, because that oven can only do so much on the germ front.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><strong>You will need:<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">1 teaspoon plus \u00bd cup canola oil or other light vegetable oil<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">2 cups fresh cranberries<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bd cup plus one cup of regular ol\u2019 white sugar, sugar in the raw, or succanat. You can use Stevia, too, if you so desire; alas, I can but vouch for the deliciousness of the first three.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bc cup shelled walnuts or pecans<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">\u00bd cup extra firm silken tofu, blended with \u00bc cup water*<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">A sprinkling of powdered sugar<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">Vegan sour cream (to taste)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">A 9-inch springform pan (for baking, not ingesting)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><b>And now, let\u2019s begin\u2026<\/b><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan with a teaspoon of canola oil and sprinkle a handful of flour on top of that.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">3. Give two cups of cranberries a tad-more-than-cursory rinse, shake and\/or pat them dry(ish), and plunk them \u2013 with feeling! \u2013 into the bakeware.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">4. Sprinkle a half cup sugar over the cranberries.  If the sugar doesn\u2019t cover them all, give the pan a jiggle and\/or roll the cranberries around until they\u2019re all nice and sugar coated.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">5. Measure out \u00bc cup of walnuts or pecans, crush them in your paws, and then sprinkle them over the berries. You can save yourself some time and effort by purchasing pre-crushed nuts (ow), but then you\u2019ll miss out on the therapeutic quality of squashing walnuts in your hands and pretending they\u2019re your evil ex (or that you\u2019re Rhett Butler in the infamous dining room scene in <em>Gone with the Wind<\/em> \u2013 you know, \u201cI\u2019ll smash your skull between them like a walnut, and that will block him out.\u201d)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">6. If you bought pre-crushed walnuts, you can get your ya-yas out by squeezing that tofu out of its box and into the blender and pureeing the ever-loving fuck out of it with \u00bc cup water .  Now take a deep, cleansing breath and pour the mixture into a bowl or saucepan. Add one cup sugar, one cup flour, and \u00bd cup canola oil. Mix well and prosper.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">7. Spread the batter over the sugar-berry-nut mixture so it\u2019s all nice and covered. Pop it in the oven and bake for 55 minutes or until the top is golden and a fork inserted into the center comes out clean (except maybe for some rogue cranberry juice).<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">8.  Sprinkle some powdered sugar across the top. Serve with a dollop of vegan sour cream**. <em>C\u2019est un fait accompli!<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\">*If you can\u2019t find, or if you prefer not to use, the tofu, you can use one very ripe, very well-mashed banana or \u00bd cup soy, rice, or coconut yogurt. If you go with the banana, you\u2019ll need to add \u00bd cup water to the batter, and you will very much definitely taste it in the finished product. I happen to like a nice strong banana flavor, but if you want the full tang of the cranberries, use the tofu or yogurt option. The cranberries also rise better because the batter isn\u2019t as thick.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: medium none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.19in; widows: 2; orphans: 2;\"> <font face=\"Times New Roman, serif\"><font size=\"3\"><span style=\"font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">**Available at most health food stores or from <a href=\"http:\/\/cosmosveganshoppe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CosmosVeganShoppe.com<\/a> or other friendly vegan e-tailer.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}