# Best Yule Log recipe

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yule-log-recipe/676421>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 16, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yule-log-recipe/676421 "2013-12-16T00:04:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yule-log-recipe/676421/1 "2013-12-16T00:04:53Z")

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I thought I’d make a yule log to bring to the office Christmas Party on Tuesday. Does anyone have a great recipe? The recipes online are very different from each other, from flourless cake to use a Betty Crocker cake mix and canned frosting (not).

StG

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**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yule-log-recipe/676421/2 "2013-12-16T14:21:10Z")

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Bump?

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-yule-log-recipe/676421/3 "2013-12-16T14:49:05Z")

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First you put a giant piece of wood in a fireplace and then set it ablaze. For added holiday feel, make sure you record the entire process in grainy 1970s-o-vision.