To cut yule log longitudinally?

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Cut in half longitudinally, cut in half again longitudinally, so you now have 4 long pieces that each begin in one icing covered end, and stretch to the other icing covered end, then cut across the middle.

4 pieces, each with one quarter of an icing covered end and one eighth of the central cake

Surely that is the only way to do it? I was getting funny looks, and comments that yule log pieces are normally disc shape, but how can we each get a nice balance of cake and icing if you cut it all transverse?

Yule kindling. I hope it doesn't catch on. I prefer the traditional way of cutting so I can avoid the icing on the ends.

I’m getting toothache from this thread. Can’t go near a Yule log, however it’s cut.

And savages who put milk in before cereal.

Who said anything about cutting?

Who hurt you, OP? Tell us and we'll set on them. Nobody should be this damaged.

Sobbing and shaking for you RN.

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Surely the whole point of it being a Yule Log is that you get slices of ‘trunk’ .

That sounds rather odd and complicated . You've spent too much time thinking about it - just eat the thing!

Noooo they must be discs! Best Icing-cake ratio that way. Also what sort of monster chops up the glorious treat that is the end of the yule log? It's to be fought over (advantage to you if you did the cutting and are still holding the knife).

Carrots should always be batoned, never round though. So you have the right idea but the wrong food.

But what if you're trying to serve an odd number of people? Would you cut it into 7 longways?

Plus, you'll always have an unfairly large or small piece because of the longitudinal end of the rolled cake - sure, you don't have two pieces of iced ends to worry about but you still have logitudinal inequality.

or a stick of firewood!

Sod this. Can't cope. I'm off to Sainburys to buy a caterpillar cake.

Wish I had done that. Never had one before but got one in a hamper. Cut it like a Swiss roll and it was mostly icing, had to have another piece to get any cake. Now I feel sick

But … but … how would the OP cut the face?

😂@Robyn847 - 😂

The Pagan pixies will be having a fit of the vapours because you're all wrong.

It's a yule log. YULE. LOG. Which should have been eaten last week.

The correct way to cut Yule Log is you do a thin slice that includes the end and eat it while stood in the kitchen. Then cut and serve even slices to everyone else, including a second slice for yourself. If anyone complains about it tell them to get off their arse and sort the cake out next time.

OP has managed to both make and destroy my Christmas at the same time.

Hats off, OP. What a skill.

The cake:icing ratio is less important than achieving proper body balance - a slice in each hand.

You're weird, but I like weird. I might do this next time... (as if I'd share a yule log, ha!)

That is also the correct way to cut and serve pizza.

This is genius!!
And now I have to wait a year to try it, by which time I will have forgotten this thread.
This year, I cut an end-piece for myself, looked at my mum and said "the other end?", she said yes please and everyone else moaned about the travesty which was left.

Doesn’t everyone get a bit of everything anyway? I’m confused!

The fatal flaw in your technique is that it assumes everyone likes lots of icing. Personally, by the time I am onto yule log, I really don't want all that stuff round the edges. Other people are welcome to it!

Good gracious! If it were a very small Yule log you might do that. Personally I make branches on mine so their are actually four ends.