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Posted Dec 17, 2021
The best Yule logs in Toronto make it easy to use cake, mousse, buttercream and more as valuable holiday decor. Beyond that, they're the traditional sweet you'll want on the table as your feast draws to a close.
A Yule log, or bûche de Noël, is a European import dating back to the 18th century. Said to represent the log traditionally burned on Christmas Eve to ensure luck in the year ahead, the cakes have become an essential holiday must-have for many in northern climes.
Today's contemporary takes tend to look less like lumber and more like elaborate confections bedecked and bedazzled for the year's most festive days. Concealed beneath their delicate façade, they hide a symphony of ingredients, blending flavours that hit all the indulgent notes you want from a once-a-year treat.
These logs may not ensure blessings in the year to come, but they guarantee the sweetest finishes to any festive meal. Try the best Yule logs in Toronto and celebrate the creative culinary minds taking tradition into thrilling new territory.
Mount Pleasant
627 Mt Pleasant Rd
Thobors
French
Bedecked for the season with a flurry of decorations, Thobors' bûches de Noël mix classic French technique with holiday-appropriate kitsch. Offered in three flavours, from tropical to pecan-driven or dark chocolate with raspberry, each log comes in three sizes perfect for parties of six to 16.
Thobors
Mount Pleasant
627 Mt Pleasant Rd
Bedecked for the season with a flurry of decorations, Thobors' bûches de Noël mix classic French technique with holiday-appropriate kitsch. Offered in three flavours, from tropical to pecan-driven or dark chocolate with raspberry, each log comes in three sizes perfect for parties of six to 16.
French
Parkdale
1374 Queen St W
The Tempered Room
French
Only the good-humoured, extraordinarily talented team at The Tempered Room could make a Yule log look like a lump of coal and have us all clamouring to buy one. Inspired by the forest floor and crafted in worship of the cocoa bean, this log may be made for those on the naughty list but should be reserved for everyone else. With chocolate-dipped candied reindeer lichen, cherrywood smoked, creamy dark couverture chocolate mousse, birch syrup sponge, and more, this Christmas miracle could have the nice among us rethinking our ways.
The Tempered Room
Parkdale
1374 Queen St W
Only the good-humoured, extraordinarily talented team at The Tempered Room could make a Yule log look like a lump of coal and have us all clamouring to buy one. Inspired by the forest floor and crafted in worship of the cocoa bean, this log may be made for those on the naughty list but should be reserved for everyone else. With chocolate-dipped candied reindeer lichen, cherrywood smoked, creamy dark couverture chocolate mousse, birch syrup sponge, and more, this Christmas miracle could have the nice among us rethinking our ways.
French
Roselle Desserts
This darling Corktown bakery has two 4-inch dessert logs on offer this year. The Paradise — or, vacation in a bûche, as the owners call it — combines mango and passionfruit cremeux with coconut lime mousse and a coconut dacquoise. Then there's the unapologetically rich Chocolate Bûche, featuring dark chocolate cake, 70% dark chocolate cremeux, milk chocolate mousse and a dark chocolate glaze.
Roselle Desserts
This darling Corktown bakery has two 4-inch dessert logs on offer this year. The Paradise — or, vacation in a bûche, as the owners call it — combines mango and passionfruit cremeux with coconut lime mousse and a coconut dacquoise. Then there's the unapologetically rich Chocolate Bûche, featuring dark chocolate cake, 70% dark chocolate cremeux, milk chocolate mousse and a dark chocolate glaze.
Danforth East
1419 Danforth Ave
Patisserie La Cigogne
With two Toronto locations, it's easy to get your hands on one of Patisserie La Cigogne's five varieties of Yule log. Opt for Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt Caramel, Chestnut Cream or a nut-free Vanilla & Mixed Berries, knowing that each one delivers authentic French flavours in a tidy, festive package.
Patisserie La Cigogne
Danforth East
1419 Danforth Ave
With two Toronto locations, it's easy to get your hands on one of Patisserie La Cigogne's five varieties of Yule log. Opt for Milk Chocolate with Sea Salt Caramel, Chestnut Cream or a nut-free Vanilla & Mixed Berries, knowing that each one delivers authentic French flavours in a tidy, festive package.
Queen Street West
717 Queen St W
Nugateau Patisserie
One glimpse of Nugateau's ultramodern Yule logs and you'll be pining to see one grace your holiday table. Each of the three options is a fruity, creamy, luxurious dessert imbued with the ability to instantly heighten any festivity.
Nugateau Patisserie
Queen Street West
717 Queen St W
One glimpse of Nugateau's ultramodern Yule logs and you'll be pining to see one grace your holiday table. Each of the three options is a fruity, creamy, luxurious dessert imbued with the ability to instantly heighten any festivity.
Rosedale
1099 Yonge St
Nadege
French
The new Sweet Holiday log joins Nadège's three other Yule log flavours this year. Crafted from vanilla mousse, citron cake and compote, berry compote and creamy, lemon chantilly cream, the Sweet Holiday is a fresh, bright take on tradition.
Nadege
Rosedale
1099 Yonge St
The new Sweet Holiday log joins Nadège's three other Yule log flavours this year. Crafted from vanilla mousse, citron cake and compote, berry compote and creamy, lemon chantilly cream, the Sweet Holiday is a fresh, bright take on tradition.
French
Dundas West
1418 Dundas St W
Hadrien Verrier Patisserie
As always, Hadrien Verrier Patisserie's holiday menu is riddled with enough colourful, über-festive treats to keep hordes of hungry elves happy. Choose between a triple chocolate Yule log with white chocolate Speculoos biscuit, a Christmas fragola cake with strawberry juniper compote or the Nutty Santa with praline mousse, knowing that whichever one you choose, you're in for a treat.
Hadrien Verrier Patisserie
Dundas West
1418 Dundas St W
As always, Hadrien Verrier Patisserie's holiday menu is riddled with enough colourful, über-festive treats to keep hordes of hungry elves happy. Choose between a triple chocolate Yule log with white chocolate Speculoos biscuit, a Christmas fragola cake with strawberry juniper compote or the Nutty Santa with praline mousse, knowing that whichever one you choose, you're in for a treat.
North York
3507 Bathurst St
Goûter
Whether you go sleek and elegant or lumber-like traditional, both of Goûter's Yule logs hide an abundance of chocolatey flavours, you'll welcome at your holiday table.
Goûter
North York
3507 Bathurst St
Whether you go sleek and elegant or lumber-like traditional, both of Goûter's Yule logs hide an abundance of chocolatey flavours, you'll welcome at your holiday table.
Dufflet Pastries
In caramel chocolate or hazelnut, Dufflet's Yule logs provide 8-inches of classic holiday flavours perfectly styled for the season.
Dufflet Pastries
In caramel chocolate or hazelnut, Dufflet's Yule logs provide 8-inches of classic holiday flavours perfectly styled for the season.
Financial District
TD Towers
Delysées Luxury Desserts
Elegance is always at the forefront at Delysées. Happily, so is flavour, especially in the shop's assortment of festive Yule logs. Choose from six options, including Nutella, pistachio, and chocolate raspberry or simply indulge in all six and save yourself the agony of picking just one.
Delysées Luxury Desserts
Financial District
TD Towers
Elegance is always at the forefront at Delysées. Happily, so is flavour, especially in the shop's assortment of festive Yule logs. Choose from six options, including Nutella, pistachio, and chocolate raspberry or simply indulge in all six and save yourself the agony of picking just one.
Little Italy
655 College St
Bonne Nouvelle
Patisserie
Wrapped in Korean silk bojagi, this log is ideal for gifting. Still, thanks to a flurry of elements -- from hazelnut joconde, and yuzu crémeux, to mandarin gelée, hazelnut mousse and more -- you may just want to save this extravagant confection for yourself.
Bonne Nouvelle
Little Italy
655 College St
Wrapped in Korean silk bojagi, this log is ideal for gifting. Still, thanks to a flurry of elements -- from hazelnut joconde, and yuzu crémeux, to mandarin gelée, hazelnut mousse and more -- you may just want to save this extravagant confection for yourself.
Patisserie
Bomou Artisanal Bakery
Available only through preorders, Bomou's Hazelnut and Caramel Bûche de Noël combines gluten-free brownie, caramel mousse and hazelnut ganache into a gorgeously festive centrepiece. A Black Forest variety is also on offer.
Bomou Artisanal Bakery
Available only through preorders, Bomou's Hazelnut and Caramel Bûche de Noël combines gluten-free brownie, caramel mousse and hazelnut ganache into a gorgeously festive centrepiece. A Black Forest variety is also on offer.
